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0 pointstyre6mo ago0 comments

Having interviewed hundreds of software engineers, I’m not convinced that the talent is out there but just hiding. Nor do I believe talent is fungible.

Pulling in smart people from all over the world is good for America.

I’m sure there are US citizens who would have been better candidates if we had a better education system or grew talent. Maybe this will encourage that, but it’s going to take a long time.

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apwell236mo ago

> if we had a better education system or grew talent

What about yale CS grads working at chipotle.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44854263

majorchord6mo ago

But if they're hiding, you wouldn't have interviewed them in the first place, right? I don't see how this is comparable.

All the smart engineers that I know absolutely struggle to find jobs. There are regularly job threads here on HN or freelance subreddits and other places, that are chocked full of great people desperate for work.

But maybe that's really just a small fraction of the people, I can't know for sure.

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