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> I understand that Indian developers seem to have a bad rap internationally but there are good people too.

Yeah, maybe. But India is probably known to most because of support calls from "Microsoft" and other shady scams.

Some friends have lived and worked in India for a prolonged time and after listening carefully to all of them I will prefer not to work with Indians, too.



What did they tell you about working with Indians


In loose order:

- Deadlines don't matter: If it doesn't get finished today, maybe it gets finished tomorrow, nevermind if it needs to be finished today.

- Quality doesn't matter, too. Customer is in Europe, unlikely that he will come over and be angry with us. Basic quality principles (talking about media production here) are simply ignored.

- Come when you want and leave when you want. Working hours are just a recommendation, nothing to really stick to.

- If you tell people they need to stick to the working hours so work gets done, they will probably get "sick" and not be seen for the rest of the week.




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