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by 0x8BADF00D 2179 days ago
It would be highly unusual to run meetings like standup where nobody else spoke the language two people were talking in. It’s different if they’re talking outside of a meeting.
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None of that has anything to do with “America” or any other country for that matter; it’s simply politeness and getting he job done.
It does. If I worked at a Japanese company, I would learn Japanese. I would respect the culture of the country I emigrated to. Otherwise, why would I live there?
Really? I’ve spoken with French developers at Nintendo HQ who spoke no Japanese and nobody seemed to bat an eye. In fact I first met them at some meetings with very high level execs.
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Nobody mentioned anything about "in a meeting", so how are we supposed to divine that that's what you meant?