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Re:How fresh grads with zero experience get hired as senior ... by iancmceachern on Friday February 11, 2022 @02:57PM (#30306262)
Exactly, and not everyone knows to go do this stuff. It's like this NPR piece on why there are so many sprinters in Jamaica.

https://www.npr.org/2012/05/04/151956595/a-need-for-speed-in...

Spoiler - it's because it's seen by kids. If a kid in Jamaica wants to be a runner it's obvious to them what to do. Its being told to them every day in their sports entertainment, local events, advertising, etc. It a kid in Jamaica wants to be a CS person, they have no clue what to do. No TV ads, local clubs, events, races, all grooming them day by day to he a better programmer. We have that in the US, in the Bay area, etc. We are grooming young STEM folks from the beginning.

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Re:How fresh grads with zero experience get hired as senior ... by achenet on Friday February 11, 2022 @04:24PM (#30307147)
That’s not the full story.

The book « The Sports Gene » discusses that the West African heritage of Jamacians actually gives them a genetic advantage. I forget the details but basically, to resist malaria they have sickle cell anemia which leads to powerful anaerobic systems ideal for sprinting.

You could put someone of different genetic stock in the same culture bit they wouldn’t be as successful at sprinting.

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