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This is precisely what the parent commenter doesn't understand. He thinks the job of a programmer is all about technical skills. In fact that is only a part of
by wyclif 3y ago
This is precisely what the parent commenter doesn't understand. He thinks the job of a programmer is all about technical skills. In fact that is only a part of the job. You need to be able to write, speak, and communicate in fluent English to be effective. And most Indian nationals, Peruvians, Columbians, et al cannot rise to that level.
- Gigachad 3y agoThere are a huge number of English speaking countries with cultures very similar to the US which have much lower average wages.
- pb7 3y agoLarge gaps in timezones though which impacts communication.
- jeffbee 3y ago92.2% of the American-born native English speakers I work with can't write worth a damn, either.
- Spivak 3y agoYou're standards are to high. The kinds of mistakes native speakers make are often technical -- not using commas correctly, dangling they're participles, switching affect/effect. And that's because they're transcribing the voice in there head. Annoying to grammer prescriptivists but the meaning ends up being clear and understood. A'int gonna end up being authors or technical writers for sure but it doesn't get in the way of actually communicating.
- nervlord 3y agoStandards are "too" high isn't it?
- throwaway675309 3y agoAnd it is highly unlikely that aforementioned group of illiterates are applying for software engineering positions... so I'm not sure how relevant this statistic is.
- Max_Mustermann 3y agoGiven the context, it's a bit ironic that you fail to spell "Colombians" correctly . I mostly agree with your assessment though. For most latinos it takes several years working full time in English to get to the level you mention.
- wyclif 3y agoThat was autocorrect doing its thing; I'm a former English major and I know how to spell "Colombians."