• Scala enthusiast since 2010 • Skinny Framework / ScalikeJDBC • Living in Tokyo for 15 years • Never lived overseas yet • Typical Japanese developer ຊͷਓࢲΛྑ͞Μͱݺͼ·͢ɻ4DBMJLF+%#$ɺ 4LJOOZͷ࡞ऀͰ͢ɻͣͬͱຊʹॅΜͰ͍Δ։ൃऀͰ͢ɻ
/ teaching at school • Generically even software developers are not good at English communication • A sign: Recently an increasing number of companies have chosen English as the official language ౡࠃͷಛੑɾڭҭͷͰ։ൃऀྫ֎Ͱ͋Γ·ͤΜ͕ɺ ӳޠΛެ༻Խ͢Δܥاۀۙ૿͖͍͑ͯͯ·͢ɻ
than nothing • Beginning new project / shaping new idea is always exciting • Even if your each PR is trivial, it can move OSS project forward ԿΛࠩ͠ஔ͍ͯͱʹ͔͘ίʔυΛॻ͘͜ͱ͕ୈҰɺࣗ Ͱ৽࢝͘͠Ίͯɺখ͞ͳύονͰߏ͍·ͤΜɻ
active (especially in Tokyo) • Working only there ironically toughens the language barrier • We should intentionally focus on world- wide activities more than ever ຊޠݍ͚ͩͰ׆ಈ͍͚ͯ͠·ͤΜɻݴޠͷนΛͭͬ͘ ͯ͠·͍·͢ɻ
• Attach English README to them • Blog in English • Publish slides in English • English! English! English! ૉΒ͍͠4DBMBίʔυΛॻ͘͜ͱ͕·ͣୈҰͰ͕͢ɺͦ ͷଘࡏΛӳޠͰൃ৴͢Δ͜ͱಉ͘͡Β͍େͰ͠ΐ͏ɻ
apps • Skinny Micro to build micro web apps • ScalikeJDBC to talk to RDBMS • AWScala to access AWS on the REPL • bigquery4s to access BigQuery APIs 4DBMJLF+%#$ɺ4LJOOZͳͲ͍͔ͭ͘044Λ্ཱͪ͛·͠ ͨɻͬͯ͘ΕΔਓ૿͖͍͑ͯͯ·͢ɻ
by GH stargazers, but I myself am still unknown outside of Japan • Giving a presentation at world-wide conference (e.g. ScalaDays) ͨͩɺͬͱւ֎Ͱೝ͞ΕΔඞཁੑΛײ͍ͯ͡·͢ɻੈ քతΧϯϑΝϨϯεͰͷొஃͳͲࢦ͠·͢ɻ
in Japan tend to be bad at English communication • Even so, there is no helpless reason not to be open to the world • I myself would like to keep working on Scala OSS more than ever! ຊͷ4DBMBਓؾɺӳޠͷɺੈքʹΦʔϓϯʹͳΔ্ ͰͷোนɺࢲࣗͷνϟϨϯδʹ͍ͭͯ͠·ͨ͠ɻ