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Re:Why Silicon Valley Wouldn't Work Without Immigrants by skocznymroczny on Wednesday February 08, 2017 @10:06AM (#13598707)
Describing people as "high quality" is part of the problem. Are people from Syria low quality? They are human beings just like us, fleeing a conflict which has destroyed their lives.
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Re:Why Silicon Valley Wouldn't Work Without Immigrants by MichaelBurge on Wednesday February 08, 2017 @10:11AM (#13598757)
"High-quality" is a metric that was already established by the article:

> They’re looking for the LeBrons and Bradys — the best people in the world

"High-quality" means "would pass an interview at a top tech company that your typical US mediocre programmer or CS graduate would fail", or perhaps "could work as a senior executive at a top tech company". The article is presenting an argument that hiring at tech companies would be affected; humanitarian concerns are irrelevant to that argument.

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