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I've had the privilege in the past of working with a small number of Irani technology professionals, and I found these particular individuals to be some of the most capable and well-rounded in the entirety of my experience with the global technology field.

The idea of any of those individuals sitting in prison for political reasons turns my stomach.

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Adversity breeds strength.

Imagine learning to program with no access (or highly disrupted access) to google, stack overflow and github.

Where you have to download web pages for later use in case your internet is cut off.

Where random power outages can suddenly interrupt you many times a day.

Where using a vpn can be used against you in a criminal case.

I can imagine that anyone who perseveres through those kinds of obstacles to become a programmer would have some pretty tremendous grit and would build them into a great developer.

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