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Just my opinion but I guess: Less American enthusiasm, less money and more of an attitude that it's just a job rather than changing the world edit: and more ti
by Graffur 5y ago
Just my opinion but I guess: Less American enthusiasm, less money and more of an attitude that it's just a job rather than changing the world
edit: and more time off
- sdevonoes 5y agoI think this rings home. I work as a software engineer in Western Europe: programming is my hobby I and love it, but I only show "passion" on personal projects. I do my 9-5 at my work because it just doesn't make much sense to me to give all my "intellect" to my employer.
- muzani 5y agoI'd see it as the opposite. Most of the American companies I apply with do some kind of community, note taking tool, communication tool, help people save money on vacations. None of these are world-changing applications. Whereas in developing countries, you're helping people with prepaid solar power. You're helping them save time and costs transferring cash (many still don't have credit cards). Some people have only one form of entertainment, and I've worked on that once. There's just a lot of problems that have skipped the PC era and gone straight into the smartphone-browser era. Though like the people who build highways, it's common to get treated as just another form of disposable labor.