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Just want to say that I work with and have worked with many stellar coders from India. I'd suggest not writing off over a billion people.
by dkarp 4y ago
Just want to say that I work with and have worked with many stellar coders from India. I'd suggest not writing off over a billion people.
- replwoacause 4y agoYou’ve missed the point entirely
- dang 4y agoPlease don't post swipes to HN. It would be fine to explain what the point was, in a neutral way. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- ericol 4y agoWell, lucky you! ;) I'm not "writing off" a billion people. But. It's like finding a needle in a haystack. I did some research when this happened, and they even have a name for this [1] Coincidentally, our experience with people from Easter Europe is quite the opposite: Of all the people we hired from there, all except one were stellar (And the "one" was also good, just that he had some greys ethically: Had a disagreement with our boss, and disappeared over a weekend after siphoning large amounts of data from our system) [1] https://thepolicytimes.com/chalta-hai-attitude-holding-indias-great-potential/ https://thepolicytimes.com/chalta-hai-attitude-holding-india...