[Murdodc089]

Do you honestly think (and buy the stereotype) that people from Arkansas are a bunch of inbred, shoeless, hillbillies? If so, how do you explain the size and success of Wal Mart so far? Do you really think that Wal Mart is delivering products to over 10,000 of stores worldwide without an understanding of SQL?

Wal Mart is doing some pretty cool stuff with technology. Maybe not on the level of Amazon, which might end up biting them in the long run, but Wal Mart definitely knows their way around a database.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walmart#Technology

[zzzzzzzza]

To answer your first question, I'm from Fort Worth and yes; not exactly that stereotype though. The difference runs really, really deep. I interviewed with them once as well.

Some people at wal mart know their way around a database (database being euphemism for a broader "tech culture"), they are not well represented in management and wal mart is trying to change that (with jet acquisition). but too little too late.

[zzzzzzzza]

though obviously they will fare better than sears, imo

[JBReefer]

The above comment is actually why Trump won

[zzzzzzzza]

Conservatives are not aware of techie condescension (0 effect in most of these peoples daily lives, really sort of an arrogance to even think that) nearly as much as the liberal tendency to try to skirt around hard truths, to censor.

Imagine a wife/girlfriend who is PISSED because you won't get into a heated argument, you just stay all cool and level headed, hedging statements and whatnot.