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colechristensenlast Friday at 4:59 PM1 replyview on HN

If it's actually top talent, sure.

But if it's a replacement for supporting domestic education and a source of cheap skilled labor, no thanks.

If FAANG were screaming at Congress about their inability to hire and the solution was better primary and secondary education programs for people at home to create that skilled workforce, we probably wouldn't have such an aggressive urban/rural political divide in this country.


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exe34last Friday at 5:09 PM

It takes ~22 years to train up a native. Election cycles are on a 2-4 years basis and corporate profit reporting is on a 3 month scale.

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