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If you give the app permissions or use its built-in translation feature, can this really be called "silently"?

Check the CitizenLab report: https://citizenlab.ca/2022/01/cross-country-exposure-analysi...

Echoing timothy-quinn, a handshake means nothing. Given that better pay is not a high priority, then you might consider holding out in your current position for a development position elsewhere.

Absolutely don't wait 5 years to change your career if you can afford otherwise.

Choice 2 could be a good option if you have savings to last for a few months. Do you enjoy your bachelor CS curriculum? If so, can you go full-time on that? If you've got time to plan ahead for Choice 2 and are US-based or able to travel to the US, then places like 42 school (Fremont, CA) or the recurse center (NYC) can be good for independent study with enthusiastic peers.

That is true. Kudos to Bill for funding a foundation whose mission is based on the premise that all human lives hold equal value.

How about the rest of the billionaires? Wikidata only contains about 500 of the Oxfam article's 2000+ billionaires. Including Bill, less than 20 of the 500 Wikidata billionares are listed as philanthropists. Bill may be the only of the listed billionaires that's documented to be funding work in Africa.

Wikidata query: shorturl.at/cknyW