Not exactly the attitude of the burgeoning software developer. Multinational employers are dumbfounded by the quality of graduates. Jason Felton, chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce, recalls the time a secretary managed to mix letters to two different people together. People are fearful of conflict. They are afraid of being wrong and taking chances.
English proficiency is another major problem in a city professing to be China's link to the world.
Pauline Bunce was amazed when she took a job teaching English after stints in Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore. A vertical line, then a diagonal line - you get the idea. No, I'm Ritchie. This continued until the boss resorted to imperfect Cantonese. Imagine that in Singapore.