关键要点
- 科技公司要宽松移民,反移民者说该培训更多美国人——PG 站科技公司:合格程序员可培训,卓越程序员不可;卓越需要天赋加兴趣,不只是训练的产物。
- 美国人口不到世界5%;若造就优秀程序员的特质均匀分布,95%的优秀程序员生在美国之外。
- 反移民者称公司要压工资,但创业公司为把程序员弄进美国费尽法律周折、进来后付的和美国人一样——唯一的解释是:优秀程序员就是不够用。
- 某70人创业公司CEO被问“要到多少优秀程序员就招多少,你会多招几个”,答“明天早上就招30个”——整个硅谷都缺人才到这个程度。
- 卓越表现蕴含移民:人口只占世界百分之几的国家,要在某领域卓越,必然依赖大量移民从业者。
- 代价为零的解法:每年放几千名优秀程序员进来,美国就能保住技术超级大国地位;错过可能是这一代政客最著名的 defining mistake。
—— 本文选自东西书院 dongxishuyuan.com
PG 原话
美国人口不到世界人口的5%。这意味着,如果造就优秀程序员的特质是均匀分布的,95%的优秀程序员生在美国之外。
The US has less than 5% of the worlds population. Which means if the qualities that make someone a great programmer are evenly distributed, 95% of great programmers are born outside the US.
所以,拜托,赶紧干吧。
So please, get on with it.
出处
- 英文原题:Let the Other 95% of Great Programmers In(2014年12月)
- 原文:https://www.paulgraham.com/95.html
- 本书院编译 · 底本为 paulgraham.com 英文原典
中文为本书院编译(意译),关键英文术语保留原文;英文引文逐字核验为原典连续子串。
延伸阅读 · 跨篇互见
偏见的定义就是:被歧视的群体要更优秀才能入选,所以入选后他们的表现会更好——看这个就知道有没有偏见。
Want to know if the selection process was biased against some type of applicant? Check whether they outperform the others. This is not just a heuristic for detecting bias. Its what bias means.
Which means applicants of type x who do make it through the selection process will outperform other successful applicants.
场景交集:招聘、决策出处:A Way to Detect Bias · paulgraham.com 原文 ↗
工会的另类解释:增长行业的溢价
高薪工会岗位不是工人运动的功劳,而是高速增长行业为可靠供给支付的溢价。
In a rapidly growing market, you dont worry too much about efficiency. Its more important to grow fast.
Basically, unions were just Razorfish.
场景交集:招聘、决策出处:An Alternative Theory of Unions · paulgraham.com 原文 ↗
专利承诺:不用等政府,行业可以先自律
大公司用软件专利打压小公司是最恶劣的用法;好公司应公开承诺不对 25 人以下公司首用软件专利。
No first use of software patents against companies with less than 25 people.
Companies that use patents on startups are attacking innovation at the root.
场景交集:决策出处:The Patent Pledge · paulgraham.com 原文 ↗
Python 悖论:冷门语言反而能招到更聪明的程序员
选一门没人只为找工作才学的语言写软件,就能只吸引到真正热爱编程的人,这就是 Python 悖论。
Its a lot of work to learn a new programming language. And people dont learn Python because it will get them a job; they learn it because they genuinely like to program and arent satisfied with the languages they already know.
if a company chooses to write its software in a comparatively esoteric language, theyll be able to hire better programmers, because theyll attract only those who cared enough to learn it.
场景交集:招聘出处:The Python Paradox · paulgraham.com 原文 ↗
本区为 L2 延展案例(跨篇互见):PG 其他原典中的相关论述,仍属原典直读;引文均为逐字核验。解读与主编观点见 L3(筹备中)。