> Have you ever used software or website that was written entirely by an offshore team and felt that it was a bit "off"? The translations were a bit wonky and the interactions felt somewhat unintuitive?
Translations off? Sure. Unintuitive? I don't know, but let's say I'll give you that. The offshore team lives in their own cultural bubble, where English is used in a particular way(incongruent with what I/you are used to), and maybe they like to place their menu on the left instead of on the right. I can see, intuitively, the link between "local differences" like language proficiency and cultural preference, and producing a different product.
You then cite "white men" making software that's intuitive for "themselves". I don't see any intuitive characteristics that would encompass "white men" in any meaningful way. There's white men in the US, there's white men in Russia. The white men in Russia don't build applications the same way the white men in the US do.
I can instinctively tell the difference between a german developer and a US developer(visible language differences). What are the common factors attributable to "white males" that lead them to create software that is intuitive for them?
Translations off? Sure. Unintuitive? I don't know, but let's say I'll give you that. The offshore team lives in their own cultural bubble, where English is used in a particular way(incongruent with what I/you are used to), and maybe they like to place their menu on the left instead of on the right. I can see, intuitively, the link between "local differences" like language proficiency and cultural preference, and producing a different product.
You then cite "white men" making software that's intuitive for "themselves". I don't see any intuitive characteristics that would encompass "white men" in any meaningful way. There's white men in the US, there's white men in Russia. The white men in Russia don't build applications the same way the white men in the US do.
I can instinctively tell the difference between a german developer and a US developer(visible language differences). What are the common factors attributable to "white males" that lead them to create software that is intuitive for them?