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North Korean teams tend to perform very well in coding contests, so it’s a safe bet that North Korea is quite good at nurturing a small slice of elite computing

by ummonk 1y ago

North Korean teams tend to perform very well in coding contests, so it’s a safe bet that North Korea is quite good at nurturing a small slice of elite computing talent.

SoftTalker 1y ago
They just identify talented individuals and send them to schools in China or elsewhere to learn the latest tech.
- richardfeynman 1y ago
  source? interesting if true.
  - IAmBroom 1y ago
    Why would you doubt it? The brightest students of most nations are often sent abroad to enrich their countries with knowledge from the great universities. NK is almost unique in its inability to do this at non-Chinese great universities, so that is the only viable route.
    - richardfeynman 1y ago
      I would doubt it because North Korea has extremely strict controls on who exits the country for any reason, but especially for education. I know this has happened before (for example Kim Jung Un studied in Switzerland under a false name when he was a kid), but it's extremely rare, and runs contrary to the North Korean philosphy of Juche, self-reliance.
  - yesfitz 1y ago
    "Major North Korean universities, such as the Kim Il-sung University and the Pyongyang University of Foreign Studies, send a few dozen exchange students to Peking University and other top-ranked Chinese universities each year."[1][2] "North Korean hackers are sent vocationally to Shenyang, China for special training. They are trained to deploy malware of all types onto computers, computer networks, and servers."[3][4] 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koreans_in_China#North_Koreans_in_China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koreans_in_China#North_Koreans... 2: https://web.archive.org/web/20090114201016/http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2005-11/25/content_3833677.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20090114201016/http://news.xinhu... 3: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus_Group#Education https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus_Group#Education 4: https://web.archive.org/web/20180621134306/https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/2131470/north-korea-barely-wired-so-how-did-it-become-global-hacking-power https://web.archive.org/web/20180621134306/https://www.scmp....

by ummonk 1y ago

North Korean teams tend to perform very well in coding contests, so it’s a safe bet that North Korea is quite good at nurturing a small slice of elite computing talent.

SoftTalker 1y ago

They just identify talented individuals and send them to schools in China or elsewhere to learn the latest tech.

richardfeynman 1y ago
source? interesting if true.
- IAmBroom 1y ago
  Why would you doubt it? The brightest students of most nations are often sent abroad to enrich their countries with knowledge from the great universities. NK is almost unique in its inability to do this at non-Chinese great universities, so that is the only viable route.
  - richardfeynman 1y ago
    I would doubt it because North Korea has extremely strict controls on who exits the country for any reason, but especially for education. I know this has happened before (for example Kim Jung Un studied in Switzerland under a false name when he was a kid), but it's extremely rare, and runs contrary to the North Korean philosphy of Juche, self-reliance.
- yesfitz 1y ago
  "Major North Korean universities, such as the Kim Il-sung University and the Pyongyang University of Foreign Studies, send a few dozen exchange students to Peking University and other top-ranked Chinese universities each year."[1][2] "North Korean hackers are sent vocationally to Shenyang, China for special training. They are trained to deploy malware of all types onto computers, computer networks, and servers."[3][4] 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koreans_in_China#North_Koreans_in_China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koreans_in_China#North_Koreans... 2: https://web.archive.org/web/20090114201016/http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2005-11/25/content_3833677.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20090114201016/http://news.xinhu... 3: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus_Group#Education https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus_Group#Education 4: https://web.archive.org/web/20180621134306/https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/2131470/north-korea-barely-wired-so-how-did-it-become-global-hacking-power https://web.archive.org/web/20180621134306/https://www.scmp....