> The engineering departments would be penalized for bugs found by the official QC organization, so having large in-house testing teams was worth it. Some more

> The engineering departments would be penalized for bugs found by the official QC organization, so having large in-house testing teams was worth it. Some more details about that behavior are: In Japan, employees start with a zero score, then for each mistake lose a point. So they will analyze/block anything that could potentially cause a demerit. Obviously that's the polar opposite of "move fast and break things." Regarding the "3,000 line spreadsheet", yup, that's normal there and part of why their meetings often run to midnight. Gotta check and double-check every row before moving on to the next one. :) If you want to learn more about these cultural differences, read patio11's excellent posts about working in Japan.