From my experience with programmers/engineers 'IN' India and China is that they seem to be far less flexible/creative. They know what they know but if you ask t

From my experience with programmers/engineers 'IN' India and China is that they seem to be far less flexible/creative. They know what they know but if you ask them to solve a problem that they haven't encountered they struggle. I used to outsource a ton of work and remember all the crazy, convoluted solutions they would come back with, most which didn't work or follow the requirements. I really think it has to do with their structured life and education system that focuses on accomplishments and not on problem solving/creativity (and the fear of being wrong). If I want a generic well-known structure built they are fantastic, but if you push the limits they tend to struggle. I learned to design everything myself and then give them exact instructions on how to accomplish each broken down task. The work improved drastically once I began following this rule.