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25 Years Old and an Offshore IT Manager
dcblogs writes "The Chinese outsourcing market, at $1.7 billion last year, is growing at 38% a year, according to research by the Everest Group. This is creating opportunities for Westerners who want to go to China, learn the language, and help these Chinese offshore companies reach overseas markets. There are job opportunities for people with management experience or who are young and willing to gamble. Here's the story of one 25-year-old who started learning Mandarin on his plane ride over to China, three years ago, and is now an international development manager for an IT offshoring firm."
I don't know if you actually worked for a Chinese company.
But those of us who have been working where I do for the last five years in a Chinese company find this not to be true. We have found that they are equally discriminating against whites, blacks and hispanics.
Learning the culture means accepting the fact that they are going to be dickheads.
"Sorry but you misunderstood this is a cultural difference".
It doesn't happen very often but it has repeated itself enough that we get the picture. For the most part we just ignore it until you can't and then you leave.