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The fact that there are way too many IT people from poor immigrant backgrounds (no opportunities for anything you mention) discredits your first point. > it's
by return0 10y ago
The fact that there are way too many IT people from poor immigrant backgrounds (no opportunities for anything you mention) discredits your first point.
> it's GENERALLY because it is something that you very much care about and want to do.
Given that there is a higher demand for IT jobs than supply makes this impossible. You just have to be good at it.
- mcv 10y agoSince when are there "way too many" IT people from poor immigrant backgrounds? As far as I can tell, programmers are more likely to be from the educated middle class.
- ethanbond 10y agoBased on the undertone of the entire comment, I figure there were "way too many" as soon as n >= 1.
- MollyR 10y agoProbably referring to asians(including indians). Outside of silicon valley, you see a lot of asian developers whose families came from poor immigrant families.
- mcv 10y agoMy experience with Indian programmers is that they tend to come from the Indian middle class. Middle class in India may be poorer than in the US, but they're still well educated.
- dominotw 10y agoindian middle class == american poor. More true in 80-90's when the current crop grew up. Also, its kind of funny to be called 'middle class' in the third poorest country in the world.
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