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Guess things have changed on this site.

> Social Security and Medicare are unpopular to cut, but its easily done, and a necessity to make significant cuts. I think the electorate has given a mandate to the govt to do this, do I expect they'll do it. (Trump campaigned on this, so its pretty much what people clearly want.)

Can you please point me to Trump campaigning on this? I heard him say the exact opposite repeatedly in his speeches at his rallies.

Perhaps. Most certainly the unelected musk / ramaswamy coalition is all about that. It's really up in the air how this will go. With the recent meltdown on X, I await Trump's words and actions. His base is unhappy, as is his inner circle. Musk is flailing, telling people to "fuck yourself in the face" etc. Does trump's base matter now that he's in his 2nd term, or will he tether himself to musk for the duration of his time in office? It will be an interesting 4 years.

I'm able to thrive under any political system. Globalism is just large scale fascism in my eyes.

I'd prefer to take a pay cut and continue working - that's survival 101, which as a human is my primary concern.

> many of them are no longer hiring in the US, but in India, Poland and Brazil instead

to reiterate what i've stated throughout this thread: passing up US workers in favor of hiring foreigners should incur heavy penalties. There is no shortage of American workers. If a foreigner wants to work for an American company, they should get a greencard and work in America.

If a company has a foreign office, of course it makes sense to hire people in that country, but that wasn't stipulated in the comment I replied to. Many companies are NOT based in foreign lands and still hire foreigners remotely, passing up Americans in the process, because those foreigners are dirt cheap by comparison. This should not be allowed.

Then let them go through the immigration system, get a green card and start working in the US. The original thread here is me saying that it should be illegal / there should be penalties for hiring abroad when there are plenty of skilled American workers who are being turned down for the jobs which are going to cheap foreign labor.

It sounds like those in Denmark who are rejoicing over this are also anti-globalization, so its a win for everyone then.

Having worked for a startup and lost my job to remote workers in a foreign country because they were cheaper and being told "we can hire 3 or 4 of them for the price of you" has left a bitter taste in my mouth.

> Then make this choice when you own a company

Absolutely I would.

> What % of your paycheck are you willing to donate to being pro America?

This is a tu quoque logical fallacy. I'll cross that bridge if and when I come to it, but I can tell you that I'd rather take a pay cut than hire a foreigner.

Yes there are a lot of companies, and yes people and companies can lie. I'm not really sure how this negates what I said or my view on the matter. Globalization is the antithesis of the America First movement.

So be it.

If a company is operating in a foreign nation sure. If a company is operating in America on American soil and refusing to hire Americans because they want to save a buck, they should face penalties. I do not see hiring foreigners as being pro-American.

Thanks -

I agree that I think the "white male" thing might primarily be getting pushed by white nationals on X (and since I'm a white male, my experiences will of course relate to white males). That's why I'm curious about demographics.

Vivek didn't call out white males either, he called out Americans and bashed our culture while stating we need more foreign workers. I understand the point he and Elon are attempting to make, but I believe they simply want cheap labor. If the market is so bad for Americans, why do we need more immigrants in tech?

Thanks - good advice I'll give this a try.

Terrible. I've turned to making video games while my wife works. Rough times.

No, I hired them myself at the behest of the company, trained them, and then was fired because they were cheaper.

How old are you? I'm curious about demographics

I primarily apply to startups - I've had next to no luck anywhere.

Kazakhstan

Indeed - I've legitimately considered creating a fake profile at this point to make myself look more Jr with about 10 years of experience. I don't really have much to lose in trying it.

That has been my experience as well.

That has been one of my fears. I've even considered it for myself, but I'm 43 - too late for me.

I strongly suggest the opposite. Collect everything and do on a personal site, do good seo on your pages, expose your content. Go totally anon for anything you don't want exposed of course. But you should expose as much of yourself as you're able and control the conversation.

Actually, this makes it obvious why you should keep a page that contains all your links. It's easy to just make an account and pose as someone in order to destroy their reputation. It's also difficult to get unique accounts, often times my accounts overlap with existing names. Even my real name is shared with many people. Employers who use technology like this are actually quite foolish to do so.

Ah so it is... I just asked if he had used that asset, I discovered it a few days ago myself and thought it was an interesting asset.

Is your game made with godot? It looks like you used this pixel planet generator asset from itch

https://deep-fold.itch.io/pixel-planet-generator

Many people saying programming won't exist as a profession within a year or two which is what makes me wonder if I should pivot.

Somewhat encouraging to read

You told me not to listen to random people on the internet, I don't. Includes you lol.