Comment by makemefundyou20
8 hours ago
I think it is not that people do not take things seriously. It is that there is no bandwidth for them to do so. I used to live in India, now don't live in India.
If I had to battle 2 hours of Indian traffic just to reach office, while I am also stressed about things I have to do with the city office to get my apartment approved, while also having to deal with all the plumbers etc who just call at random times, and while also thinking of having to fix my car, and none of this is easy. Everything is fucking hard, I would have no mental concentration to do these ceremonies properly as well.
I look at some of my friends in India, there's just so much daily work just to get by. Easily 4-5 hours lost everyday just for useless mandatory stuff. On top of 9 hour of sleep and 6 hours of eating, cooking, washing stuff, exercise, bathroom, you are left with 4 hours of actual work you can do per day.
So most Indian employees are unfortunately only able to work at 50% productivity. And then it is not surprising that they make mistakes.
> If I had to battle 2 hours of Indian traffic just to reach office
The company could have their office in a less congested area. The company could've given work-from-home option. The employee could've rented home near to the office. The employee could've got a cab. All Indian problems are self inflicted. Why should every company have it's office in "Bellandur" and "Marathalli"? In a self-respecting civilization, a professional earning in top 5% of the population wouldn't even want to step into such slums.
In any case, the reluctance to do proper automation and testing stems from pure lack of knowledge of good practices and hubris. Because it's going to increase velocity compared to not doing it.
I operate in india as well as rest of the world. What you are saying is true only from one perspective. When I'm in india, you can hire a persons to do Day literally everything. Cleaning, cooking, shopping any chore you can think off. I'm actually more productive when I'm in india.
Traffic is a real problem. But if your compensation is above average in tech, you can get a car with a driver and work from car.
I hear you and i agree with you. I also believe orgs should try their best to make sure employee dont have to deal with it and be more productive.
Unfortunately most of the tech buisness are what we call "lala" businesses and they are not incentivising.