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How on earth does showing you're an open source Python programmer prove you're not planning to seek random low paid employment of the type immigration controls
by cmdkeen 15y ago
How on earth does showing you're an open source Python programmer prove you're not planning to seek random low paid employment of the type immigration controls generally seek to stop?
- fijal 15y agoTypically you have enough credibility to go and find a better job. Also, if you're a person living out of open source, it's relatively easy to check your credibility and how easy it is for you to find a job. "I wrote an obscure clock in python" is different than "I wrote python". The latter person is certainly employable at a large set of companies.
- codesuela 15y agobut how would an immigration officer know how to check a Bitbucket account for credible references? Those people are government workers and not software engineers
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- furyg3 15y agoSince people can lie, Enforcing the "can you work here" problem at the border is not the correct way to handle this situation. It should be enforced at the moment of employment.