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In-group favoritism is certainly advantageous, but software engineering is hard. Being able to see a team of fellow $race at nearby desks isn't nearly as valuab
by geofft 7y ago
In-group favoritism is certainly advantageous, but software engineering is hard. Being able to see a team of fellow $race at nearby desks isn't nearly as valuable to me as them successfully writing software that works. Those studies discuss agents solving games like the Prisoner's Dilemma, where all the agents are equally capable of participating, winning, and losing. I want to see a study where different agents have different skill levels, and the various groups aren't divided on skill lines. My instinct is that the strategy of "work with high-skilled agents from wherever" will beat the strategy of "work with my group".
- supercanuck 7y agoAre South American migrants more talented than local migrants? Are American Migrants more talented than South American? I don't think so they, benefit from the efficiencies of being in the United States. The issue is cost of labor. Always is, always will be. Corporations are not moving jobs offshore because there is more talent there, it is because the cost is cheaper.
- geofft 7y agoIf you want to hire the most talented software engineers on the market, why would you expect them to be all in the US, or all in South America? Also, neither H-1Bs nor green cards are about moving jobs offshore, they are about moving people onshore.