> Japanese programmers continue to be utterly inept
That's quite a sweeping statement! Plenty of Japanese programers I know are extremely competent.
That's quite a sweeping statement! Plenty of Japanese programers I know are extremely competent.
Maybe the programmers in question are smart as in book smart, but they clearly don't know how to reflect that in practice.
Also, it truly is ridiculous that so many Japanese programs still can't unicode.
Can't, or won't? In truth, Unicode is a completely braindead standard
In my experience, many programmers that are book smart can contribute to great working software, but can also produce crap when left to their own devices ("who cares about UX, look at this slick 3NF data model I fleshed out") or managed incompetently ("We fixed all the bugs that were in our bug tracker, therefore the software must be complete").
But plenty of Japanese programers you know who are extremely competent != all Japanese programmers are extremely competent.
Only a Sith deals in absolutes.