Last week, I had a conversation with somebody about the differences between Indian and Eastern European programmers. Or maybe we spoke about programmers in general. The thing I find always hard in our business is to answer questions about these differences. For I believe the real answer actually is: it depends on the person you have in front of you. … Continue reading
I am reading a book called ’100% succesvolle IT-projecten’, written by Klaas Jung and Gerard van de Looi. They write about the key success factors in IT projects. One of the chapters that stand out for me is about relationships and openness. They write: ‘The more you open up for the other person, the bigger the chances that you receive trust. The … Continue reading
When I decided that I’m really going to India for my Internship in Bridge IT staffing company, I had no idea what to expect. For me India was an unexplored country but with so much to explore therefore I decided not to build any expectation but to take everything as it comes. In the beginning of September I was leaving … Continue reading
Today on Bridge Blog we are featuring an interview with Minna Salminen Karlsson. Minna Salminen Karlsson, a Swedish researcher who has done a research on the”soft” issues in advanced ICT offshoring from Sweden to India. Her project is called ‘OFFSWING’. Recently she visited our Indian office as part of her research. She spend some days with the team. Here are … Continue reading
Organisations are traditionally: a place where people gather to work on something they are specialized in to create a certain service or product. Last century this place was often a factory and in the second half of the century, we moved into a service economy and the place became an office. In that office, people come in the morning, sit … Continue reading
Avi Elkoni wrote an article for our blog about the 5 lethal mistakes in offshore software development. The first lethal mistake is downplaying cultural differences. I absolutely agree that culture has a big impact on globally distributed software projects. I have recently read a book about cultural differences that deepens the research of Geert Hofstede. The commonly used framework of Hofstede explains … Continue reading
As I’m sure you’ve heard, there are far-away lands where the best and brightest youths flock to science and technology schools. They emerge a few years later in hoards of brilliant and eager software developers. Why not put them to work for you? They are smart, talented, easy to find and hire and they work for very reasonable pay. The … Continue reading
Last week, I gave a presentation at the Technical University in Delft and one of my topics was ‘empathy’. I always get some questioning faces when I present a slide with a definition of empathy on it. Normally, technologists get taught about rationality and data, not about people and emphatic relationships. The definition of empathy that I used: Identification with and understanding of another’s situation, … Continue reading
