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Originally Posted by masraum
I think I remember a thread here once that was talking about engineers from Asia vs the US with an interesting bit of info that I believe may be accurate to a degree. They said something to the effect that if you want the job performed exactly to standard that Asians were great. And if you want a problem solver that can think outside of the box, get an American. In my experience, it seems like many/most of the Asian cultures value and promote that everyone conforms to the norm or standard, but in America, innovation .
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Exactly. The techs I had working for me were like this. Asian techs could grind out routine stuff repeatedly, and do excellent work. But if a glitch ever popped up, they never sought a workaround or substitution. My U.S.-born techs were slower to get routine work done, and the quality wasn't as uniform as the asians', but if there was any kind of hassle, they'd figure something out to get the job done. Small sample size, and over-generalized, but I think you've hit on a cultural difference.