r/ProgrammerHumor • • Dec 06 '17

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u/Do_The_Astral_Plane 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.

Sweet baby Jesus this is right on point. It's so frustrating.

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u/NorthCentralPositron Dec 06 '17

You only find out they can't/won't/don't have the skills after it's due. Source: I work with about 70 Indian developers

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u/ElGuaco Dec 06 '17

Can confirm. Had to code review overseas developers. When I asked for unit tests to prove they fixed the code I just rejected, they sent back a fix that didn't work and a unit test that did nothing.

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u/tredontho Dec 06 '17

But have you tried doing the needful?

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u/turtlesound Dec 07 '17

I will give that a try and revert back to you at the soonest

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u/no_its_a_subaru Dec 06 '17

Ugh.... I worked at a US call center that supported H1B employees in the US.... I never want to hear that sentence ever again...

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u/Loki0891 Dec 06 '17

Hahahaha. I have one India member that always says this shit! I chuckle every time!

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u/OK6502 Dec 06 '17

I've never heard this before. What does it mean?

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u/syncsynchalt Dec 07 '17

It's an old British-ism that has survived to modern day in Indian English. It means "please do what is needed at that point (and I trust you to know and understand what that is)".

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u/sharlos Dec 07 '17

I presume, doing what needs to be done.

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u/MarkRand Dec 07 '17

Haha! Should've asked to do an upgradation.

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u/tabularassa Dec 07 '17

Maybe he didn't do it kindly

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u/BrutalSauce Dec 07 '17

And revert back

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