H-1B Visa Most Used for 'Software Engineer,' 'Software Developer' Roles
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#2The unfortunate part is that these visas are being used for cheap labor rather than not being able to fund talent.
Re: H-1B Visa Most Used for 'Software Engineer,' 'Software Developer' Roles
#3Limited resource maximizing the price by the market selecting higher paying jobs to use it on.
IMHO we need Federalism. The States should be given an allotment of work visas. Let them decide how many and who to give them out to.
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#4The unfortunate part is that these visas are being used for cheap labor rather than not being able to fund talent.
If I were a VC I would invest huge in Mexico City talent development. Far more under-trained talent there and same time zone so remote from MC is temporally seamless.
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#5The unfortunate part is that these visas are being used for cheap labor rather than not being able to fund talent.
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Re: H-1B Visa Most Used for 'Software Engineer,' 'Software Developer' Roles
#6The unfortunate part is that these visas are being used for cheap labor rather than not being able to fund talent.
If I were a VC I would invest huge in Mexico City talent development. Far more under-trained talent there and same time zone so remote from MC is temporally seamless.
Harder to find English speakers there, though. Plus, Mexico's government is a lot more uncertain than India's.
Re: H-1B Visa Most Used for 'Software Engineer,' 'Software Developer' Roles
#7Limited resource maximizing the price by the market selecting higher paying jobs to use it on. IMHO we need Federalism. The States should be given an allotment of work visas. Let them decide how many and who to give them out to.
Federalism would solve a lot of the country's problems.
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#8I might previously have argued that H-1Bs were causing a domino effect on the rest of US employment - their complete inability to negotiate higher salaries spilled over into the rest of the industry.
However, I see now that such an argument is shortsighted. There is no evidence outside of my own conjecture to support such a thing and my frustration with my own experiences in the industry is causing me to scapegoat H-1Bs instead of taking an objective look at the problems in our industry. While I still may not agree with H-1Bs, it is because I believe that there are qualified Americans that could take those jobs, not because they're harming our industry as a whole.
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#9I might previously have argued that H-1Bs were causing a domino effect on the rest of US employment - their complete inability to negotiate higher salaries spilled over into the rest of the industry. However, I see now that such an argument is shortsighted. There is no evidence outside of my own conjecture to support such a thing and my frustration with my own experiences in the industry is causing me to scapegoat H-…
Have you had first experience with H1-B employees?
There definitely is inertia on moving companies for higher wage. However in my experience the public posting of title and salary has lifted net wages as it provides transparency on wages that otherwise would be kept hidden from employees.
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#10I might previously have argued that H-1Bs were causing a domino effect on the rest of US employment - their complete inability to negotiate higher salaries spilled over into the rest of the industry. However, I see now that such an argument is shortsighted. There is no evidence outside of my own conjecture to support such a thing and my frustration with my own experiences in the industry is causing me to scapegoat H-…
Immigrants are what built the US recently (after the real Americans... the native ones). Why close the gates now? Please don't use them (or us; though I'm not in the US) as scapegoats; this is not just.
No one should have a privilege to employment. You and your potential employer shall have the right to associate freely.
They should be seen just as regular competitors [with really hard barriers of entry]. If anything, blame the state agencies for making their lives worse and yours more unpredictable because by the blink of an eye, they can make the market go one direction or another, unjustly.
We should end these artificial barriers. Not blame the victims (that includes not only the immigrants but also locals who can't figure out the real market forces both to plan their careers and to make hiring decisions).