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Re: [tlug] OT: interesting NY times article:High-Tech Japanese, Running Out of Engineers



Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
The Japanese neither
want foreigners to stay a minute longer than they're needed for the
job at hand, nor do they expect them to, whereas (corporate) America
has been far more welcoming (to the H1B elite, anyway), and succeeded
in corrupting most of them into staying.

When I came here I was told (rather sarcastically) that "most foreigners just leave after a couple of years" and considering how I have been treated so far I can see why. :)


It's interesting, though, I don't find these conversations taking place among my western colleagues in China. Not even close, actually. For all its faults (and there are many), China seems to be changing regarding this one issue while Japan remains utterly clueless about it. Generalizations, I realize.

Having said that, though, the longer I stay the more Japanese developers I find who reject this exclusionary attitude. I find those guys remarkable. They they have a lot to teach the west (and me especially). Who knows. I haven't been here long enough to really know what I'm talking about. :)

Jim

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