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Originally posted by Hudson:
The best computer programmers actually come from India. And making %35000 here is equivalent to living like a king in most countries. This is because the cost of living is much lower than her, but the US is also much lower than Tokyo, Stockholm, or Seoul, Korea.

So much again for your IQ being above what again?

And the facts to back your statement are? Get over yourself, Hudson.

Yeah, I want to hear Hudson's argument as well. Coders and programmers are two different things.

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And the facts to back your statement are? Get over yourself, Hudson.

Well, considering you are intellectually lazy, lets look at the world's most expensive places to live, according to this site:
1. Moscow
2. Seoul
3. Tokyo
4. Hong Kong
5. London
6. Osaka
7. Geneva
8. Copenhagen
9. Zurich
10. Oslo, New York (tied)

I did make the mistake of Stockholm, but for the most part, I was accurate.

Now for India, there is an article called, "International Trade In Services: The Case of India's Computer Software" which makes the claim about India's infrastructure, culture, and educational system that produces some of the brightest minds in the computer specialists field. And since you did not graduate from MIT, UCSD, or Stanford, I know this article will use words, phrases, and sentence structure beyond our level of understanding.

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Now for India, there is an article called, "International Trade In Services: The Case of India's Computer Software" which makes the claim about India's infrastructure, culture, and educational system that produces some of the brightest minds in the computer specialists field. And since you did not graduate from MIT, UCSD, or Stanford, I know this article will use words, phrases, and sentence structure beyond our level of understanding.

Hudson, I've been reading about Bill Gates on this issue for the past year at least. And I've read numerous other articles about U.S. students lagging behind in the hard sciences. I think they were predicting a shortage in the future (from U.S. graduates). I was wondering, isn't Bill Gates offering grants for U.S. students to major in the technical fields? I was in a work-related class where we had about ten American guys and three guys from India. This was only basic refresher math to gear up for a few trig problems. The Indian guys were finished in a whiz and our guys were having difficulty. I do believe they have a stronger background. Isn't it India and China that produces the strongest in the tech field?

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Hudson, I've been reading about Bill Gates on this issue for the past year at least. And I've read numerous other articles about U.S. students lagging behind in the hard sciences. I think they were predicting a shortage in the future (from U.S. graduates). I was wondering, isn't Bill Gates offering grants for U.S. students to major in the technical fields? I was in a work-related class where we had about ten American guys and three guys from India. This was only basic refresher math to gear up for a few trig problems. The Indian guys were finished in a whiz and our guys were having difficulty. I do believe they have a stronger background. Isn't it India and China that produces the strongest in the tech field?

He does through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation as well as other countries/regions including China, India, Africa, Latin America, and Europe. And remember, Warren Buffet, one of the richest people in the world, gave $34.7H to the foundation. Bill Gates and several other IT Chairpersons have criticized the US education system. For me, at least I graduated before the decline beginning in the 1990's.

China currently produces 600,000 engineers every year and India currently has 250,000 per year. Most Americans want the quick buck and are not taught even the fundamental mechanics of finance. Our failure is none but our own choosing. I still hope and pray that the educaton sytem will get serious, like the KIPS program, but alas, politics will always get in the way.

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