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How likely is this message to be taken seriously?
by fusiongyro 9y ago
How likely is this message to be taken seriously?
- sidlls 9y agoHopefully, for the part about stop hiring from SV, very seriously. I would prefer government systems be engineered by people who don't think engineering is just a glorified senior CS project.
- afinlayson 9y agoYes, cause what we need in Washington is a bunch of people who don't know how to fix a problem like an engineer. If you don't want the smartest, most educated people, who would you like? I'm serious ... cause the people running the show at the moment are useless.
- yellowapple 9y agoThere are plenty of excellent programmers outside of the Bay Area.
- sidlls 9y agoMany of them much better than what can be found here.
- cycrutchfield 9y agoLOL, you are pathetic. Insecure much?
- sctb 9y agoPlease stop these personal attacks; they'll get your account banned. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- afinlayson 9y agoI didn't say that ONLY smart people live in SV, I said we need more engineers in DC... Yes I live here now, but I'm not from here. So that's misreading my intent.
- cycrutchfield 9y agoI wasn't aware that geography determined that sort of thing.
- sidlls 9y agoIt doesn't. It's just coincidence. In the SV there is a lot of emphasis on academic CS trivia for "engineering" roles. It's caused by many things: (im)maturity of the field, of the people who go into it, and the glut of CS grads, many (if not most) who think they're mathematicians while they work on glorified CRUD and ad-publishing apps.
- cycrutchfield 9y agoYou sound like a bitter human being. It’s not a good look.
- microtherion 9y agoThat depends largely on the size of the check attached.