7/2     FOBs use more of their brains than us: http://csua.org/u/3gj
        \_ this is interesting.
        \_ I've always known this. I kick ass in school when my ABC &
           whitie friends struggle to get to top 5% of the class.  -fob
           \_ umm, by your reasoning, abc's who speak chinese will do
              about as well as you. whereas your inferior english probably
              probably puts you at a disadvantage is some cases.
                \_ abc's in general don't speak mandarin very well. Their
                   vocab is limited to "hello", "i'm hungry", "i'm full",
                   "i want more rice", and "goodnight." You're right.
                   Superior grade doesn't get me very far in the industry.
                   Mingling, backstabbing, climbing up the corporate
                   ladder require good social skills. That's why I'm still
                   just a petty programmer.     -fob
                        \_ qu si ba. -abc
                   \_ No you're a petty programmer because you don't understand
                      industry.
                   \_ ABCs are better because they spend their college
                      years "networking" rather than focusing on grades:
                      ni hun kuh ai, ni hun piow-liang,
                      wo shiang ching ni chu-lai? ni shiang tiow-wu ma?
                      wo shiang ni, wo yow ni, wo ai ni.
                        \_ Bi zui ba. Bai chi. -abc
                      \_ I'm white, but at least i fucking know
                         proper use of pinyin. jackass.
           \_ I always laughed at how hard the FOBs worked to get into the
              top 25% while I coasted through in the top 1%.  --whitie
                \_ zi da lao wai, chi si ba.
              \- i think "use more of their brain" doesnt mean much.
                 if anything it suggests it is more expensive to process
                 mandarin. is emacs better than vi because it takes up
                 "more" memory? anyway, on the fob question, there is a
                 big selection bias in terms of who comes over. in other
                 words, you have to do to india to find stupid indians. --psb
                        \_ disagree.  Brain grows so it becomes second nature.
                                Always better to use more brain. -abc
                           \_ No.  Your brain doesn't grow when you speak
                              Mandarin.  It isn't a matter of opinion.  Maybe
                              you could read the link next time, eh?
                 \_ Indians: really?  I've met *plenty* of stupid Indians here
                    and the others *always* cover for them no matter how bad
                    they are, how much it hurts other people including them-
                    selves or even kills the company.  Loyalty, not smarts
                    seems to be the #1 trait of Indians in SV.
                    \- i think you are over racheting. yeah some might not
                       wite good code, but i dont think you will find many
                       indians who cannot find say canada on a map or cant
                       tell you what change should be from $5 on a $3.93
                       purchase. --psb