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Cubans Allowed To Export Software and Software Services To the US
lpress writes In an effort to support Cuba's nascent private sector, the Treasury Department announced on Friday that Americans can now import goods and services produced by "independent Cuban entrepreneurs." Will the Cuban government allow that? Cuba is a communist nation, but they have a list of 201 job categories in which self-employment is permitted. Most of those jobs are goofy things like magician and pedal-taxi driver, but one is not – computer programmer. Will the Castro regime let private individuals and organizations export software and software services to the United States and the rest of the world?
Because that's what Cuban "engineering" looks like. I worked with Cubans, besides the fact that they're universally nasty people, they just don't have the technical background.
How could they? They've had to make do with limited materials and knowledge. They can repair anything, but don't ask them to repeat that trick or explain what they did.
And as for the nastiness, they are on an island. They can't run away from people they don't get along with, so they have to be nasty just to survive.
You want backstabbing and unreliable work? Hire a Cuban.
There's a reason for the "Latin lover" stereotype. There's no German lover or Jewish playboy stereotype either, for a reason too.
Thus doing what little they can to help finance Castro's regime. Good job!
In Soviet Washington the swamp drains you.