IDG Contributor Network: Are Americans too dumb to be good developers?

Are Americans too dumb to be good developers? Many people feel the opposite — that we might be smarter than anyone else on the planet! But what does it mean to be a "good" developer? Does it mean having raw brainpower and IQ? Or something else?An American-run software outsourcing company in China used to brag that it only hired Chinese developers with IQs greater than 140. But it had to lower the bar to an IQ of 120 when hiring Americans. On one hand, that feels like a dig at Americans. On