Re:Linus Torvalds apologizes for his behavior, takes time off
by ksec on Monday September 17, 2018 @10:26AM
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>Have certainly experienced much more direct communication styles, e.g. in Holland, than are the norm in say UK.
I would say UK are quite far on the opposite spectrum. And Cultural differences in coomunication are vastly amplify on the Internet.
Re:Linus Torvalds apologizes for his behavior, takes time off
by noir_lord on Monday September 17, 2018 @04:13PM
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My boss says I am very direct though not as a bad thing.
After I eviscerated a vendor in a meeting.
My partner is Hungarian and she's about as direct about things as me which I find incredibly refreshing.
Nothing festers and the air is cleared straight away.
Not really sure where the UK falls on the direct/indirect spectrum, I know I am on the more direct side for the UK though.
I remember a seminar taught by US lady in Holland where at the end of the first day she said she had never experienced so much of what she perceived as aggression. We talked it through at the beginning of the second day and put most of it down to cultural differences.