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Germany, Austria, Swiss (swiss-german) mentality In a nutshell: German speakers mentality

by intunderflow 2y ago

shortrounddev2 2y ago
But I mean what is that mentality
- digiou 2y ago
  Extreme frugality and risk aversion, cash (and revenue) is the only KPI to success, digitalization = just make it a PDF and don't change the process thus any process is still equally slow.
  - Aeolun 2y ago
    Is this why so many German companies expand to Japan :?
- jeffrallen 2y ago
  As a french speaking Swiss I'm pretty biased, but I'd say it comes down to salary thriftiness to the detriment of innovation, practicality to the detriment of flexibility, and perfection to the detriment of velocity. If you happen to want your supplier to be slow, extremely reliable, and you don't mind paying for the high profit margin they expect to be able to extract, you'll be a perfect customer of a DACH-mentality company. There are hundreds of niche categories where they dominate the market, including machine tools, forging, factory automation, etc. But don't write off DACH: there are plenty of companies in DACH that run circles around their competitors by blending typically DACH traits with agility.
  - mathverse 2y ago
    French speakers are a serious mystery to me. They are much better stewards when it comes to tech and cooperation but they are so much stuck up with their need to "speak french" that it hinders any progress. At least DACH made the progress of opening up. It would be ideal to combine DACH liberalism for language and french attitude towards tech and innovation.
    - fransje26 2y ago
      > they are so much stuck up with their need to "speak french" But.. ..why would you want to speak anything else? Who settles for the mediocre?
    - RandomThoughts3 2y ago
      "How dare these people want to speak their language rather than mine?"
  - fransje26 2y ago
    > But don't write off DACH: there are plenty of companies in DACH that run circles around their competitors by blending typically DACH traits with agility. For future career possibilities worth investigating, would you care to name a few good examples/companies you are aware of?
- Spooky23 2y ago
  Cheap. Loving embrace of arbitrary rules. In a stable manufacturing business, it’s a superpower. In tech, not so much.

Germany, Austria, Swiss (swiss-german) mentality In a nutshell: German speakers mentality

shortrounddev2 2y ago

But I mean what is that mentality

digiou 2y ago
Extreme frugality and risk aversion, cash (and revenue) is the only KPI to success, digitalization = just make it a PDF and don't change the process thus any process is still equally slow.
- Aeolun 2y ago
  Is this why so many German companies expand to Japan :?
jeffrallen 2y ago
As a french speaking Swiss I'm pretty biased, but I'd say it comes down to salary thriftiness to the detriment of innovation, practicality to the detriment of flexibility, and perfection to the detriment of velocity. If you happen to want your supplier to be slow, extremely reliable, and you don't mind paying for the high profit margin they expect to be able to extract, you'll be a perfect customer of a DACH-mentality company. There are hundreds of niche categories where they dominate the market, including machine tools, forging, factory automation, etc. But don't write off DACH: there are plenty of companies in DACH that run circles around their competitors by blending typically DACH traits with agility.
- mathverse 2y ago
  French speakers are a serious mystery to me. They are much better stewards when it comes to tech and cooperation but they are so much stuck up with their need to "speak french" that it hinders any progress. At least DACH made the progress of opening up. It would be ideal to combine DACH liberalism for language and french attitude towards tech and innovation.
  - fransje26 2y ago
    > they are so much stuck up with their need to "speak french" But.. ..why would you want to speak anything else? Who settles for the mediocre?
  - RandomThoughts3 2y ago
    "How dare these people want to speak their language rather than mine?"
- fransje26 2y ago
  > But don't write off DACH: there are plenty of companies in DACH that run circles around their competitors by blending typically DACH traits with agility. For future career possibilities worth investigating, would you care to name a few good examples/companies you are aware of?
Spooky23 2y ago
Cheap. Loving embrace of arbitrary rules. In a stable manufacturing business, it’s a superpower. In tech, not so much.