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Indonesia’s Startup Boom, Bust, and the Cost of Weaponized Nationalism
Why Isn’t Indonesia a Tourism Superpower Yet?
GDP, Gojek, and the Indonesian Illusion: What Happens in a Post-Commodities World?
The Expat Saviour Complex: A Field Guide to the Last Remaining Colonial Superhero
How Fair Pay, Better Training, and Less Exploitation Could Transform Indonesia’s Recruitment Sector
Danantara and the Indonesian SOE Diet Plan: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Impostor Syndrome: Everyone’s a Fraud (But Some of Us Make It Look Professional)
Employee Development in Indonesia: A Great Way to Lose Talent, Time, and the Future
Indonesia’s Talent Competitiveness Score Is Up. Great News, Right? Well… Not Really.
In Indonesia's Recruitment Industry, Madness Isn’t the Exception... It’s the Business Model
The Southeast Asian VC Money Drought (That Isn’t Actually a Drought)
GCI Explained: Why Indonesia’s New Policy May Not Bring Talent Home
Why Selling Yourself Feels So Awkward (and What to Do About It)
Misunderstanding the Recruitment Industry is Ruining Your Job Search
Can You Really Build Trust With Someone In a Second Language?
How the Indonesian Rupiah Made Everyone Feel Poorer While the Country Got Richer
The Expat Expiry Date: Why Your Frontier Market Career Might Be a Limited-Time Offer
Indonesia’s Factory Boom Is Real, Just Don’t Ask Where the Jobs Came From
Nearshoring Talent Via Employer-of-Record Definitely Isn’t Exploitation... Right?
Congratulations on Your Degree! Here’s a Lifetime of Debt and a Job That Requires a Hairnet
How the World’s Poorer Countries Keep Producing the Richest Leaders
“Send In the Expat”: The Unofficial Global Strategy for Saying What No Local Ever Can
Why Everyone Has a Struggle Story Now (Even If They Didn’t Struggle)
Hiring Passive vs. Active Talent is Not the Same Business... But We Keep Pretending It Is
How CEO Pay Stretched So High It Left Worker Wages on the Ground
Indonesia Warms Up to Authoritarianism Again... What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
You Now Need a $100K Salary to Be Middle Class (And That’s the Best-Case Scenario)
“Real Executive Search Firms Advertise Roles,” Said Absolutely No One Credible, Ever
Indonesia Opens the BUMN Door to Foreign Talent... But Only 'Famous' Ones
Revenge of the C-Suite: How Employers Are Getting Their Sweet, Silent Payback
Can You Really Succeed in Indonesia Without a Powerful Surname?
Jobless Growth: When the Economy Grows, But You Don’t!
Indonesia’s HR Double Life: How Talent Heads Profit from Their Own Companies
Can We Say We Value Teachers… While Paying Them 50% of GDP Per Capita?
“Congratulations on Your Layoff, the Share Price Is Up!”
It’s Time Indonesia Hired Actual Experts to Run Its State-Owned Enterprises
Why Indonesia Doesn’t Celebrate Its Most Successful Exports (and Probably Never Will)
Hiring for Characteristics Instead of Traits Is a Great Way to Hire the Wrong Person
"Please Send Us Your Last Payslip, So We Know How Little to Offer You"
Welcome to the VIP Lounge: How Indonesia Made FDI a Members-Only Affair
How the Modern Office Became the New Factory (and Nobody Noticed)
The Power of Humility: Essential Leadership Trait or Career-Ending Personality Flaw?
"Sorry for the Late Cancellation!" and Other Modern Leadership Techniques
“Sure, I Could Do That!” The Fantasy World of Amateur Executive Search
Was 'Brewster’s Millions' Actually A VC-Backed Strategy Memo for SE Asia Startups?
Unlimited PTO: The Capitalist Wellness Scam Disguised as a Benefit
Why LinkedIn's 'Most Important People' Break Down When Someone Disagrees with Them
ARR You Kidding Me? How Startups Are Redefining ‘Creative Accounting’(and Reality)
Tapera No More: Indonesia Finally Stops Making Workers Buy Someone Else’s House
“Oops, We Printed the Truth”: The Lightspeed Dopamine Slide and VC Reality
Indonesia Loves Innovation Talk. So, Where’s the Innovation?
Disconnecting From Work Shouldn’t Be Revolutionary, But Here We Are
The $100K KITAS and Other Hot Takes From the Trump–Prabowo Bromance... 😲
Modern Management Theories Are Great, Unless You Actually Want to Run a Business
“Job Hugging” Is Nonsense. It's Called Staying Employed, Like a Grown-Up
“Sign Here and Shut Up”: The Legal Illusions of the Modern Severance Agreement
High School, High Office: Indonesia’s Surprisingly Exclusive Low Bar for Parliament
Commission-Only: The New Way for Companies to Make You Pay to Work for Them
“Reclaiming” BCA: A Billion-Dollar Idea or a Billion-Dollar Mistake?
Indonesia’s Most Underutilized Brainpower Rides a Motorbike in Flip-Flops
Indonesia’s Human Capital Index: Halfway There, But Going Where?
ICOR, Weda Bay, and the Math of Making Things Work in Indonesia
How Corporations Convinced Women That Burnout Is Empowerment
Why Every Human Being Should Have a Passion Project
Indonesia’s Stock Market: The Most Liquid Illusion You'll Ever Try to Trade
“Jangan Malu!”: How Indonesia’s Shame Culture Tanked Its Entire Startup Ecosystem
Radical Candour: The Management Theory That Sounds Amazing Until You Actually Try It
SMK: The School Everyone Needs, But Nobody Wants Their Kid In
From Ojek to Oligarch: How to Speedrun Career Success in Indonesia (Qualifications Unnecessary)
Patriot Games: Indonesia’s New Super Fund Wants Your Money… for the Nation, of Course
What If Older Professionals Actually Are Less Adaptable?
Indonesia’s Feel-Good Social Survey Finds Everything Is Fine... Please Stop Asking Questions
The Indonesian Logistics Reckoning: Demand is Booming, But So Are the Red Flags
Congratulations, Indonesia, You’re in Your Prime! (Please Don’t Sleep Through It)
Indonesia’s 2026 Education Budget Is the Biggest Ever… If You Don’t Look Too Closely
Certified to Nowhere: Why Most Professional Certificates Don’t Matter (And What Still Does)
Indonesia’s Salary Market Finally Sobered Up and the Hangover’s Here to Stay
How Danantara’s Flagship Agri Arm Ran Dry Before It Got Started
Indonesia Returns to the Fortune Global 500, But Is That Really the Win We Think It Is?
When Experience Gets Expensive: The Mid-Career Equation No One Wants to Talk About
LinkedIn: The Career Network That Profits When You're Uncomfortable
Why Protein Powder Is the Next Big Grift in Southeast Asia
The Great Escape: How Indonesia’s “New Guard” Learned All the Old Tricks
Indonesia’s FDI Drop: Don’t Panic (But Also Maybe Panic)
Indonesia’s Startup Scene Didn’t Fail. It Was Designed This Way.
Are Indonesians REALLY Built for Overseas Success?
Access for Me but Not for Thee: The Double Standard in Executive Hiring
"We’ll Pay You When We Raise": The Unpaid Talent Crisis in Indonesia’s Startup Scene
Indonesia’s “280M TAM” Isn’t Real. It’s a Well-Dressed Fiction We Keep Telling Ourselves
Can You Build a World-Class Tech Company While Paying Jakarta Wages?
Visible but Invisible: Why the Modern Job Market Feels Like a Rigged Game Show
Ideas Are Free, Credit Is Optional: Intellectual Property in Indonesia
Tariff Tantrums or Trade Amnesia? Why Southeast Asia Suddenly Discovered Fairness
How to Survive Jakarta Without Losing Your Mind (or Your KITAS)
Welcome to the Talent Gold Rush: Where Everyone’s Hiring and No One’s Finding Gold
Indonesia’s Low Household Debt Looks Good, Until You Ask Why We’re Not Borrowing
So, Are We Different or Not? Indonesia’s Startup Scene Needs to Pick a Lane
The Mid-Career CV Problem: Why Good Professionals Keep Writing Bad Resumés
What’s In It for Them? The Question Everyone Keeps Forgetting To Ask
Yes, You Still Have to Practice for Interviews (Even If You’re Brilliant)
Meet Indonesia: Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous... and Surprisingly Functional
“Kos-Kosan Class”: Why Indonesia’s Brightest Young Professionals Are Living Like Students
Do You Have to Be a Little Stupid to Be Great at Sales?
Your Company Brand Is Not Your Employer Brand. Now You're a Terrible Place to Work
Living in Indonesia Is More Expensive Than You Were Told
Fake It 'Til You Make It: How Credential Fraud Became Normal in Indonesia
AI Isn't Coming for Your Job, but Your Boss Might Be
Hiring Isn’t That Hard. It’s Just Being Done Badly.
Nowhere to Hide: Who Really Benefits in the Modern Open Office?
Quitting Your Job with No Plan Is the Smartest Dumb Thing Ever
“I’ll Pay If I Like the Steak”: The Mad Economics of Success-Fee Recruitment
No One Will Say It, So We Will: This Is Age Discrimination
Indonesia Bans Age Discrimination in Job Ads. Problem Solved? Not Quite.
Big Consulting Is Dead. Long Live Big Consulting!
Apply Now: Entry-Level Position, Five Years Experience, Magic Powers Preferred
You Lost Your Job. Now What? A Survival Guide for the Emotional Fallout
The “Coming Soon” Economy: Does Indonesia Love Announcements More Than Outcomes?
Everybody’s Suddenly Brave: The Rise of the Career Candour Copycats
OJOL Drivers Are Protesting Gojek and Grab. It's a Crisis Years in the Making.
Performance Improvement Plans: The Subtle Art of Being "Supported" Out the Door
Everyone Is Lying and Nothing Matters: Welcome to the Modern Job Market
Indonesia: Building the Future, One Trade Restriction at a Time
Let’s Pay Teachers Enough to Afford the Country They’re Supposed to Save
Wedding Planners: The Project Managers Companies Deserve, but Will Never Hire
Highly Skilled, Thoroughly Ignored: The Wasted Talent of Expat Spouses in Indonesia (and Elsewhere)
How to Make Friends and Avoid Protests: An Ormas Survival Guide for Indonesia
Indonesia’s Most Untapped Startup Resource? 40+ Year Old Founders With a Track Record
Corporate Indonesia’s Secret Ani-Ani Economy: Sugar, Status, and Strategic Seduction
Dear HR: Please Step Away from the Search. This Is a Job for the Grown-Ups.
Dream Big, Sell Cheap, Die Poor: The Indonesian Small Business Playbook
The High Cost of a Bad Hire: A Guide for the Penny Smart, Pound Foolish
Congratulations! You Saved $15K in Recruitment Fees and Lost $300K in Productivity. Genius.
Can You Truly Build and Scale a World-Class Company from Indonesia?
“Can I Borrow Your Credibility?”: The Rise of Freeloaders in the LinkedIn Economy
Actually, This Is About You: A Rebuttal to Critics of the Indonesian Startup Satire
The Cost of Talent Bias: Why Race and Religion Still Influence Hiring in Indonesia
Welcome to the Narrowest Lane on Earth: Expat Career Opportunities in Indonesia
Everyone on LinkedIn is Now a World-Renowned Expert... in Everything!
Corruption: The Timeless Tradition Everyone Hates (But Can't Wait to Inherit)
Welcome to Fantasy Island Where Indonesian Startups Are Worth More Than Versace
How to Survive as an Introvert in Indonesia's Relationship-Obsessed Professional World
Jakarta: The Hardship Posting Everyone Pretends Isn’t One
Bachelor of Management: A Degree in Leading Teams You've Never Worked On
Indonesian Is the Most Important Language to Learn (And Other Lies LinkedIn Told Me)
Everyone’s a Director in Indonesia... And That’s Why No One Actually Is
Why Your Regional Hiring Plan Will Fail in Indonesia (And Why It's Your Fault)
The Beautiful Lie: How Pretty Privilege Runs the World (and the Office)
Welcome Home, Suckers! A Brutally Honest Guide to Moving Back to Indonesia
Your Job Suddenly Loves You? Must Be Counteroffer Season!
Sales: The One Job That Can Make You Rich. So Why Do Indonesians Hate It?
From THR to BHR: The Budget Airline Version of Workers' Rights
From Permanent (PKWTT) to Disposable (PKWT): Indonesia's Hottest New Employment Trend
Dear Indonesia, We Should Be Exporting Culture Not Talent
Who’s Telling the Truth About Indonesia’s Economy? ICOR vs. GDP
The Hope Factory: Indonesia’s Education Sector and Its Favourite Word
Expat vs. Migrant: The World's Favourite Double Standard
The 'Entrepreneurial Mindset' Scam: Work Like a Founder, Get Paid Like an Intern
Dear Indonesia, Other Countries Are Treating Your Talent Better Than You Are
The False Economy of Coffee Meetings: How a $5 Latte Now Counts as a Consulting Fee
Why Be Smart When You Can Be Rich? The Genius of Failing Upwards in Indonesia
Expats Get Paid More? Good. They Deserve It. Now Stop Complaining
The Startup Bubble Has Burst, But Let’s Keep Pretending It Hasn’t!
Office Jobs: The Art of Bullsh*tting for a Living
Indonesia’s Economy Is So Good... That Everyone’s Getting Fired (PHK)
The Expat Stagnation Trap: How Emerging Markets Can Ruin Your Resume
Executive Search: Pay Peanuts, Get Muppets (Welcome to the Corporate Talent Circus)
Wow, What a Thriving Economy! Look at All These Desperate Entrepreneurs!
Corruption as a Career Path: How to Succeed in Indonesia Without Really Trying
Let’s Be Honest: Companies Don’t Respect Job Seekers
Danantara: A $900 Billion Dollar Leap of Faith for Indonesia's Future
Indonesia vs. Technical Execution: A Love Story That Never Was
Trust vs. Competency in Indonesian B2B: The Real Reason You’re Stuck in a Price War
Brain Gain: How to Lure Indonesia’s Best and Brightest Back Home (Without Just Begging)
Why Do Big 4 Auditors Keep Missing Fraud? Because They're Not Really Looking For It...
#KaburAjaDulu: A Smart Move for Indonesians or Just a Well-Packaged Fantasy?
Indonesia’s Demographic Bonus: So Close, Yet So Far. What We Can Do About It
Young, Educated Indonesians Are “Too Good” for the Industries That Actually Run Indonesia
How Bali Became Ground Zero for Expat Fakepreneurs and Wannabe CEOs
Indonesia's Conference Industrial Complex: Where Business Leaders Talk (And Talk) But Never Do
Why Pay-to-Play Panels and Company Awards Are the Participation Trophies of the Business World
Should Regional Tech Media Shoulder the Blame for Southeast Asia’s Startup Bubble?
The Southeast Asian Startup Ecosystem: Powered by Dreams, Hype, and Other People’s Money
Indonesia’s Mid-Level Talent Crisis: Where Your "Future VP" is Already a CEO
The Great GTM Grift: How Companies Extract Free Strategy Work Under the Guise of Hiring
Layoffs Are a Failure of Leadership, Plain and Simple... But Sure, Blame the Economy
How Not to Be a Casualty: An Indian Company’s Survival Guide to Indonesia
China’s Love Affair with Indonesia: How Fast Cash Became the New Romance in Investment
Indonesia’s Public Holidays: Great News for the Relaxed, Horrific News for the Hustlers
Career Switching at 40: Because Life Isn’t Hard Enough Already
Foreign Companies in Indonesia: Here for a Good Time, Not a Long Time
Scaling Across Southeast Asia: The Ultimate Guide to Ignoring Geography, Culture, and Reality
The Great Indonesian Startup Hustle: Build, Hype, Cash Out, Repeat
Indonesia’s “Booming” Economy: Where All That GDP Growth Magically Disappears
Welcome to the Jakarta Job Market: A Guide for the Slightly Masochistic Foreign Professional
Indonesia’s Plan to Be the Next Singapore or Dubai: Ambition, Meet Reality
Indonesia Is Not One Market: Why Companies and Investors Keep Getting It Wrong
Is Indonesia’s Startup Scene Failing Because Everyone’s Just Too Nice?
New Year, New Job? Nope. Here’s Why January is the Worst Time to Job Hunt
Why Failed Startup Founders Are Your New "What-Not-to-Do" Gurus (And Why That's Hilarious)
Why LinkedIn Bios in Third Person and Credential-Soup Names Are the New Mid-Life Crisis
Is Vietnam About to Take Indonesia's Crown as Southeast Asia’s "Golden Child"?
The Startup Recipe That Keeps Failing: Why VCs Avoid 40+ Entrepreneurs Like the Plague
Let’s Make a New Year’s Resolution, Indonesia: To Hire Based on Merit, Not… Everything Else
Will Indonesia’s PPN Increase Solve All Problems or Just Create New Ones?