@tvaziri @kottke Silly. Worked in Europe 5 years, coworkers were uninspired & happy to work 8 hours doing mundane tasks without any thoughts of accomplishing great things. I had worked at Bell Labs, wrote company’s first international email system in C on IBM PC/AT that I told them to order. American exceptionalism very much a thing, I worked long hours in empty office building (just me & security) to get it done & was rewarded handsomely. My work outlook very different from European colleagues.