[RHSeeger]

It is entirely possible for a culture in an area/country to promote a behavior that many of the people there agree with. That doesn't mean that all the people in that area/country agree with (or exhibit) it, just that it's common.

For example, there is a fairly widespread / rampant "cheating/copying/don't-bother-learning" culture in a lot of schools in India, especially as it relates to software development. I've seen it brought up and stated as truth by people from that region over and over. There are also many VERY smart, skilled, devoted software developers from that are. I've worked with quite a few. However, because there _is_ that culture, the "noise" (bad developers) to signal (good developers) ratio is really high. And, when dealing with developers from that area (especially, from my experience, those at various contract/churn companies), you need to be careful about the work they're doing. You need to check to see it's being done well ... at least until you're familiar enough with the people/team that you can trust them.

Culture _has_ an impact; but that doesn't mean it should be assumed... just that it may mean you need to pay more attention.