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> They'll just work on some military hardware instead.

A lot of Russian developers are leaving Russia instead: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/13/technology/russia-tech-wo....

This is the first geopolitical event that I actually have some inside experience with. I work with a lot of Russian developers, and 90% of them have relocated since the war started.

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Those who were already working with companies from abroad have largely left. I’m wondering about those who were working with Russian orgs their entire lives, those people are a lot less mobile, they can’t speak other languages very well and usually feel like ‘nobody’s waiting for them out there.’

By the time USSR started to crumble KGB decided to embed spies and criminals into Western societies hiding them amongst a wave of refugees and economic migrants.

I would expect the same happening this time.

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