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How many competent programmers (including being reasonable to work with) do you know who would willingly work for their campaign?
by AWildC182 5y ago
How many competent programmers (including being reasonable to work with) do you know who would willingly work for their campaign?
- trutannus 5y agoContractors from a country that does not give a fig about American politics? So plenty of options are on the table.
- AWildC182 5y agoBut... But... That would go against what their platform says!
- isomorphic 5y ago/s, I know, but: A platform is a mechanism to obtain power, not a prescription for how power is practiced.
- theshadowknows 5y agoI dunno most contractors like to get paid. I’m not sure but the Trump company does sort of have a history of not paying workers. I’m not arguing whether or not they should’ve. But it is kind of a _thing_
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- Kafkish 5y agoBut those would then be immigrants, right? And likely will need to come in under H1B or something. How will owners of that platform react to hiring to immigrants?
- trutannus 5y ago> But those would then be immigrants, right? No?! Why on earth would that be the logical conclusion? This is almost funny in how Americentric these threads become. You can outsource your project elsewhere. It's very common. America isn't the only country in the world that has software engineers who are competent.
- klyrs 5y agoMAGA hats were pretty famously made in China. That doesn't mean they were made by immigrants (though, I don't know anything about immigration in China)
- satronaut 5y agoSource on this? I thought they were American made but the manufacturer feared for their life so they never publicly said who made them
- klyrs 5y agoAh, my mistake. The story doesn't appear to be entirely clear-cut, but the hats labeled 'made in china' are apparently knock-offs. https://apnews.com/article/archive-fact-checking-6391630154 https://apnews.com/article/archive-fact-checking-6391630154
- qaq 5y agoYou honestly think there are no trump supporters among very competent programmers? I personally know at least 3.
- whateveracct 5y agoProgrammers are some of the most contrarian people out there, after all.
- rory 5y agoWould the Trump-supporting programmers you know be fine having "Trump Social Media Platform" as the latest job on their resume? I'd guess fear of ostracism in mainstream tech would filter out more people than actual politics.
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- jokethrowaway 5y agoI would do it just to stick it to Big Tech and their censorship. Still, as a rule I don't work for governments and politicians because they are perpetrators of violence and they're mostly unpunished by society.
- yumraj 5y agoA lot of programmers work for FB also despite everything. Also, many work for other ethically questionable companies. So, for the right price, I’m sure a lot. However, given what has been reported about wage theft and lawsuits, whether they will pay is a whole different question.
- evolve2k 5y agoBeyond their shameful business operations they bring deep engineering expertise, practices and processes and a founder who understands code and running a massive scaled technology firm. That is not the case here.
- rodgerd 5y agoI'm sure prominent Trump supporter Peter Theil can find a few.