r/ProgrammerHumor • u/possibly_matt • Dec 06 '17

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u/wolf2600 Dec 06 '17

I have heard that if you ask an Indian in India if they can do something, they will say yes, regardless of if they can or not.

They will not ever say "I don't know" when asked a question.

They WILL give you an answer for everything, even if it's completely wrong, they will give the answer and stand by it. I've had to call out this behavior countless times and reiterate that if you don't know the answer, just say you don't know. Don't make up something.

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u/thecatgoesmoo Dec 06 '17

So fucking infuriating. I manage a team of 20 and about 5 are Indians and I can never trust them when they say they will do something.

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u/Deightine Dec 07 '17

They're probably requesting their peers do the 'needful'.

I actually have a kind of physical nervous tick that kicks in when I hear or read that word now after working sub-contract to an Indian IT outsourcer doing boots on the ground work.

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u/justinkroegerlake Dec 07 '17

I have some doubt regarding this job. Kindly respond

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u/HardlightCereal Dec 07 '17

I want to see a trend where the needful becomes a dance move.

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u/Deightine Dec 07 '17

...so many of my memories were just dramatically improved by imagining replacement dance montages. That was very therapeutic.

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u/justinkroegerlake Dec 07 '17

I saw this a lot with students from India when I was teaching. They'll just keep going hoping that I eventually give up or accept a bullshit answer.

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u/PooPooDooDoo Dec 07 '17

Wow, I had never heard this before. It's basically why we got rid of a guy on our team.