I would expect that if software programmers were of similar quality they would produce similar per capita software products, companies, and open source projects

I would expect that if software programmers were of similar quality they would produce similar per capita software products, companies, and open source projects. But it’s not nearly as common. I think the best programmers in the world get sucked into US companies so while there are decent programmers around the world, the quality isn’t the same. Whether it’s 5 or 25%, I don’t think there’s quality parity.