Hacker News with Generative AI: Talent

DeepSeek's rise shows why China's top AI talent is skipping Silicon Valley (restofworld.org)
Facing visa hurdles and high living expenses, more of China’s AI researchers are choosing opportunities at home rather than abroad.

AI, China, Silicon Valley, Talent, Technology

14 points by billybuckwheat 16 days ago | 0 comments

Europe can import disillusioned talent from Trump's US, says Lagarde (ft.com)
Europe can import disillusioned talent from Trump’s US, says Lagarde

Europe, Immigration, Politics, Talent, Economy

9 points by belter 28 days ago | 11 comments

The number of exceptional people: Fewer than 85 per 1M across key traits (sciencedirect.com)
Cognitive biases can lead to overestimating the expected prevalence of exceptional multi-talented candidates, leading to potential dissatisfaction in recruitment contexts.

Cognitive Science, Talent, Recruitment, Human Resources

12 points by paulpauper 30 days ago | 8 comments

UK's hardware talent is being wasted (josef.cn)
Imperial, Oxford, and Cambridge produce world-class engineers. Yet post-graduation, their trajectory is an economic tragedy - and a hidden arbitrage opportunity.

UK, Education, Engineering, Economics, Talent

636 points by sebg 33 days ago | 1131 comments

The Impossibility of Making an Elite Engineer (2017) (tidyfirst.substack.com)
After coaching hundreds of engineers, I got to thinking about why more people don’t reach the top levels.

Engineering, Talent, Skill Development

20 points by mooreds 158 days ago | 1 comments

Microsoft is a black hole of money and talent (mataroa.blog)

Microsoft, Business, Finance, Talent

28 points by thedataangel 197 days ago | 9 comments

Linux Loses Talent (twitter.com)

Linux, Operating Systems, Talent, Employment

8 points by itvision 210 days ago | 15 comments

Low salary likely to cause exodus of European tech talent (tradearabia.com)

Tech Industry, Labor Market, Europe, Salary, Talent

44 points by WWWMMMWWW 226 days ago | 88 comments

Top scientists turning down UK jobs over 'tax on talent', says Wellcome boss (theguardian.com)