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This seems cherry picked and oddly fetishistic. I have also worked with Japanese developers and found them resistant to new ideas because seniority often trump
by devmor 1y ago
This seems cherry picked and oddly fetishistic.
I have also worked with Japanese developers and found them resistant to new ideas because seniority often trumps knowledge in Japanese work culture. But I did not assume that meant that all Japanese developers are stuck in the past because that would be silly.
- mpalmer 1y agoIt mostly reads like they're exoticizing good development practice because they don't recognize it and/or haven't seen it elsewhere.
- niobe 1y agoOn the other hand, SV development culture is often obsessed with early release and adding features, traits I would identify with short-termism, rather than improving usability and minimising bloat (trends not rules). So a little old school conservatism might go a long way when it comes to software.. although the problems of too much silence in the face of seniority are also well known from the airline industry.
- FiniteIntegral 1y agoAgreed, it's cherry picked and strange since a lot of western developers already profess a lot of these practices -- especially the "extensive comments" and "descriptive naming" points. It reminds me a lot about "innovative Japanese management solutions" which consists of MBAs learning what a bottleneck is and that DevOps is just sensible basic business practice.