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US Customs has forced a programmer to prove that he can write codes

February 26, while crossing the US border 28-year-old developer from Lagos (Nigeria) Celestine Omina was detained by the US Customs Service.

Officials forced Omin to prove that he understands programming and is really what he claims to be, writes Ain.

It was the first developer’s visit to the US - for the past six months, he worked with a startup Andela, which connects Africa’s best technical talents with US employers. Only 1% of all applicants are allowed to participate in the Andela program, very strict selection is carried out. The project is supported by the head of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan.

Omin flew to the US on a short-term visa to help a New York-based Fintech startup create a JavaScript application for emerging markets. He spent an hour in economy class Qatar Airways 24, but after landing he ran into American customs officers.

According to him, after questions about the work and the purpose of the visit, the developer was taken to a small room and asked to sit down. He waited there for an hour, after which another official appeared.

“According to your visa, you are a software developer, is that correct?” He asked in a tone that Omin described as “accusing.”

The developer answered in the affirmative, after which the official handed him a paper, a pen and asked for answers to the following questions: 1. Write a function to check the balance of the binary search tree; 2. Answer what an abstract class is and why is it needed?

To the Omin, who had not slept a day before, the questions seemed blurred and suggesting different answers. He has 7-year-old development experience, and in his opinion, the questions looked as if someone without technical education googled: “What can you ask the software developer?”. He suggested that all the options that were not similar to what is written in Wikipedia did not fit.

Omin admitted that he was too tired to think, but still tried to answer as best as possible.

However, after 10 minutes of work, the official found his answers incorrect.

“No one told me why they were questioning me. Every time I asked why they were asking me these questions, they simply shook me ... I was not ready for this. If I knew that it would be so, I would have tried to prepare in advance. At that moment I thought that I would never get to the USA, ”he said.

According to the developer, the answers were correct, but the official did not have enough training to understand them. Time passed, and Omin internally prepared to fly back to Nigeria. Then he was released, with little or no explanation.

“They told me: you can go, but you did not convince me,” the programmer said.

It later turned out that the customs had let him go after the officials phoned to Andela to confirm his story. Until that time, a startup has already connected more than 100 technical specialists with employers in the US, but it was the first time that it encountered such difficulties.

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