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To those that are unfamiliar with the Chinese terms, - 差不多 culture (Chàbùduō) = Fail Fast, Fail Often Culture - rely on 关系 here (Guānxì) = rely on the old boy
by wer716 8y ago
To those that are unfamiliar with the Chinese terms,
- 差不多 culture (Chàbùduō) = Fail Fast, Fail Often Culture
- rely on 关系 here (Guānxì) = rely on the old boy network here
- Daido_M 8y agoI don't think "差不多" means "Fail Fast, Fail Often". 差不多 literally means "not much difference". It's usually used by Chinese workers to dismiss shortfalls in quality/quantity that are, in their view, inconsequential. I'm also not sure it's prevalent enough to be a "culture", though I remember reading several-year-old blog posts about it.
- cromwellian 8y agoI think of it as a guy building a shelf. He hangs the shelf, puts a level on it, and it's clearly not level, but only off by say, 2 degrees. Job done. Pay me. I won't mention to the person who hired me that it's off-spec. To be fair, this happens all the time in the US, that's why we have building codes, building inspectors, etc.