So will we see github banned very soon?
Chinese Devs Using GitHub to Protest 996 Workweek (9am – 9pm, 6 days/week)
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#32Re: Chinese Devs Using GitHub to Protest 996 Workweek (9am – 9pm, 6 days/week)
#33It is taking longer and longer to get a work visa to the US if you work in ML or quantum computing. US don't want us.
The US people and companies do. We just have incompetent leadership in our government, we're waiting it out too.
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#34I always had a question about hiring Chinese engineers remotely. Is it easy to handle salary payments to China and will the Chinese Firewall interfere with any web development activity they have to do? Is anyone here doing it?
"Is it easy to handle salary payments to China "
- yes, through Paypal
"will the Chinese Firewall interfere with any web development activity they have to do" - Most of the Chinese programmers know how to bypass the firewall by using VPN or shadowsocks.
Rails developer here, I have been following remote job listing sites for a really long time. Its frustrating when most of them set limitation as for "US"/"EU"/"NA" citizens only.
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#35This self advocacy is encouraging and long overdue IMO. The Chinese colloquial term for developer is "码农". Its literal English translation is "code peasants" -- not the most flattering or respectful way to call software engineers. I've recently heard horror stories, where 9-9-6 is no longer enough inside one of the Chinese tech giants, and 10-10-7 is expected (10am-10pm, 7 days/week) I hope this brings about some pos…
Why not just 9-9-7? Was there any reasoning behind starting and finishing at 10? Its still a 12 hour day.
Avoiding rush hour traffic.
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#36Re: Chinese Devs Using GitHub to Protest 996 Workweek (9am – 9pm, 6 days/week)
#37I always had a question about hiring Chinese engineers remotely. Is it easy to handle salary payments to China and will the Chinese Firewall interfere with any web development activity they have to do? Is anyone here doing it?
Looking for some 996ers of your own? This might not be the best time and to place to ask about that.
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#38This kind of expression helps humanize the otherwise distance created between the Chinese development world and the otherwise Western portrayal. A few thoughts from my experience living in China. When living in China, I didn't see any appeal in the overworking culture. Most developers with families worked normal hours. People who were single made time to spend time with friends. I didn't see the overwork ethic it in…
I work in Shanghai, my first full-time job as a Rails developer was more than 2k dollars a month(I was just graduated with only a little development experience), and I think that's about the average in Shanghai.
Re: Chinese Devs Using GitHub to Protest 996 Workweek (9am – 9pm, 6 days/week)
#39This self advocacy is encouraging and long overdue IMO. The Chinese colloquial term for developer is "码农". Its literal English translation is "code peasants" -- not the most flattering or respectful way to call software engineers. I've recently heard horror stories, where 9-9-6 is no longer enough inside one of the Chinese tech giants, and 10-10-7 is expected (10am-10pm, 7 days/week) I hope this brings about some pos…
Why not just 9-9-7? Was there any reasoning behind starting and finishing at 10? Its still a 12 hour day.
Not sure to be honest, were just anecdotes I heard.
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#40I always had a question about hiring Chinese engineers remotely. Is it easy to handle salary payments to China and will the Chinese Firewall interfere with any web development activity they have to do? Is anyone here doing it?
Looking for some 996ers of your own? This might not be the best time and to place to ask about that.
Absolutely not. Quite the contrary. If they are unhappy with this conditions (and they rightfully are), it seems like an opportunity to hire them and give them reasonable work hours.
I have met several Chinese programmers through out the years and was always impressed with their skills and work ethics.