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Guan Leiming

Technical Director | Java

Differences between domestic and foreign technology development and work pressure

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Take software development, for example, Java development. Domestic companies often have extremely high requirements for the delivery time and quality of tasks, which leads to huge work pressure on developers. Many times, they have to sacrifice their rest time to complete tasks.

On the other side of the ocean, the situation is different. Companies there pay more attention to work-life balance and are more flexible in controlling project progress and quality. This difference is not accidental, but is affected by many factors.

First, the domestic market competition is fierce. In order to occupy market share in a short period of time, many companies continue to speed up the development of projects and put forward higher requirements for developers.

Secondly, cultural factors also play a role. The long-standing hard-working culture in China has led people to believe that more time and effort are needed to achieve success.

Furthermore, the industry is at a different stage of development. The domestic technology industry is still in a rapid development stage and needs to keep catching up with the international advanced level, which also leads to increased work pressure.

However, excessive work pressure is not conducive to the long-term development of the industry. Long-term high-intensity work may cause developers to be physically and mentally exhausted, affecting work efficiency and innovation ability.

For enterprises, they should pay more attention to humane management, arrange work tasks reasonably, and improve work efficiency, rather than simply relying on extending working hours to achieve goals.

For practitioners, they should also learn to balance work and life and pay attention to their physical and mental health. While pursuing career development, they should not ignore the beauty of life.

In short, in the field of technology development, we need to think about how to create a healthier and more reasonable working environment while pursuing development.

2024-08-07