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Is English your native language? I definitely have friction switching my focus to the other person, but it's not to the extent that I can't literally understand
by scott_s 9y ago
Is English your native language? I definitely have friction switching my focus to the other person, but it's not to the extent that I can't literally understand them.
Regardless, I agree with afarrell: explain this to your wife so she can understand your behavior. If you've never explained it, she likely doesn't understand.
- danieltillett 9y agoYes English is my native language. As for the wife I have explained it to her on many occasions, but she thinks this is just an excuse that I have made up to allow me to ignoring her :)
- ci5er 9y agoEnglish is my native language, but I spent the first 10 years of my career in Japan. I didn't really notice a difference with which language was being spoken. My Japanese colleagues came up with a joke (?). They'd ask me something mundane (like: did you eat yet?), but since I was so zombie-like for several minutes, they would slap a post-it on me. I felt bad about this, but I was managing a 2M line code base (C), and they 'only' had to manage 250k-or-so transistors. I now believe (for me) that if you (one) is debugging a large code-base, taking a moment to relearn human is to be expected. It's a self-serving belief, but I have found little evidence that it is wrong...