Maybe that says more about the hobbyist nature of programming in the West than anything else.
Westerners, who may have started programming out of personal interest, may simply spend more time after work building up social communities to solve problems they have at work.
In Japan programming may simply be viewed more as "a salary job" they could qualify for, filled with lots of uninspired folks who just want to grind through their shift and get the hell out of there at the end of the day.
At least that's how my friends who've worked in both Japanese and Western companies describe the situation.
In Japan programming may simply be viewed more as "a salary job" they could qualify for, filled with lots of uninspired folks who just want to grind through their shift and get the hell out of there at the end of the day.
Um, have you ever been to the US? It's like that here too.
Westerners, who may have started programming out of personal interest, may simply spend more time after work building up social communities to solve problems they have at work.
In Japan programming may simply be viewed more as "a salary job" they could qualify for, filled with lots of uninspired folks who just want to grind through their shift and get the hell out of there at the end of the day.
At least that's how my friends who've worked in both Japanese and Western companies describe the situation.