IBM Names Arvind Krishna CEO

Post by ahartmetz » Fri, Jan 31, 2020, 8:18 AM UTC

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The language / the cultural barrier isn't as high as it is for an American living in China though. I've grown up speaking English and watching a lot of American / British movies and TV, reading a lot of english literature. I assume this is not the case for most Americans with Chinese culture. There's definitely a culture shock when you first move here and are figuring stuff out - How do you order food at a subway or…

I lived in both UK and Germany for about 4 years on each. My native language is Spanish (Mex) and I found it more difficult to adapt/blend with Britons than with Germans. Even though my English is Ok and my German is terrible...

Post by virtuabhi » Fri, Jan 31, 2020, 8:26 AM UTC

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Post by drKarl » Fri, Jan 31, 2020, 8:28 AM UTC

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This is under appreciated. I spent significant time living and working in China and it’s HARD. I came back to the US with a MUCH deeper respect for any immigrants I work with. Everything is much more confusing and frustrating.

The language / the cultural barrier isn't as high as it is for an American living in China though. I've grown up speaking English and watching a lot of American / British movies and TV, reading a lot of english literature. I assume this is not the case for most Americans with Chinese culture. There's definitely a culture shock when you first move here and are figuring stuff out - How do you order food at a subway or…

Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jan 31, 2020, 8:38 AM UTC

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Something as localized as the culture in a family can have tremendous effect on people.

Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jan 31, 2020, 8:52 AM UTC

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Another Indian-born tech CEO? It's incredible. IBM joins Microsoft, Google, Adobe, Nokia, and Harman in this regard. Also, MasterCard and PepsiCo (until 2018). I wonder how much it's a cultural thing.

This is a biased, but honest observation that I'd like to share. I've been working for a big corp for about 5 years now. I was born in a SE Asian country and came to the US for college. I have worked with a lot of India-born people. As a fellow foreigner and as an Asian, I can tell that more often than not Indian people are bolder and more aggressive in asking for what they want (e.g., one of my Indian colleague aske…