Are Asians more bullish about housing in general…

[AK]

Who were the fools who signed without reading? I bet it’s more likely the uneducated folks.

The entire closing process is designed to keep you from reading the papers or having a chance to get them reviewed.

Your loan docs arrive with just enough time to skim, sign, and FedEx off just in time to meet the closing deadline — this is no accident.

I know highly educated and financially astute people who got screwed by people they trusted. (I also believe that trusting “your own people,” whomever those people might be, leaves you wide-open to affinity fraud … but that’s a subject for another thread.)

[briansd1]

I believe that it’s too easy to dismiss Asians as book smart but uncreative and only good at repetitive technical stuff. Only insecure people do that.

If you look at tech, Acer is a great example.

Acer started supplying parts to American computer makers. They then created their own brand which didn’t really succeed in the 80s and 90s. But the persevered and became focused on contract manufacturing.

And now the Acer brand is dominant… and they bought out Gateway (formerly a San Diego company).

Samsung, HTC, Acer, etc… all very creative Asian businesses.

And if you are an American business and need to source your manufacturing and parts in Asia, who will you need to hire? An educated Asian person.

Ok, so you’re the big shot executive and you run the business. But if you don’t speak the language or understand the culture, you will need to hire an educated Asian person, at least to translate.

Now, if you’re an educated Asian executive with an American university education, you don’t need to hire anyone because you understand both Asian and American cultures. You speak fluent English and the Asian language.

In the long run, all else being equal, which executive will be more profitable to the corporation/shareholders?

[briansd1]

I believe that it’s too easy to dismiss Asians as book smart but uncreative and only good at repetitive technical stuff. Only insecure people do that.

If you look at tech, Acer is a great example.

Acer started supplying parts to American computer makers. They then created their own brand which didn’t really succeed in the 80s and 90s. But the persevered and became focused on contract manufacturing.

And now the Acer brand is dominant… and they bought out Gateway (formerly a San Diego company).

Samsung, HTC, Acer, etc… all very creative Asian businesses.

And if you are an American business and need to source your manufacturing and parts in Asia, who will you need to hire? An educated Asian person.

Ok, so you’re the big shot executive and you run the business. But if you don’t speak the language or understand the culture, you will need to hire an educated Asian person, at least to translate.

Now, if you’re an educated Asian executive with an American university education, you don’t need to hire anyone because you understand both Asian and American cultures. You speak fluent English and the Asian language.

In the long run, all else being equal, which executive will be more profitable to the corporation/shareholders?

[briansd1]

I believe that it’s too easy to dismiss Asians as book smart but uncreative and only good at repetitive technical stuff. Only insecure people do that.

If you look at tech, Acer is a great example.

Acer started supplying parts to American computer makers. They then created their own brand which didn’t really succeed in the 80s and 90s. But the persevered and became focused on contract manufacturing.

And now the Acer brand is dominant… and they bought out Gateway (formerly a San Diego company).

Samsung, HTC, Acer, etc… all very creative Asian businesses.

And if you are an American business and need to source your manufacturing and parts in Asia, who will you need to hire? An educated Asian person.

Ok, so you’re the big shot executive and you run the business. But if you don’t speak the language or understand the culture, you will need to hire an educated Asian person, at least to translate.

Now, if you’re an educated Asian executive with an American university education, you don’t need to hire anyone because you understand both Asian and American cultures. You speak fluent English and the Asian language.

In the long run, all else being equal, which executive will be more profitable to the corporation/shareholders?

[briansd1]

I believe that it’s too easy to dismiss Asians as book smart but uncreative and only good at repetitive technical stuff. Only insecure people do that.

If you look at tech, Acer is a great example.

Acer started supplying parts to American computer makers. They then created their own brand which didn’t really succeed in the 80s and 90s. But the persevered and became focused on contract manufacturing.

And now the Acer brand is dominant… and they bought out Gateway (formerly a San Diego company).

Samsung, HTC, Acer, etc… all very creative Asian businesses.

And if you are an American business and need to source your manufacturing and parts in Asia, who will you need to hire? An educated Asian person.

Ok, so you’re the big shot executive and you run the business. But if you don’t speak the language or understand the culture, you will need to hire an educated Asian person, at least to translate.

Now, if you’re an educated Asian executive with an American university education, you don’t need to hire anyone because you understand both Asian and American cultures. You speak fluent English and the Asian language.

In the long run, all else being equal, which executive will be more profitable to the corporation/shareholders?

[briansd1]

I believe that it’s too easy to dismiss Asians as book smart but uncreative and only good at repetitive technical stuff. Only insecure people do that.

If you look at tech, Acer is a great example.

Acer started supplying parts to American computer makers. They then created their own brand which didn’t really succeed in the 80s and 90s. But the persevered and became focused on contract manufacturing.

And now the Acer brand is dominant… and they bought out Gateway (formerly a San Diego company).

Samsung, HTC, Acer, etc… all very creative Asian businesses.

And if you are an American business and need to source your manufacturing and parts in Asia, who will you need to hire? An educated Asian person.

Ok, so you’re the big shot executive and you run the business. But if you don’t speak the language or understand the culture, you will need to hire an educated Asian person, at least to translate.

Now, if you’re an educated Asian executive with an American university education, you don’t need to hire anyone because you understand both Asian and American cultures. You speak fluent English and the Asian language.

In the long run, all else being equal, which executive will be more profitable to the corporation/shareholders?

[an]

[quote=dbapig]
Aha, it’s that much more insulting that the managers are managers than. Why are they paid more to do same or less work when they are the 1st to be let go? And how do you become CEO or director? Become a manager first.[/quote]
All CxO / directors were managers, but not all managers become CxO / directors. I hope you can tell the difference.

[an]

[quote=dbapig]
Aha, it’s that much more insulting that the managers are managers than. Why are they paid more to do same or less work when they are the 1st to be let go? And how do you become CEO or director? Become a manager first.[/quote]
All CxO / directors were managers, but not all managers become CxO / directors. I hope you can tell the difference.

[an]

[quote=dbapig]
Aha, it’s that much more insulting that the managers are managers than. Why are they paid more to do same or less work when they are the 1st to be let go? And how do you become CEO or director? Become a manager first.[/quote]
All CxO / directors were managers, but not all managers become CxO / directors. I hope you can tell the difference.

[an]

[quote=dbapig]
Aha, it’s that much more insulting that the managers are managers than. Why are they paid more to do same or less work when they are the 1st to be let go? And how do you become CEO or director? Become a manager first.[/quote]
All CxO / directors were managers, but not all managers become CxO / directors. I hope you can tell the difference.

[an]

[quote=dbapig]
Aha, it’s that much more insulting that the managers are managers than. Why are they paid more to do same or less work when they are the 1st to be let go? And how do you become CEO or director? Become a manager first.[/quote]
All CxO / directors were managers, but not all managers become CxO / directors. I hope you can tell the difference.

[UCGal]

[quote=dbapig]Aha, it’s that much more insulting that the managers are managers than. Why are they paid more to do same or less work when they are the 1st to be let go? And how do you become CEO or director? Become a manager first.[/quote]

My observation of working at tech companies for 25 years… CEOs are either brought in from other companies – or are promoted from sales, marketing, finance, or operations. Even if they had a tech degree (about 20% of S&P 500 ceo’s) they switch to other fields pretty early in their career. Only 10% of the S&P CEOs came out of engineering.

As far as Ivy league – Harvard is it. But it looks like you could save some $ by sending your future CEO child to the University of Wisconsin… Degrees from Harvard and UofW are the most common among the S&P500 CEOS.

http://content.spencerstuart.com/sswebsite/pdf/lib/Statistical_Snapshot_of_Leading_CEOs_relB3.pdf

http://www.lifescienceleader.com/index.php?option=com_jambozine&layout=article&view=page&aid=3923

http://www.forbes.com/2002/04/25/0425ceoschools.html

[UCGal]

[quote=dbapig]Aha, it’s that much more insulting that the managers are managers than. Why are they paid more to do same or less work when they are the 1st to be let go? And how do you become CEO or director? Become a manager first.[/quote]

My observation of working at tech companies for 25 years… CEOs are either brought in from other companies – or are promoted from sales, marketing, finance, or operations. Even if they had a tech degree (about 20% of S&P 500 ceo’s) they switch to other fields pretty early in their career. Only 10% of the S&P CEOs came out of engineering.

As far as Ivy league – Harvard is it. But it looks like you could save some $ by sending your future CEO child to the University of Wisconsin… Degrees from Harvard and UofW are the most common among the S&P500 CEOS.

http://content.spencerstuart.com/sswebsite/pdf/lib/Statistical_Snapshot_of_Leading_CEOs_relB3.pdf

http://www.lifescienceleader.com/index.php?option=com_jambozine&layout=article&view=page&aid=3923

http://www.forbes.com/2002/04/25/0425ceoschools.html

[UCGal]

[quote=dbapig]Aha, it’s that much more insulting that the managers are managers than. Why are they paid more to do same or less work when they are the 1st to be let go? And how do you become CEO or director? Become a manager first.[/quote]

My observation of working at tech companies for 25 years… CEOs are either brought in from other companies – or are promoted from sales, marketing, finance, or operations. Even if they had a tech degree (about 20% of S&P 500 ceo’s) they switch to other fields pretty early in their career. Only 10% of the S&P CEOs came out of engineering.

As far as Ivy league – Harvard is it. But it looks like you could save some $ by sending your future CEO child to the University of Wisconsin… Degrees from Harvard and UofW are the most common among the S&P500 CEOS.

http://content.spencerstuart.com/sswebsite/pdf/lib/Statistical_Snapshot_of_Leading_CEOs_relB3.pdf

http://www.lifescienceleader.com/index.php?option=com_jambozine&layout=article&view=page&aid=3923

http://www.forbes.com/2002/04/25/0425ceoschools.html

[UCGal]

[quote=dbapig]Aha, it’s that much more insulting that the managers are managers than. Why are they paid more to do same or less work when they are the 1st to be let go? And how do you become CEO or director? Become a manager first.[/quote]

My observation of working at tech companies for 25 years… CEOs are either brought in from other companies – or are promoted from sales, marketing, finance, or operations. Even if they had a tech degree (about 20% of S&P 500 ceo’s) they switch to other fields pretty early in their career. Only 10% of the S&P CEOs came out of engineering.

As far as Ivy league – Harvard is it. But it looks like you could save some $ by sending your future CEO child to the University of Wisconsin… Degrees from Harvard and UofW are the most common among the S&P500 CEOS.

http://content.spencerstuart.com/sswebsite/pdf/lib/Statistical_Snapshot_of_Leading_CEOs_relB3.pdf

http://www.lifescienceleader.com/index.php?option=com_jambozine&layout=article&view=page&aid=3923

http://www.forbes.com/2002/04/25/0425ceoschools.html

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