It would be just as easy to divide up the population into any other constituent subgroup and select only those for help.
Any of these would also be a valid goal according to the effort being proposed here:
Syrian auto mechanics
Syrian bakers
Syrian musicians
Syrian nurses
You are presupposing that you can ONLY easily help programmers and furthermore, ONLY those Syrians with programing skill SHOULD be helped. Taken to it's logical extension, you end up helping people based on Ethnicity or Religion.
Why not instead focus on trying to help the greatest number of people in the most expedient way possible: by working to END this terrible civil war. That's CERTAINLY possible given the assemblage of talent reading these words.
OP is organizing something that might end up helping (or even saving) many Syrians. You're just bikeshedding.
This is HN, it's only natural to focus on programming. There are many here with the authority to hire programmers, not many people hiring nurses or mechanics. Besides, it's easier to get a visa if you're a programmer, and it's also easier to get remote work (e.g. in case a Syrian can't get a visa to US or EU but can move to Lebanon or Turkey).
Why are Syrian PROGRAMMERS the focus?
It would be just as easy to divide up the population into any other constituent subgroup and select only those for help.
Any of these would also be a valid goal according to the effort being proposed here:
Syrian auto mechanics Syrian bakers Syrian musicians Syrian nurses
You are presupposing that you can ONLY easily help programmers and furthermore, ONLY those Syrians with programing skill SHOULD be helped. Taken to it's logical extension, you end up helping people based on Ethnicity or Religion.
Why not instead focus on trying to help the greatest number of people in the most expedient way possible: by working to END this terrible civil war. That's CERTAINLY possible given the assemblage of talent reading these words.
You're setting your sights FAR TOO LOW.