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0If I ask you, “Have you ever used instant messaging apps?”, you would probably respond, “It’s a must.” Yes, people take it for granted because these apps have already become part of their daily life. They would rather use instant messaging than email to conduct their daily activities.
The apps offer everything from free video calls and instant group chats to news updates and easy access to large multimedia files. In addition to the chat service, people are accustomed to using the apps to shop online, pay for goods at stores, settle utility bills, and attend online meetings, just with a few taps. It’s no exaggeration to say that life in China today would be unthinkable without instant messaging apps.
But what makes these apps tick with the masses? You may shrug your shoulders. Here is the secret sauce: The young generation in China created the perfect, user-friendly apps that meet people’s needs. They are working tirelessly with their strong passion, amazing talents, unique work style, and high aspirations.
It sounds incredible that these young people, most born in the 1990s, have transformed people’s lives in every sector. No kidding! When tech companies recruit new employees for their fantastic platforms, they usually prefer fresh graduates – those newly graduated from college. Why? Young people usually have a stronger passion for entrepreneurship. They are more persevering and more willing to endure hardship.
Likewise, they don’t fear failure and don’t want to just observe. They want to participate and be part of the action. Their internal driving force has little to do with money. What makes them happy and passionate is when they see their products have changed the lives of many people. Listen to their passionate cry, “NEW era, NEW revolution. I am a MAKER, for the DREAM in my heart.”
These young people admire creativity but dislike the traditional top-down management. “I am the boss and you’ll do as I say” is becoming much less effective. Instead, they prefer teamwork and love to share. One typical example is “Shake”, an innovation not from a top-down assigned task but from young peers’ instinctive sense at a dining table.
While having a meal together, some young people wanted to add each other to their friend circle, but they thought it was too troublesome to search for the usernames. Someone suggested, “Why don’t we all shake our phones together?” Then came the innovative feature of “Shake”. In these talented work teams, this kind of invaluable suggestion is quite common.
Furthermore, their work style is not conventional either. They don’t care about the traditional nine-to-five work hours. With the sufficient support from their companies, the young innovators are now enjoying a relatively free work-time system: no punch-in or punch-out; no fixed-time shifts. The time schedules are very flexible.
That’s why their office buildings can be very quiet and almost empty in the morning, but in the afternoon the atmosphere becomes more active, and in the evening the buildings are brightly lit – the most vigorous time of the day for these teams. This is actually a win-win situation. These young people, with a strong work ethic, really enjoy the new system; likewise, the companies are more than happy to see the high work efficiency delivered by these young people.
That’s why their office buildings can be very quiet and almost empty in the morning, but in the afternoon the atmosphere becomes more active, and in the evening the buildings are brightly lit – the most vigorous time of the day for these teams. This is actually a win-win situation. These young people, with a strong worke thic, really enjoy the new system; likewise, the companies are more than happy to see the high work efficiency delivered by these young people.
Moreover, these young people don’t want to innovate just for the sake of innovation. What they do and strive for is based on the needs of their users and something valuable to their customers. It is this goal that stirs the heart of these young people and has brought them huge success – the various functionalities of the apps are now seamlessly woven into the fabric of people’s daily life.
Undoubtedly, today’s young generation is at the dawn of China’s tomorrow. If the incredible story of these young app developers, in a way, just unpacks China’ s technical innovation and success, a new wave of young Chinese has already taken flight with the wing of China’s economic growth. These young people are part of the inventive firms emerging from China. The contributions they have made are remarkable.
Companies that are ready to tap into their potential will attract, motivate, and retain very capable young employees who are resourceful and globally minded. It can be perceived that this young generation will become leaders of businesses and lead China to a brighter future. Industries and consumers around the world will soon feel their impact.
