| > You make it sound as if the Chinese are more imaginative than Americans. That's not the case. They just have more people. How to say this without an ad hominem? > Why would you want to go work on laundromat or construction company APIs when you have a shot at getting into Apple or Google. Why would one be even bothered by that? Apple or not, anybody more or less seasoned professional knows his price and capabilities. My experience in the West shows that MNCs and dotcoms are full of kids just wanting to be abused by their employer for: 1. nice record in the resume; 2. sense of "social status"; 3. getting that "artsy startup cred" approval mark. If laundromat API pays 3/4 of Apple's wage for an equivalent duration of work, but is many, many times easier to get than a job at Apple, I think there is not question what gig to pick up. That's a typical wishful thinking of a "creative class wannabe" who has tons of insecurity about his claim to entitlement coming with that "artsy high class person" label. Chinese devs may be taking someones job in the West, but it has no dependence whatsoever on them being evaluated for their "creativity." This has much more to do about ones productivity, and track record of successfully shipped products. On that record, the comparison is not in favour of their American counterparts: a typical twenty something "code drone" will very likely score more on that than a senior dev or tech manager in the West. I am checking Linkedins of engineering SVPs in Google and Apple now, near all have just 3-4 shipped products. I know a 25 years old who now counts his 21st engineering project in his career. |