The best thing about working in USA

There are a lot of pros about being in USA, money being a prominent one. There is also the sense of being close to the place where it happens. Getting to know the upcoming technologies first hand, exposure that is. On the sidelines, getting to drive a lot, which I love personally. In India, having a holiday means train/flight journeys, I hate that. Driving gives the pleasure of being in control.

But there is one thing which seems to me the best experience of USA when I think of it. Its the opportunity to meet and work with people who are so apart, from different countries, cultures. To give an example, my first client manager was of Russian descent (Inna), then there was a guy who I suppose was from Brazil (Tunji), we worked with a Brazilian team. Then there was my offshore team from Shanghai, China. Now I am with client, which seems to have people from all over the world. Like the lead developer from Afghanistan (now US citizen), QA lead from Iran, and my client manager born in Pakistan, and now a Canada citizen.

We dont indulge in discussing ethnicity, or cultures at the workplaces neither does it matter of where they come from ( well in most cases), but when you come to think of it, its quite an experience. For people in California, this might not seem that obvious but, for a guy who spent the first 21 years of his life seeing only Oriyas around it is.