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Chinese Workers Abandon Silicon Valley for Riches Back Home

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219 points thisisit | 7 comments | 11 Jan 18 16:55 UTC | HN request time: 0.27s | source | bottom
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shadowtree ◴[11 Jan 18 18:47 UTC] No.16126562[source]▶
Noticeable in our hiring pipeline across iOS/C#/Java stacks.

Used to be a pretty diverse mix across Asian and Eastern European candidates, with a rare white US person mixed in.

Now it is pre-dominantly Indian.

Really don't like single-ethnic teams, so hiring is getting even more challenging in the Bay Area. We've also opened dev centers in the US mid-west and Canada to help with this.

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1. holydude ◴[11 Jan 18 19:04 UTC] No.16126710[source]▶
Are those indians americans or immigrants ?

And I am being downvoted...because ?

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2. cubano ◴[11 Jan 18 19:17 UTC] No.16126850[source]▶
maybe because native americans would be the term and your question sounds purposefully obtuse and perhaps even discriminatory?

just a guess.

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3. sremani ◴[11 Jan 18 19:19 UTC] No.16126861[source]▶
I do not know why you are being downvoted.

I will use my "Indian privilege" to try to guess the answer to your question. As an ethnic group with more recent immigration, unless the job requires federal security clearance, most of the Indians are likely to be Immigrants, with Citizens in there (most likely in a bit senior positions).

4. hhw ◴[11 Jan 18 19:26 UTC] No.16126947[source]▶
I would have interpreted his question as whether they were East Indians with US citizenship or not.

Also, I believe First Nations tends to be the preferred term over indigenous, aboriginal, or native american.

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5. imron ◴[11 Jan 18 19:29 UTC] No.16126979[source]▶
maybe he's not talking about native americans, but trying to distinguish between people of indian descent who grew up in the US vs people who grew up in india and then moved to the US for study/work opportunities.
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7. Aloha ◴[11 Jan 18 20:31 UTC] No.16127531{3}[source]▶
I've only heard First Nations used in the context of Canada - Native American I believe is still the preferred term in the United States.