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> starting from sanctioned countries. Is FAANG hiring a lot of people from Cuba, North Korea or Iran? Although Iranians are pretty good at tech and I know a s
by astrange 3y ago
> starting from sanctioned countries.
Is FAANG hiring a lot of people from Cuba, North Korea or Iran?
Although Iranians are pretty good at tech and I know a sr. distinguished Iranian engineer at Apple. That's even better than distinguished! Can't beat that.
- microtherion 3y agoI can't recall ever having met a Cuban or North Korean engineer at Apple. But I've worked with some outstanding Iranian engineers. They did not strike me as particularly likely to spy for their country…
- hashtag-til 3y agoIf anything, these are small scale… I’m more talking about the wholesale scale from other dictatorship countries, under export control restrictions.