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Mythbusters: Is This Post-Communist Land of Vodka and Pierogies Secretly a Software Development Outsourcing El Dorado? (Hint: It Ain’t Russia!)

Written by Adam Stempniak | Feb 21, 2020 7:31:00 AM

Hi! We’re Polish.

Poles.

You know, from Poland?

No, this isn’t us:

Source: https://www.fakt.pl/pieniadze/zakupy/black-friday-za-komuny-byl-praktycznie-codziennie-najwieksze-kolejki-byly-przed-22/ehdqy0w

Definitely not us:

Source: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/world/polar-bear-roams-russian-city-streets/news-story/924109554643b0dd3b7b873c47aad1ba

Also not us:

 

Source: http://thewvsr.com/in-celebration-of-wild-drunken-weddings/

…okay, maybe that last one isn’t too far off—from time to time!

Anyway, the image of Poland is sometimes reduced to the titular post-communist land of vodka and pierogies.

But do Poles deserve all that negativity? Are the preconceptions about our fellow brothers and sisters true? Or maybe there’s more to the story and we’re actually awesome in certain fields, like, say, software development?

Read on to find out, as we bust the myths about our nation one by one!

(Spoiler alert: it’s really not that bad. We’re pretty good at stuff.)