"developers in Europe have less autonomy and are less integrated into business decision making, partly as a result of an introverted and passive developer cultu

"developers in Europe have less autonomy and are less integrated into business decision making, partly as a result of an introverted and passive developer culture, whereas in the US, greater interaction between developers and management drives an increased perception of the value of technical skills, and a greater role in business decision making." To an extent, this has been my experience as well since I work with many globally distributed teams across US, Europe and Asia as well. It is probably not fair to generalize this but I have always noticed that developers in the UK/Europe tend to focus only on the actual code "what" is required and when it comes to any decision making, they usually do not have much say (whether voluntary or because of management structure). In the US however, developers are a lot more involved in management discussions and decision making. Again, I would be careful not to generalize this.