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Could you expand on situations you experienced it where it felt like a strange approach? Being an Australian who worked in America for a bit, I felt like there
by ehnto 5y ago
Could you expand on situations you experienced it where it felt like a strange approach?
Being an Australian who worked in America for a bit, I felt like there was a facade of exceptionalism that was in fact just the same "she'll be right" attitude in different words. Everything was always "the best thing ever" or an "awesome job" even when it really wasn't. Different term but same outcome.
- tpmx 5y agoI'm Scandinavian. I do share your feeling about american superlatives. It's hard for me to mention concrete examples now (it's been a while), but I felt a general lack of wanting things to be better which felt really weird.
- stephen_g 5y agoAs an Australian I can relate to the "general lack of wanting things to be better". I feel like 80% of what I've done in my work life (still living and working in Australia) has been trying to convince people to care about doing things better! I feel like may be a bit of a generational thing around here? Seemed to be a lot of older managers and engineers who were very set in their ways, but it does seem a bit less so for younger people. Of course there are exceptions, happily I now finally work with more people who want to improve things and do things really well than I have for years and a couple of them are in that older generation.
- WatchDog 5y agoMelbournian that has worked in the US a little bit, and had similar experiences. Mundane releases and improvements were presented with huge enthusiasm and fanfare.