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Indeed, there's simply no way that people who grew up in backwater regions like China, or India, could be competent at building software.
by gohrt 11y ago
Indeed, there's simply no way that people who grew up in backwater regions like China, or India, could be competent at building software.
- andrewstuart 11y agoPeople who want to feel insulted always find ways to feel insulted. If you choose to read my comment that way then you are choosing to hear the message that you want to hear, which is a reflection of you and your personal issues. My comment in no way suggested that overseas developers are incompetent - in fact whether or not a developer is competent has little to do with where they live - although economic opportunity is part of the equation. Great programmers create themselves by hard work and that has nothing to do with location.
- TheOneTrueKyle 11y agoAnother case of hostility masked as objectivity on HN. You are entitled to your opinion, but it seems like you are justifying your position in life more so than providing anything of value to the conversation. I do agree with you however in that there is a difference between greatness and adequacy