Hello! 👋 We hope you are doing well and staying safe. Last week, on June 18, we held our second episode of HENNGE Talks! — HENNGE Culture In a Nutshell. We were joined by our CEO and CTO, Kazuhiro “The Kimono Guy” Ogura himself.

Hello! 👋 We hope you are doing well and staying safe. Last Friday on June 12, we held our first episode of HENNGE Talks! - Work and Life in Japan as a Foreigner!

My experience in Japan while interning with HDE (now HENNGE). — One of my favorite things in Japan has always been its walkability. I grew up in Texas where you typically need a car to get anywhere. During my internship, I was able to live in a share house close enough to Shibuya that I could walk to HDE in 30…

I was always fascinated by Japan, particularly it’s food. So, what can possibly be better than spending 7 weeks in Japan doing stuffs you are supposed to do when you graduate (coding)? Doing that with good foods! This post will be about the good foods I ate, the nice places…

Hi, I’m Vitaly Pavlenko, I’m a software engineer from Moscow and this year I decided to do an internship at HENNGE (previously HDE) to explore work and life in Tokyo. Throughout the internship, I sharpened my skills in full-stack and DevOps. Workplace atmosphere at HDE is super awesome. I love…

My name is Jennifer, I’m 33 years old, and I left my full-time job to do a mid-career internship at HDE (now HENNGE). I’ll start with the most obvious misconception: Internships Are Not Just For Students I know what you’re thinking: “Sure, anyone could technically get an internship, but only students can afford to be unpaid!”…

Effective February 1 st 2019, HDE Global Internship Program (HDE GIP) will now be known as HENNGE Global Internship Program (HENNGE GIP). HENNGE, pronounced “hen-geh” or 「へんげ」- which stands for “change” — is how we want to be addressed going forward… The HENNGE Global Internship Program (GIP) allows final-year students, fresh grads, and mid-career talents [from all around the globe] to experience working in Japan’s foremost IT firm [headquartered…

— “Why Japan?” — I was asked this question several times. — “It is so far from Russia! It is a kind of another world!” Yess. Exactly. Completely different world. And, actually, not so far: Sakhalin almost touches Hokkaido. I considered GIP as an excellent chance to see the world…

Life as an HDE intern — summed up. — Prologue The squiggly signature on the paper betrayed its owner’s skill, or rather lack thereof, in wielding ballpoint pens. …