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My take on this is that anywhere you look, most developers are poor to mediocre. The problem isn't specific to America. What is [mostly] unique to America is th
by latch 13y ago
My take on this is that anywhere you look, most developers are poor to mediocre. The problem isn't specific to America. What is [mostly] unique to America is that immigration restrictions is the only thing stopping them from swooping up above-average talent from other countries (in no small part thanks to good salaries and the near-mythical nature of the valley)
In other words, Portugal (as a random example) has the same shitty breakdown of poor/average/good developers as the US, but a not-insignificant number of the good ones are hirable.
- stcredzero 13y agoOne company I worked for didn't look for and hire rockstar talent. They had a shop in India with lots of diligent guys who followed instructions, a decidedly inelegant architecture with lots of "repeating yourself," and a good position in an industry where just getting data from one place to another and usefully aggregating it made you tons of money. Don't underestimate the value of being in the right market and simply knowing how to manage people.
- raverbashing 13y agoThat is probably one of the most difficult things for the 'average engineer' to understand. Solve a person's problem and you'll profit, doesn't matter if it is the worse hack ever invented, if it's reasonably easy to use and/or fulfills a need it gets the money.
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