Asian workers now dominate Silicon Valley tech jobs (2012) • Hacker News Board

Re: Asian workers now dominate Silicon Valley tech jobs (2012)

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Post by yardie » Mon, Apr 28, 2014, 9:00 PM UTC

crypt1d wrote: post #20

There is an interesting observation about Asian cultures made by Malcolm Gladwell in his book Outliers [1]. He argues that one of the reasons why Asians are _statistically_ better at math than others is because of the language and cultural legacy. More precisely, it is a lot easier to remember numbers in Chinese (and other Asian languages, apparently) than in English, giving Chinese children a head start in mathemati…

By this logic Arabs and Persians must be mathematical geniuses since they invented the math system most of the world uses.

Malcolm Gladwell says (sells) a lot of shit. Literally.

Re: Asian workers now dominate Silicon Valley tech jobs (2012)

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Post by ChrisNorstrom » Mon, Apr 28, 2014, 10:31 PM UTC

ntiku wrote: post #28

ChrisNorstrom wrote: post #13

✓ Victim Complex: "For years, women, blacks and Latinos have been kept out of the tech job market." ✓ Blame Game: "Now white men are being forced to train their replacements." ✓ Biased Reporting. Apparently anyone can be a "journalist" now a days. Do you guys remember all those articles about San Francisico Gentrification a few weeks back? All complaining about how the evil white male tech workers were taking up real…

Asian representing more than 50 percent of the tech company workforce in certain counties does not indicate their salary level, titles, or how much they allocate towards housing, which would be a be better indication of the impact on gentrification. "Funny" how that works.

Funny indeed. http://minus.com/i/bgqCzuSwvcAi1

Re: Asian workers now dominate Silicon Valley tech jobs (2012)

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Post by jinushaun » Wed, Apr 30, 2014, 6:59 AM UTC

argumentum wrote: post #25

The statements made by Yolanda Lewis in this article are disturbingly racist. > Tech companies, Lewis said, "do not want to employ Americans. They import labor from overseas, pushing for H-1B visas. Check the job boards. They basically say, 'H-1B Visa. Americans need not apply.' For years, women, blacks and Latinos have been kept out of the tech job market. Now white men are being forced to train their replacements."…

Hey, we're not all piano-playing SAT preppers driving Lexuses over here. Take your confirmation bias elsewhere. A lot of us come from poor blue collar backgrounds, but we're still raised to appreciate the value of education.