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Let's put all the D&I bullshit aside. Someone, immigrating from a country, with so little money, working hard, going through the process of building rapport, re

Let's put all the D&I bullshit aside. Someone, immigrating from a country, with so little money, working hard, going through the process of building rapport, reputation and delivering results, to attain a title of Director, taking up new responsibilities is inspiring to me. Really, it feels great in the heart. NASA PR is one thing - they gotta do what they gotta do, but if you see past all that, its nice to hear the story of someone from Columbia, perhaps going back home and telling their families that they work for NASA. Can you imagine the pride their loved ones feel? I feel your frustration with the publicity, PR machine, etc though.

wernercd 6y ago
Pride is fine... pandering and focusing on everything that divides us isn't.
Swizec 6y ago
> Can you imagine the pride their loved ones feel? As a fellow immigrant, they do! Unfortunately it can also come with a lot of sour grapes. “Heck yeah you’re going to USA!!” from your friends soon changes to “Bah USA, I bet it sucks anyway”
melling 6y ago
That would be Colombia, not Columbia. I’ve spent some time there. Bogota feels like NYC. Medellin is a gem. Cartagena, Zona Cafetera, ... When Americans talk about places like Colombia, it sounds like some dirt poor place. There is a healthy middle class Colombia is a great place where many Americans are retiring.
- f430 6y ago
  lots of beautiful young women too like thiland
- systemvoltage 6y ago
  > Someone immigrating from a country with so little money I meant she had little money, not the country – $300 to be precise according to the article. Bad grammar on my part including spelling.
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  - judge2020 6y ago
    But it feels like the news is trying to imply she got out of the slums to work in the great public sector of America, which feeds the premonition of "not USA or Europe or top 10 population country" = low-standard-of-living third world country.
    - systemvoltage 6y ago
      Immigration doesn't imply anything about either countries. This is your interpretation.
      - judge2020 6y ago
        My interpretation about these articles' implied messaging, not her immigration.
graycat 6y ago
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- kevml 6y ago
  Cool. Good job, dude. Not everything in life is about you and not everyone’s struggles are the same.
  - dang 6y ago
    Please don't cross into personal attack. graycat has an interesting history, and it's not good to be an asshole to fellow community members, even if you find a comment somehow inappropriate. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
the_resistence 6y ago
Clap, clap, clap...Uplifting

wernercd 6y ago

Pride is fine... pandering and focusing on everything that divides us isn't.

Swizec 6y ago

> Can you imagine the pride their loved ones feel? As a fellow immigrant, they do! Unfortunately it can also come with a lot of sour grapes. “Heck yeah you’re going to USA!!” from your friends soon changes to “Bah USA, I bet it sucks anyway”

melling 6y ago

That would be Colombia, not Columbia. I’ve spent some time there. Bogota feels like NYC. Medellin is a gem. Cartagena, Zona Cafetera, ... When Americans talk about places like Colombia, it sounds like some dirt poor place. There is a healthy middle class Colombia is a great place where many Americans are retiring.

f430 6y ago
lots of beautiful young women too like thiland
systemvoltage 6y ago
> Someone immigrating from a country with so little money I meant she had little money, not the country – $300 to be precise according to the article. Bad grammar on my part including spelling.
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- judge2020 6y ago
  But it feels like the news is trying to imply she got out of the slums to work in the great public sector of America, which feeds the premonition of "not USA or Europe or top 10 population country" = low-standard-of-living third world country.
  - systemvoltage 6y ago
    Immigration doesn't imply anything about either countries. This is your interpretation.
    - judge2020 6y ago
      My interpretation about these articles' implied messaging, not her immigration.

graycat 6y ago

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kevml 6y ago
Cool. Good job, dude. Not everything in life is about you and not everyone’s struggles are the same.
- dang 6y ago
  Please don't cross into personal attack. graycat has an interesting history, and it's not good to be an asshole to fellow community members, even if you find a comment somehow inappropriate. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

the_resistence 6y ago

Clap, clap, clap...Uplifting