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I don't think avoiding the USA is a realistic option for a lot of HN readers.

• sjwright 7y ago
  Excluding conferences^ and events there's nothing special about the HN audience (other than affluence) that makes them particularly likely—relative to people in a hundred other industries—to need to travel to the USA. ^ ...which are mostly money-making scams anyway, targeting fat corporate and university budgets in return for limited benefit. Rarely do you learn anything that you couldn't otherwise learn from published materials a few days later.
  • cosmic_ape 7y ago
    re:conferences: That's not quite right. In conferences you also meet people, some of whom you knew before and some that you didn't. You get to talk, and ask questions. The ROI of this may be questionable, but it does have value.
    • sjwright 7y ago
      Yep, that's what we keep telling ourselves.
• Nextgrid 7y ago
  I somehow manage to have a comfortable career & good money while having never stepped foot in the US (and no intentions to do so). It’s not impossible or even that difficult.
  • tjbiddle 7y ago
    I think the OPs point was that the demographics of HN users are mostly US citizens.
  • keiferski 7y ago
    ”In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since. Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone, he told me, just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.”