Jason

[Vivek Ramaswamy @VivekGRamaswamy]

The reason top tech companies often hire foreign-born & first-generation engineers over “native” Americans isn’t because of an innate American IQ deficit (a lazy & wrong explanation). A key part of it comes down to the c-word: culture. Tough questions demand tough answers & if we’re really serious about fixing the problem, we have to confront the TRUTH:

Our American culture has venerated mediocrity over excellence for way too long (at least since the 90s and likely longer). That doesn’t start in college, it starts YOUNG.

A culture that celebrates the prom queen over the math olympiad champ, or the jock over the valedictorian, will not produce the best engineers.

A culture that venerates Cory from “Boy Meets World,” or Zach & Slater over Screech in “Saved by the Bell,” or ‘Stefan’ over Steve Urkel in “Family Matters,” will not produce the best engineers.

(Fact: I know *multiple* sets of immigrant parents in the 90s who actively limited how much their kids could watch those TV shows precisely because they promoted mediocrity…and their kids went on to become wildly successful STEM graduates).

More movies like Whiplash, fewer reruns of “Friends.” More math tutoring, fewer sleepovers. More weekend science competitions, fewer Saturday morning cartoons. More books, less TV. More creating, less “chillin.” More extracurriculars, less “hanging out at the mall.”

Most normal American parents look skeptically at “those kinds of parents.” More normal American kids view such “those kinds of kids” with scorn. If you grow up aspiring to normalcy, normalcy is what you will achieve.

Now close your eyes & visualize which families you knew in the 90s (or even now) who raise their kids according to one model versus the other. Be brutally honest.

“Normalcy” doesn’t cut it in a hyper-competitive global market for technical talent. And if we pretend like it does, we’ll have our asses handed to us by China.

This can be our Sputnik moment. We’ve awaken from slumber before & we can do it again. Trump’s election hopefully marks the beginning of a new golden era in America, but only if our culture fully wakes up. A culture that once again prioritizes achievement over normalcy; excellence over mediocrity; nerdiness over conformity; hard work over laziness.

That’s the work we have cut out for us, rather than wallowing in victimhood & just wishing (or legislating) alternative hiring practices into existence. I’m confident we can do it. 🇺🇸 🇺🇸

[Jason @Yoloputs]

@MashudAbu @RaoulGMI When you pay for it

[Dave Kline @dklineii]

I've trained 100's of managers.

The 60% who fail make one mistake:

They don't delegate

Here are 9 tactics to win more by doing less 🧵

[Jason @Yoloputs]

@Lemonade_Inc why was my insurance policy put in place 3 weeks ago, and now I am being told that my home cannot be covered and will be canceled in 2 weeks? Very disappointed…

[Jason @Yoloputs]

@MetreSteven Sounds like something the “old wall” would do…🤦‍♂️

[Jason @Yoloputs]

@AheadoftheNews RB running less wing. Made that a great race!

[Jason @Yoloputs]

@addamsson @RaoulGMI ~$35,000 a year might do it 🤷‍♂���

[Jason @Yoloputs]

@radigancarter Thanks for the time you put into this. I look forward to leaning from and with you.

[Jason @Yoloputs]

@nope_its_lily @mapochamp UCSD isn’t known for its party scene. You should be thankful!

[Jason @Yoloputs]

@radigancarter @FilmLifestyle It’s something everyone should read to see how these cycles have repeated themselves over thousands of years. You’ll enjoy it.

[❤️💙 𝐸𝓁𝑒𝑔𝒶𝓃𝓉𝓁𝓎 𝒲𝒶𝓈𝓉𝑒𝒹 💛💙 @SleepingAngelCO]

@BNODesk Wait...WHA...WHA ... WHAT

What the ABSOLUTE FUCKERY IS THIS???

A mutated form of COVID has made its way in?????

We really are living in the Apocalypse aren't we.

[Jason @Yoloputs]

@imdanielaryeh @MrZackMorris Right here on Twitter. If you don’t like him don’t follow him...

[Jason @Yoloputs]

@radigancarter Living in Southern California I see this everyday. People who have so much complaining like they have nothing. One day they may really have nothing and then look back at what a spoiled life they lived...

[Jason @Yoloputs]

@MrZackMorris Thanks for doing what you do, I need to study more but you’ve given direction to those of us who were lost. 👍

[Jason @Yoloputs]

@4Awesometweet Same! It’s nice to have something to laugh at every day.

[Jason @Yoloputs]

@chigrl And with a regular bike you can use the Zwift app. Better than Peloton and significantly less expensive.

[Jason @Yoloputs]

@hendry_hugh @RealVision Always enjoy Hughs interviews. Almost as entertaining as they are enlightening!

[Jason @Yoloputs]

@CordovaTrades Can I be your intern? I work for Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and stock options

[Jason @Yoloputs]

@CordovaTrades @mainlinejim @SEAMONKEYOO7 @GalacCuriosity @burro1369 It is weird, but the human eye can see a much broader spectrum of light than a camera can. This is the same as if you were to take a picture of someone with the sun behind them, you’d just see their silhouette.

[Jason @Yoloputs]

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