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kidintech | 1 year ago

no.

I wanted to say Eastern, as I have examples from both Asia and East Europe.

I wished to not be more specific so as to not derail the discussion into "user kidintech implied that nation X has a tendency to cheat".

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Rinzler89|1 year ago

Out of curiosity, can you share some examples from eastern Europe? Where does one find such websites?

Also, IMHO, blanket generalizations like "Asia" and "Eastern Europe" in such contexts can actually be more offensive than just mentioning the one country where the thing happens since you're basically painting with tar a whole sub-continent with dozens of different countries, just for the things happening in one country.

What I mean is, if by Eastern Europe, you actually mean some dodgy Russian forums, I think a lot of Eastern Europeans from Bulgaria all the way to Poland and the Baltics might feel offended of being included since we are not the same.

kidintech|1 year ago

No, because I feel like mentioning previous employers AND mentioning the languages I speak would get quite specific.

You are interested in Eastern Europe, so you should be familiar with olympiads; ask around any circle of ex-olympiad participants and you are bound to find something.

I am not sorry if you took offense; you're either from one of these countries and are clueless to the circles that exist next to you, or you are not from one of these countries and are trying to be offended on behalf of others.

johnnyanmac|1 year ago

Yeah, there's also the implication here that Americans rarely cheat. They aren't as public because English is under a microscope, but there are definitely answer banks if you know the right person and can fork over the cash.

If it's anything like High School/College, the sad part is these kinds of people could probably do well in interviews regardless. These answer banks are simply the difference between an A and an A+. And sadly the current market seems to only want A+ candidates. Who's fault is it really?

DonHopkins|1 year ago

So New York, Boston, Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, New Jersey, Main, Connecticut, Rhode Island, etc?

Or by "cheating" are you specifically referring to the lying cheating treasonous fraud from New York who was just found guilty of 34 felonies to cover up cheating on his wife with a porn star to inflence the election?

dgfitz|1 year ago

Washington is a state on the west coast. Washington D.C. straddles Maryland and Virginia. Baltimore is a city in Maryland.

Why are you double-dipping on examples? If people don’t know their geography it’s meaningless, and if they do (like me) it makes you seem disingenuous.

Oh but then you bring up politics so it makes sense. Fuck this bullshit world, it’s so exhausting.