Siu Lun

Even the Chief Executive of BP won’t say when oil leaks can be stopped.

Don’t ask devs for when all the bugs can be fixed. It’s not about Hong Kongers being hard working and Europeans not, it’s just being responsible by telling the truth. Developers might be able to tell you once he found the bug, like BP will probably be able to tell you when they find the exact leak, but even then, it’s an estimate. Not a ‘deadline’ to fix bugs by.

Hong Konger’s being hard-working is really a load of rubbish, if that’s true, Hong Kong people would’ve overtaken the world – but Hong Kong haven’t – Hong Kong haven’t even got past Singapore. Don’t pet yourselves in the back just because you can stay up till 2am – sometimes working!

It’s just that in the UK and US, they’re all so much smarter in the way they work than Hong Kong people they don’t need to work OT every day! I’m sorry to say this in front of my Hong Kong friends but, I’ve worked in both worlds and I’m not being biased.

There is no doubt that Hong Kong people are more willing to work OT, however.

Again, get real. There’s a world of difference out there to catch up, and people need to realise it. I get told about this misconception all the time. The only reason why European/US developers takes more time on a project than in Hong Kong is because they’re coding it RIGHT!

Oh and did I mention in US/UK people start work at 8:30am!? Hong Kong apparently don’t need to start till 11 am! So when US/UK people work OT, it’s more than the OT time of HK people.

Later.
Ronald