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Let the other 95% of Great Programmers in (2014)

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by solarengineer • 9 years ago

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danjoc• 9 years ago

"if the qualities that make someone a great programmer are evenly distributed, 95% of great programmers are born outside the US"

When over 1B people have inadequate access to water, it is impossible for me to believe great programmers are evenly distributed. The core point of this article appears intellectually dishonest.

cuchoi• 9 years ago

What about 70%? The core point still stands.

cgrusden• 9 years ago

If my whole way of making money dependent on awesome bridge builders and I could only find those bridge builders in Europe, do you think I would want the government to allow those people into the country - or at least somehow give me access to them? When reading anything that has to do with immigration, keep this in mind: "follow the money".

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