Any antagonism towards my firm and those contemplating joining it instantly melted away when i got to Shanghai and saw my hotel room. Let's just say i've never been in a hotel room with a guest bathroom before. That's riiiiight!!

Shanghai

Rocks.

Recruiting (or "Society is not ready for you yet")

Interviewing was a bit bizarre. Cousin Nette: yes they were mainlanders. In a way i'm glad to have had the chance to come here and nip some potential assholes' careers in the bud. Those born in 1990 - these people could have been your boss so thank me for giving them the thumbs down and ruining their careers before they had the chance to ruin your as yet unformed life.

Or they were just numbnuts. Take the example of a candidate i'll call Meatstick

Me: It says here you studied advanced rocket science as well as American poetry. That's interesting. What do you like about poetry?

Meatstick: Oh, i like English... i find it more interesting than Chinese.

Me: What the?? I mean, oh, why is that?

Meatstick: Well, English words all have interesting roots. Like, in Chinese, meat is meat, while in English, you have beef, pork, mutton.... do you know why they call it beef?

Me: ??

Meatstick: (Launches into some convoluted explanation about how the French invaded England and made everyone call cows beef... or some shit like that, i was spitting out my water at the time)

Me: Ah. We'll be in touch.

Anyway we hired two. They freaked us out the least.