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by m52go 3832 days ago
Exceptional people in any profession are in short supply. Isn't that a true statement?

Whether that justifies hiring internationally and issuing visa waivers, I'm not sure, but good people sure are hard to find regardless of industry.

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>Exceptional people in any profession are in short supply. Isn't that a true statement?

It equivocates on whether by "exceptional" and "short" we mean absolute standards or relative ones. If we use relative terms, "exceptional" (say, the top 1%) people are by definition in short (only 1% of the total) supply.

Of course, 1% of a large population can still be quite substantial.