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fw109
12y ago
Yes, I agree with you about the brain drain. But it's complicated, isn't it? At the moment, there isn't the right sort of environment to build a successful software company in my country of origin. The usual suspects are ther
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fw109
12y ago
You're right, I'm luckier than several billions of people in the world. But my point is simply this: the fact that I wasn't born in the US was not in my control. If I want to move here, some people want me here, and it is in
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fw109
12y ago
I don't understand. Am I supposed to accept the arguments I keep hearing for why I shouldn't be here? I'm just defending my right to be here, using the same self-serving attitude espoused in the rest of the comments I found h
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fw109
12y ago
This is my perspective as a much-maligned foreign worker. I lost the lottery of birth, and was born to lower middle class parents in a third world country. But I worked hard in school, and got a scholarship at a respected private university