AI 中文总结
研究全球软件开发中公平性与问责制，比较东非和西北欧软件工程师，通过现场混合方法研究发现实测绩效与感知能力有差距，卢旺达高级工程师表现与欧洲同行相当却被低估，还观察到地区间工作方式差异。
AI 中文摘要
本文通过关注在不平等区域背景下能力如何被评估和重视，研究全球软件开发中的公平性与问责制。比较了东非（卢旺达和乌干达）和西北欧（瑞典和荷兰）的软件工程师，这两个地区联系日益紧密但处于不对称技术、经济和制度结构中。尽管非洲技术生态系统迅速发展，但相关日常工程实践和评估的实证证据有限。通过对四个国家48名软件工程师的现场混合方法研究，结合编程、系统设计、代码审查任务和半结构化访谈。结果显示实测绩效与感知能力之间存在持续差距，卢旺达的高级工程师表现常与欧洲同行相当，但欧洲参与者系统性低估东非工程师的能力，还观察到地区间沟通风格和组织实践的差异。
英文摘要
This paper examines fairness and accountability in global software development by focusing on how competence is assessed and valued across unequal regional contexts. We compare software engineers from East Africa (Rwanda and Uganda) and Northwestern Europe (Sweden and the Netherlands), regions that are increasingly connected but embedded in asymmetric technological, economic, and institutional structures. Despite the rapid growth of African technology ecosystems, empirical evidence on everyday engineering practice and evaluation in these contexts remains limited. We present findings from an on-site mixed-methods study with 48 software engineers across four countries. The study combines programming, system design, and code review tasks with semi-structured interviews. Our results reveal consistent gaps between measured performance and perceived competence. Senior engineers in Rwanda often performed at a level comparable to that of their European peers, yet European participants systematically underestimated the competence of East African engineers. We also observed differences in communication styles and organizational practices across regions, reflecting distinct but complementary ways of working.
