Microsoft: Shortage of tech workers in the US becoming 'genuine crisis'
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#2I support loosening immigration requirements... but another complimentary option would be for tech companies to raise wages. Why not do that?
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#3I support loosening immigration requirements... but another complimentary option would be for tech companies to raise wages. Why not do that?
What would that achieve? Are Microsoft's wages low, in your opinion? How much higher should they go?
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#4Aren't there still a lot of devs in flyover country who complain about finding few positions? Or is the fact they chose not to relocate being weighed against them?
Re: Microsoft: Shortage of tech workers in the US becoming 'genuine crisis'
#5If it were a genuine crisis, rather than a 'genuine crisis', wages would be genuinely rising more than they are, for anyone with anything close to the skills sought. Instead, this strikes me as a push to get cheaper workers, rather than actually paying for a scarce resource.
But maybe I'm just cynical.
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#6I support loosening immigration requirements... but another complimentary option would be for tech companies to raise wages. Why not do that?
What would that achieve? Are Microsoft's wages low, in your opinion? How much higher should they go?
They aren't high enough to make up for working at an unpopular, stagnant, and fumbling company.
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#7I support loosening immigration requirements... but another complimentary option would be for tech companies to raise wages. Why not do that?
What would that achieve? Are Microsoft's wages low, in your opinion? How much higher should they go?
Well, if supply is tight at a given price, one might think a rise in price might spur greater supply – basic economics and all.
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#8From the Huffington Post:
"The Bureau Of Labor Statistics has released its annual Occupational Employment and Wages report, and the top-paying industries are dominated by health care professionals. In fact, nine of the 10 highest-paid jobs in America are in the health care industry. The only other group that made the top 10 is corporate executives."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/20/top-ten-highest-pai...
Here's a link to the full report:
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ocwage.htm
Like a lot of other people here, I'd support a stronger emphasis on skilled immigration to the US, but I don't see compelling evidence of an acute shortage of engineers relative to other fields. In fact, I think the low level of interest in these fields is a rational response to market signals, especially at the elite levels.
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#9Shortage of tech workers willing to run on carrotless treadmills reaches epic proportions.
Carrotless treadmills thrown away.
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
What would that achieve? Are Microsoft's wages low, in your opinion? How much higher should they go?
They aren't high enough to make up for working at an unpopular, stagnant, and fumbling company.
the issue msft is trying to address is the scarcity of tech people in general. They could certainly pay more and fill their positions, but paying more wouldn't create 10k new engineers (or however many positions they need filled).