Silicon Valley can't import talent like before. So it's exporting jobs
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Re: Silicon Valley can't import talent like before. So it's exporting jobs
#2We warned everyone that this would happen [0] but HN fell for the populism trap.
And no one on the Hill will do anything to impact services exports, especially for voters who work in maligned industries like Tech [1], Big Oil [2], and Wall Street [3] that are overwhelmingly concentrated in single party states like California, Washington, Texas, and New York and as such can't swing elections the same way an Autoworker, Healthcare Worker, or Farmworker can.
[0] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45308408
[1] - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-11/india-dra...
[2] - https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/big-oil-is-offshorin...
[3] - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-11-11/trump-s-h...
Re: Silicon Valley can't import talent like before. So it's exporting jobs
#3Time to crack down on these cheats.
Re: Silicon Valley can't import talent like before. So it's exporting jobs
#4We warned everyone that this would happen [0] but HN fell for the populism trap. And no one on the Hill will do anything to impact services exports, especially for voters who work in maligned industries like Tech [1], Big Oil [2], and Wall Street [3] that are overwhelmingly concentrated in single party states like California, Washington, Texas, and New York and as such can't swing elections the same way an Autoworker…
oh well.... I'm totally fine with this.
Re: Silicon Valley can't import talent like before. So it's exporting jobs
#5They were exporting jobs before too.
Re: Silicon Valley can't import talent like before. So it's exporting jobs
#6The rest of the world is moving on.
Re: Silicon Valley can't import talent like before. So it's exporting jobs
#7We warned everyone that this would happen [0] but HN fell for the populism trap. And no one on the Hill will do anything to impact services exports, especially for voters who work in maligned industries like Tech [1], Big Oil [2], and Wall Street [3] that are overwhelmingly concentrated in single party states like California, Washington, Texas, and New York and as such can't swing elections the same way an Autoworker…
I love how this is always framed as a "pipeline and talent" problem issue (its not), when it's really a "pipeline and talent at salaries I want to pay" issue.
Re: Silicon Valley can't import talent like before. So it's exporting jobs
#8We warned everyone that this would happen [0] but HN fell for the populism trap. And no one on the Hill will do anything to impact services exports, especially for voters who work in maligned industries like Tech [1], Big Oil [2], and Wall Street [3] that are overwhelmingly concentrated in single party states like California, Washington, Texas, and New York and as such can't swing elections the same way an Autoworker…
Yes I say you are right, but that only proves these companies only want to hire very cheap labor.
There is talent in the US, all it takes is training. Decades ago companies would train new hires out of college, but that trend ended in the 90s.
Wall Street started forcing these companies to chase fast market growth and high stock prices. In many cases profit has no meaning for these startups, the only metric is stock price growing. Then once the investors can sell the stock, they bail leaving the company to figure out how to survive by itself.
Re: Silicon Valley can't import talent like before. So it's exporting jobs
#9We warned everyone that this would happen [0] but HN fell for the populism trap. And no one on the Hill will do anything to impact services exports, especially for voters who work in maligned industries like Tech [1], Big Oil [2], and Wall Street [3] that are overwhelmingly concentrated in single party states like California, Washington, Texas, and New York and as such can't swing elections the same way an Autoworker…
I love how this is always framed as a "pipeline and talent" problem issue (its not), when it's really a "pipeline and talent at salaries I want to pay" issue.
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Re: Silicon Valley can't import talent like before. So it's exporting jobs
#10We warned everyone that this would happen [0] but HN fell for the populism trap. And no one on the Hill will do anything to impact services exports, especially for voters who work in maligned industries like Tech [1], Big Oil [2], and Wall Street [3] that are overwhelmingly concentrated in single party states like California, Washington, Texas, and New York and as such can't swing elections the same way an Autoworker…
oh well.... I'm totally fine with this.
Certainly for the people working there, right?