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Why would they stay? China is seeing a huge boom in the tech industry and it's only the beginning. The future is there, not in SV. I'm kinda jealous of my frien
by ggregoire 9y ago
Why would they stay? China is seeing a huge boom in the tech industry and it's only the beginning. The future is there, not in SV. I'm kinda jealous of my friends who learned Chinese in college and are now working there.
- djroomba 9y agoBeing only part chinese, I can tell you unless you are full han chinese, you will have a hard time on the mainland, regardless of how much chinese/mandarin you know. Edit: Im not going to share personal stories, I dont want my relatives there to suffer for anything that gets reported back.
- mylons 9y agoi am completely ignorant of why you said this. care to expound on why you'd have trouble?
- bilbo0s 9y agoI can attest to this. Unless you are a 6 foot plus black guy with a wicked three point shot... do not go to China to make your fortune if you are not Chinese. Go to China to ASSIST someone ELSE in making a fortune instead. You'll be a good deal more successful.
- fredliu 9y agoI heard the other side of the story that ABCs could have a hard time in China, because they look just like full han Chinese, but when people find out you are not really "Chinese Chinese", attitudes/expectations/behaviors change. Edit: I guess I should say "attitudes/expectations/behaviors change, for the better or worse"
- jdtang13 9y agoThis doesn't seem super true in my opinion, but I could be wrong. I think that a lot of native Chinese actually lower their expectations around ABCs and are pretty interested in asking questions about American culture.
- fredliu 9y agoI think what you said just confirmed my point: Is "Lower their expectations" necessarily a good thing? Especially when we are talking about under a professional environment. "He's really an American, he doesn't really understand how to be a good manager for a team of native Chinese" doesn't sound like an advantage to me.
- seanmcdirmid 9y agoWell, unless you are dashan maybe, but even he went back to Canada eventually.
- jdtang13 9y agoDo you have any enlightening stories to share?
- humanrebar 9y agoGiven the habits of the Chinese government, do you think Chinese software and information services will be popular outside of China?
- holydude 9y agoThey do not need to be popular. They can just buy shares or even fusion with their EU/US counterparts. The problem is we are too damn stupid to realize that we cant allow chinese protectionism anymore
- geogra4 9y agoI think that's a little unfair to characterize the Chinese government as uniquely nefarious. NSA's Prism gives the US Gov't free reign over troves of information held by US based software and information services companies.
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- humanrebar 9y agoI didn't set up any kind of false choice. It's possible that Western Europe, for instance, decides to stay away from both.
- lurr 9y ago> I think that's a little unfair to characterize the Chinese government as uniquely nefarious It's not at all. We can still criticize the US government for their actions. You actually couldn't do that in China.
- seanmcdirmid 9y agoEh, if you think there is a bamboo ceiling in SV, there is a corresponding foreigner ceiling that is much lower in china. Most of us who worked in china shuffle out after 2 or 3 years, long timers beyond 5 years are rare.
- lurr 9y agoI'm not. I want no part of living under totalitarianism.