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I worked with Koreans for a big project for a device manufactured by one of the big Koreans OEMs, where my company was providing some of the applications. it w

by ardit33 19y ago

I worked with Koreans for a big project for a device manufactured by one of the big Koreans OEMs, where my company was providing some of the applications. it was a problematic project, as the Korean wa having lots of bugs. The Korean guys worked everyday from 9:30 am, to 3:00 am! I am not making this up. And saturday, was only a half aday (8hrs) work. These guys were not getting enough sleep, and you would see often colapsed and taking naps in front of their computers. They were like walking zombies. This was a important project, and I guess it is a cultural thing to work so much. Needless to say that their long hours were very counterproductive. They would fix something in the morning, and break something at night.

kingkongrevenge 19y ago
Asians' bizarre thing for long hours was a big factor in race riots in the American west in the 19th century. Several times in a few cities the whites torched businesses employing asians and tore asians from their homes and marched them to the docks. People didn't want to compete with that shit. It's not impossible to sympathize.
silencio 19y ago
YES! I absolutely do not understand why parents make their kids go through this torture. Thankfully I have very open minded Korean parents and grew up in the US, but right now I am in such a better position than half my parents' friends kids that it's not funny. I slacked off, did just the bare minimum until the subject interested me, I go to parties, I go to events, I have fun. I don't study until 5 in the morning unless it's a final I'm screwed for, or if I procrastinated way too much. In fact, if I ever stay up that late it's almost always because I've been spending too much time talking to the people on the opposite side of Earth on IRC while idly doing work or playing a game. And well, I'm going to a better university than most of them, studying what I want to, earning well more than pocket change doing some coding work, and still having fun (and yes, a relationship! with premarital sex!). What did they do in the same 10 years? Study their asses off until they get burnt out constantly, and then go to some university studying what their parents wanted (half the time) or something socially acceptable (the rest of the time) where they still study their asses off, and then do the SAME thing at whatever job they get post-graduation. I'm not being entirely fair here, but I'm not that far off. :\ It's quite depressing.

by ardit33 19y ago

kingkongrevenge 19y ago

Asians' bizarre thing for long hours was a big factor in race riots in the American west in the 19th century. Several times in a few cities the whites torched businesses employing asians and tore asians from their homes and marched them to the docks. People didn't want to compete with that shit. It's not impossible to sympathize.

silencio 19y ago

YES! I absolutely do not understand why parents make their kids go through this torture. Thankfully I have very open minded Korean parents and grew up in the US, but right now I am in such a better position than half my parents' friends kids that it's not funny. I slacked off, did just the bare minimum until the subject interested me, I go to parties, I go to events, I have fun. I don't study until 5 in the morning unless it's a final I'm screwed for, or if I procrastinated way too much. In fact, if I ever stay up that late it's almost always because I've been spending too much time talking to the people on the opposite side of Earth on IRC while idly doing work or playing a game. And well, I'm going to a better university than most of them, studying what I want to, earning well more than pocket change doing some coding work, and still having fun (and yes, a relationship! with premarital sex!). What did they do in the same 10 years? Study their asses off until they get burnt out constantly, and then go to some university studying what their parents wanted (half the time) or something socially acceptable (the rest of the time) where they still study their asses off, and then do the SAME thing at whatever job they get post-graduation. I'm not being entirely fair here, but I'm not that far off. :\ It's quite depressing.