<story><title>Lu Ban&apos;s axe and working with your Chinese suppliers</title><url>https://hackaday.com/2017/08/30/lu-bans-axe-and-working-with-your-chinese-suppliers/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>aleyan</author><text>&amp;gt; Even now, engineers are not held in anywhere near the same regard in China as they are in the West.&lt;p&gt;I have to respectfully disagree with the author on the esteem of engineers in China versus the West. I am not Chinese, nor an expert on their culture, but I do live in the West so I understand half of the equation.&lt;p&gt;Current President of China, Xi Jinping was educated as a chemical engineer[1]. His predecessor Hu Jintao was a hydroelectric engineer[2]. His predecessor Jiang Zemin was an electrical engineer[3].&lt;p&gt;Compare that with recent American presidents like Obama (JD), Bush(MBA), Clinton(JD), Bush Sr(BA in Econ), Reagan (BA in Econ). These are only a few points, but seems to me it is in China where engineers rise to the highest echelons of power. We have lawyers.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Xi_Jinping#Early_life_and_education&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Xi_Jinping#Early_life_and_educ...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Hu_Jintao#Early_life&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Hu_Jintao#Early_life&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[3] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Jiang_Zemin#Background_and_ascendancy&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Jiang_Zemin#Background_and_asc...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Lu Ban&apos;s axe and working with your Chinese suppliers</title><url>https://hackaday.com/2017/08/30/lu-bans-axe-and-working-with-your-chinese-suppliers/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>booleandilemma</author><text>&lt;i&gt;Since we are on the topic of idiom, this one rings true: “The nail that sticks out gets hammered down”. Unless you’re the boss of the company you rarely stand to profit from problem solving or creative thinking — and usually speaking up will be detrimental to you in some way.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;Are American companies that different? The few places I&amp;#x27;ve worked software engineers didn&amp;#x27;t get bonuses, only the people in sales did. Software engineers are seen as a resource.</text></comment>