Alexey Ivanov was exactly the kind of person to benefit from the early-2000's dot-com boom: he was bright, talented and really knew his stuff. His only problem was the fact that he was born in Chelyabinsk, a sleepy Russian town in the middle of nowhere. When he sent his résumé to American companies, nobody was willing to bet on him.
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