… it’s 1:30 am and I just finished necessary late-night chats with the US team. Not complaining — it’s partially my own fault it’s so late as I had temporary amnesia when I got home after the work holiday dinner and forgot to log in & do my homework. Thank goodness for that last few minutes when you lay in bed and you let your brain catch up with you and roll back over final thoughts of the day. Shot out like a cork and remembered I’m not done working. Sad part is, I wasn’t done working. I don’t know how people here for a long time cope … I’d be seriously drained having to do this for a few years… but it’s necessary.
A developer here told me an anecdote that they had sent an e-mail to the US team to sign off on something (their tone said something silly that shouldn’t have required sign-off). Only, the recipient in the US sat on the e-mail for a day. So by the time they had approval, it was 3 days later. Their response? “No wonder people in the US think Asians are either slow or pushy. If they’re not pushy, it would take Asia 3 years to accomplish what the US can do in 1.” It’s not a statement of capability — it’s a statement of proximity. Namely, the US team is closer to the decision makers, so even if negotiation or correction is required, it can all be hammered out on a much shorter runway.
So that’s a bit from the work front. Signing off (I’m beat)!
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