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by AWildC182 1697 days ago
How many competent programmers (including being reasonable to work with) do you know who would willingly work for their campaign?
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You honestly think there are no trump supporters among very competent programmers? I personally know at least 3.
Of course there are. But it's not just about there being competent programmers "willing" to do this work.

You need:

* A competently run business

* Competent funding

* Competent recruiting

* Competent management

Programmers will generally want to be paid. They'll need a well-run organization, and before you can even hire and pay them, you have to find and recruit them. Not just someone interested and willing to do the work, but interested and willing to forego their existing role, and to forego their existing role for one that is, frankly, not likely to be around in another 6 months, given the track record of these kinds of organizations.

Yep very valid points
Programmers are some of the most contrarian people out there, after all.
No they're not!
I disagree
You are incorrect
Would the Trump-supporting programmers you know be fine having "Trump Social Media Platform" as the latest job on their resume?

I'd guess fear of ostracism in mainstream tech would filter out more people than actual politics.

Regardless of your politics, you should never avoid doing something you believe in just because someone might dislike you for it.
My health insurance is tied to my employer. I have more to risk than being disliked by building the next e-commerce platform fo r Trump Steaks.
If the dislike translates into being jobless, you bet I would be keeping my trap shut.
They are pretty public about their position but they are in HFT
I'm not sure they'd want to _work at his company_ though. Imagine what a shitshow the management will be.
It seems inconsistent to believe this _and_ still want him to run the country.
They're just fine with all the incompetence and racism because they think he'll punish the people they don't like, but then they're disappointed and surprised when it backfires on them.

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/1/8/18173678/tr...

>“He’s not hurting the people he needs to be”: a Trump voter says the quiet part out loud

>A Trump voter hurt by the shutdown reveals the real reason the president attracts hardcore supporters.

>[...] “I voted for him, and he’s the one who’s doing this,” Minton told Mazzei. “I thought he was going to do good things. He’s not hurting the people he needs to be hurting.”

>He’s not hurting the people he needs to be hurting.

>Think about that line for a second. Roll it over in your head. In essence, Minton is declaring that one aim of the Trump administration is to hurt people — the right people. Making America great again, in her mind, involves inflicting pain.

>This is not an accident. Trump’s political victory and continuing appeal depend on a brand of politics that marginalizes and targets groups disliked by his supporters. Trump supporters don’t so much love the Republican party as they hate Democrats, a phenomenon political scientists call “negative partisanship.” They like Trump not because he sells them on the GOP, but because they believe he’ll stick it to the Democrats harder than anyone else.

I would do it just to stick it to Big Tech and their censorship.

Still, as a rule I don't work for governments and politicians because they are perpetrators of violence and they're mostly unpunished by society.

A lot of programmers work for FB also despite everything. Also, many work for other ethically questionable companies.

So, for the right price, I’m sure a lot.

However, given what has been reported about wage theft and lawsuits, whether they will pay is a whole different question.

Beyond their shameful business operations they bring deep engineering expertise, practices and processes and a founder who understands code and running a massive scaled technology firm.

That is not the case here.

Contractors from a country that does not give a fig about American politics? So plenty of options are on the table.
But... But... That would go against what their platform says!
/s, I know, but: A platform is a mechanism to obtain power, not a prescription for how power is practiced.
I dunno most contractors like to get paid. I’m not sure but the Trump company does sort of have a history of not paying workers. I’m not arguing whether or not they should’ve. But it is kind of a _thing_
But those would then be immigrants, right? And likely will need to come in under H1B or something. How will owners of that platform react to hiring to immigrants?
> But those would then be immigrants, right?

No?! Why on earth would that be the logical conclusion? This is almost funny in how Americentric these threads become. You can outsource your project elsewhere. It's very common. America isn't the only country in the world that has software engineers who are competent.

MAGA hats were pretty famously made in China. That doesn't mean they were made by immigrants (though, I don't know anything about immigration in China)
Source on this? I thought they were American made but the manufacturer feared for their life so they never publicly said who made them
Ah, my mistake. The story doesn't appear to be entirely clear-cut, but the hats labeled 'made in china' are apparently knock-offs.

https://apnews.com/article/archive-fact-checking-6391630154

I'm sure prominent Trump supporter Peter Theil can find a few.