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Your last point is dead-on, and I think it's not just true for Japan but also for Germany and Russia. People from these countries tend to approach technology fr
by fauigerzigerk 13y ago
Your last point is dead-on, and I think it's not just true for Japan but also for Germany and Russia. People from these countries tend to approach technology from a much more hardware or math centric view. The interest in UI stuff is nowhere as great as in the US and it doesn't garner the same level of reputation.
- andor 13y agoCan you give a few examples?
- fauigerzigerk 13y agoWhat would be interesting is actual data beyond anecdotal evidence and I think there is some. Just look at the size of various industries in these countries. Japan and Germany export tons of complex high-tech machinery but not much end-user facing software. And it's not just software, it's also global ad agencies, the film industry or even music. There are of course exceptions like Sony and SAP. Examples for the reputation of things are a little difficult to come by, because it's a feeling you get when you talk to people. But look at the names of contributors to open source software. If you see a Russian name, the odds are high that they are working on some of the most challenging engineering parts far away from anything user facing. You'll see them work on garbage collectors (https://plus.google.com/113761107534428240799/posts/LjPnay7hX6t https://plus.google.com/113761107534428240799/posts/LjPnay7h...), web servers (http://sysoev.ru/en/ http://sysoev.ru/en/), (http://cesanta.com/ http://cesanta.com/), that sort of thing. Of course you see people from the US do these things too, but the distribution appears to be different.