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H-1B draft with proposed changes [pdf]

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Re: H-1B draft with proposed changes [pdf]

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It also seem likely that opening an office outside of the USA may become an interesting alternative. Then your wage and your job may be at risk. If impact to you is how you evaluate things, it would seem like there's room for worries.

> It also seem likely that opening an office outside of the USA may become an interesting alternative. Then your wage and your job may be at risk. If impact to you is how you evaluate things, it would seem like there's room for worries. There are a lot of people on this thread who don't understand how the law of supply and demand works.

Supply can go down. But don't forget that demand can also go down.Car manufacture isn't the only job that can be outsourced.

Re: H-1B draft with proposed changes [pdf]

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> It should make it easier for Americans to get the jobs Infosys is hiring for at $70k, and harder for Americans to get jobs from Google at $250k. Why would it make a qualified American developer less attractive to Google?

Because it will become easier to import someone who is more qualified.

It will be more expensive. How will it become more easier?

Re: H-1B draft with proposed changes [pdf]

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Because it will become easier to import someone who is more qualified.

It will be more expensive. How will it become more easier?

Because the visas are distributed by lottery, and the largest number of applications are filed by Isfosys-type spammers. People with >$130k jobs in SV are being denied due to the $70k body shops spamming the lottery. If the spam goes away, those non-spam applications become a more reliable proposition.
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