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  • J jeron1

    Tough crowd!

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    JimmyRopes
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    I tell it like it is. :-D

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    • R realJSOP

      Walking around the office this morning, I counted name plates - five Americans and 26 Indian/Pakistani.

      ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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      You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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      When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013

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      Lost User
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      John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

      Indian/Pakistani

      In the same office sitting next to each other is a feat in and of itself. --- In our office we have Chinese, Indians and quite a few first gen. Russians. Problem occurs at lunch when food aromas woft through the air many very delicious, or when one wants to run up and down the stairwell at lunch and there is someone doing Tai Chi on one of the landings in the stairwell.

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        John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

        Indian/Pakistani

        In the same office sitting next to each other is a feat in and of itself. --- In our office we have Chinese, Indians and quite a few first gen. Russians. Problem occurs at lunch when food aromas woft through the air many very delicious, or when one wants to run up and down the stairwell at lunch and there is someone doing Tai Chi on one of the landings in the stairwell.

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        JimmyRopes
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        Eggbert Bartholomew Bligh wrote:

        John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

        Indian/Pakistani

        In the same office sitting next to each other is a feat in and of itself.

        Talk about depression. :suss:

        The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
        Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
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        • E Erudite_Eric

          What part of the US are you in? It isn't that bad in the UK, no where near, only a few Asians, so I guess the US must have really pushed to get them over while at the same time Americans didn't fancy a life as a coder. Don't blame them, its a pretty crap job in many ways, and you have to be cut out for it.

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          SinghUlarity
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          You should have been in India 250 years ago when it was really bad. We had all these light colored dudes walking around torturing people and acting as if they ruled us.

          I are n00b.

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          • J JimmyRopes

            Orjan Westin wrote:

            Mind you, as soon as I join a team, the proportion of foreigners goes up.

            Are you from India or Pakistan? :~

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            Orjan Westin
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            Nope, but I've happily worked with both. Something that has struck me over the last fifteen years or so, however, is that any group of programmers from India is likely to have more women than a similarly sized group of programmers from Europe.

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            • O Orjan Westin

              Nope, but I've happily worked with both. Something that has struck me over the last fifteen years or so, however, is that any group of programmers from India is likely to have more women than a similarly sized group of programmers from Europe.

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              JimmyRopes
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              Orjan Westin wrote:

              any group of programmers from India is likely to have more women than a similarly sized group of programmers from Europe.

              That is a good thing. :cool:

              The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
              Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
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              • R realJSOP

                Walking around the office this morning, I counted name plates - five Americans and 26 Indian/Pakistani.

                ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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                You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
                -----
                When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013

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                Rutvik Dave
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                Guess what? You forgot to count yourself, which makes the total count 32. There... how do you feel now? ;P Seriously JSOP, look at CP, it's just hamsters working really hard, and Chris and bunch of other people are taking all the credit, while Bob still rocks! Who cares?

                Remind Me This - Manage, Collaborate and Execute your Project in the Cloud

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                • O Orjan Westin

                  I haven't been in a team in the UK where the majority is English for many years. Might have been in 2006, I think. Mind you, as soon as I join a team, the proportion of foreigners goes up.

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                  chriselst
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                  Our dev team in the UK has 1 Welsh surname, 1 Scots, 3 Irish, 1 Indian, 2 Pakistani, 1 Nigerian, 6 English (whatever that means), although that doesn't match the nationalities or skin colours, and doesn't tell you what accents they have.

                  Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.

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                  • R Rutvik Dave

                    Guess what? You forgot to count yourself, which makes the total count 32. There... how do you feel now? ;P Seriously JSOP, look at CP, it's just hamsters working really hard, and Chris and bunch of other people are taking all the credit, while Bob still rocks! Who cares?

                    Remind Me This - Manage, Collaborate and Execute your Project in the Cloud

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                    JimmyRopes
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                    Rutvik Dave wrote:

                    Guess what? You forgot to count yourself

                    Simmons is not Native American. He is just another European immigrant. :~

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                    • J JimmyRopes

                      Orjan Westin wrote:

                      Mind you, as soon as I join a team, the proportion of foreigners goes up.

                      Are you from India or Pakistan? :~

                      The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
                      Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
                      Think inside the box! ProActive Secure Systems
                      I'm on-line therefore I am. JimmyRopes

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                      Jorgen Andersson
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                      His name is missing two dots, otherwise I'd have guessed he's from Sweden. BTW, your link to ProActive Secure Systems fails with a "500 Internal Server Error"

                      Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello[^]

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                      • S SinghUlarity

                        You should have been in India 250 years ago when it was really bad. We had all these light colored dudes walking around torturing people and acting as if they ruled us.

                        I are n00b.

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                        Keith Barrow
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                        That's nothing, 250 years ago we kept running across vast tracts of land where the people were incapable of running themselves.

                        PB 369,783 wrote:

                        I just find him very unlikeable, and I think the way he looks like a prettier version of his Mum is very disturbing.[^]

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                        • J Jorgen Andersson

                          His name is missing two dots, otherwise I'd have guessed he's from Sweden. BTW, your link to ProActive Secure Systems fails with a "500 Internal Server Error"

                          Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello[^]

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                          JimmyRopes
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                          Jörgen Andersson wrote:

                          BTW, your link to ProActive Secure Systems fails with a "500 Internal Server Error"

                          Yes, thank you, I moved servers and didn't update that web site. I spent 2 years working on it but ran out of money, story of my life, before it was completed. I will remove the link. If I can figure out how?

                          The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
                          Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
                          Think inside the box! ProActive Secure Systems
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                          • J Jorgen Andersson

                            His name is missing two dots, otherwise I'd have guessed he's from Sweden. BTW, your link to ProActive Secure Systems fails with a "500 Internal Server Error"

                            Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello[^]

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                            JimmyRopes
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                            Jörgen Andersson wrote:

                            BTW, your link to ProActive Secure Systems fails with a "500 Internal Server Error"

                            Yes, thank you, I moved servers and didn't update that web site. I spent 2 years working on it but ran out of money, story of my life, before it was completed. I will remove the link. If I can figure out how?

                            The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
                            Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
                            Think inside the box! ProActive Secure Systems
                            I'm on-line therefore I am. JimmyRopes

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                              Jörgen Andersson wrote:

                              BTW, your link to ProActive Secure Systems fails with a "500 Internal Server Error"

                              Yes, thank you, I moved servers and didn't update that web site. I spent 2 years working on it but ran out of money, story of my life, before it was completed. I will remove the link. If I can figure out how?

                              The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
                              Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
                              Think inside the box! ProActive Secure Systems
                              I'm on-line therefore I am. JimmyRopes

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                              JimmyRopes
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                              just to see signature

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                              • J Jorgen Andersson

                                His name is missing two dots, otherwise I'd have guessed he's from Sweden. BTW, your link to ProActive Secure Systems fails with a "500 Internal Server Error"

                                Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello[^]

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                                JimmyRopes
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                                Jörgen Andersson wrote:

                                BTW, your link to ProActive Secure Systems fails with a "500 Internal Server Error"

                                Gone. :-D

                                The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
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                                • R realJSOP

                                  Walking around the office this morning, I counted name plates - five Americans and 26 Indian/Pakistani.

                                  ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
                                  -----
                                  You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
                                  -----
                                  When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013

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                                  RaisKazi
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                                  You actually counted All !!! :laugh:

                                  Change is a pattern of life.

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                                  • J Jorgen Andersson

                                    His name is missing two dots, otherwise I'd have guessed he's from Sweden. BTW, your link to ProActive Secure Systems fails with a "500 Internal Server Error"

                                    Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello[^]

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                                    Orjan Westin
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                                    Yup. I dropped the dots when I moved to England, as it was too tiresome to try to explain to people that it wasn't because I like heavy metal. :-D

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                                    • R realJSOP

                                      Walking around the office this morning, I counted name plates - five Americans and 26 Indian/Pakistani.

                                      ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
                                      -----
                                      You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
                                      -----
                                      When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013

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                                      Roger Wright
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                                      Have you looked into this product[^]? ;)

                                      Will Rogers never met me.

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                                      • R realJSOP

                                        Walking around the office this morning, I counted name plates - five Americans and 26 Indian/Pakistani.

                                        ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
                                        -----
                                        You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
                                        -----
                                        When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013

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                                        jschell
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                                        John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

                                        Walking around the office this morning, I counted name plates - five Americans and 26 Indian/Pakistani.

                                        As a thought maybe the Americans should spend some more time doing the job rather than counting? Just a thought.

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                                        • E Erudite_Eric

                                          What part of the US are you in? It isn't that bad in the UK, no where near, only a few Asians, so I guess the US must have really pushed to get them over while at the same time Americans didn't fancy a life as a coder. Don't blame them, its a pretty crap job in many ways, and you have to be cut out for it.

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                                          jschell
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                                          Erudite_Eric wrote:

                                          What part of the US are you in?

                                          Presumably you are not assuming that that is a statistical breakdown of the developer market in the US or even an area in the US?

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