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Re: Updates to H-1B

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Post by winter_blue »

pcthrowaway wrote: post #521
snakeyjake wrote: post #419

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How many years of experience? I fall almost exactly on the low end of this range: https://www.glassdoor.com/Salaries/senior-aerospace-engineer... With 15 years of experience. I'm at the low end of my peers. Like I said, auctioning off access to your users to advertisers pays better than the European space agency.

Holy shit, that auto-redirects to the salary range in Canada for me (66K-95K CAD) Tried again with a U.S. VPN and I'm gob-smacked by how different that range is.

Yup, I’m in Canada as well, and I was quite a bit thrown off by the redirected Canadian pay range.

For anyone curious, the Canadian pay range is:

Base pay $66K - $95K/yr

$79K/yr Average base pay

The low end of that base pay ($66k CAD) converts to $45k USD.

While the U.S. pay range is:

Total pay range: $266K - $463K/yr

$346K/yr Median total pay

Pay breakdown $137K - $223K/yr Base pay $129K - $240K/yr Additional pay

Re: Updates to H-1B

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Post by defrost »

fn-mote wrote: post #600
biztos wrote: post #535

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Not to pile on, but if linear algebra is really a part of the day-to-day job and not some manager’s mistaken idea of a proxy for more general talent, then you’re hiring specialists and the pool will not be that large. People who remember all their math and enjoy it and can also code, are also very employable at all the AI companies and departments, including at Meta. And how do you know if someone’s eligible for secu…

> if linear algebra is really a part of the day-to-day job [...] then you’re hiring specialists It kind of bothers me that the parent and other readers here are passing off knowing linear algebra as some kind of esoteric skill. Linear algebra is a year 2 course in a undergraduate eduation. There are polished libraries to make it fast. Unless you mean enough knowledge to be writing linear algebra libraries , there is…

In Australia Linear Algebra was straight out of high school first year university basic STEM common core math course work for Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Medical, Biology, etc. streams.

Re: Updates to H-1B

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Post by Spooky23 »

HarHarVeryFunny wrote: post #161

A supposed shortage of qualified US applicants for tech jobs, especially software developers, doesn't jibe with the huge numbers of US developers currently looking for work, including highly experienced older workers suffering from age discrimination. I'd be surprised if more than 5-10% of H-1B positions are ones where the hiring company has even looked for US applicants.

Developers aren’t fungible, and are hard to hire. Try getting a bunch of people to sling some boring Java or mainframe code. They don’t exist.

The trap with the older worker is a guy wants $250k, but will perform at the level of a $75/hr body shop guy. Skills don’t align - that’s always the risk of engineering.

Re: Updates to H-1B

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Post by Spooky23 »

ponector wrote: post #450
snakeyjake wrote: post #342

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My employer cannot hire H-1Bs. You must be a US citizen to work for my company. No "US Persons" (visa holders) or foreigners allowed. You have to be eligible for a Secret security clearance. You don't have to get one if you don't want to as there is usually plenty of uncleared work to go around, but you have to be eligible in case that goes away and we need to put you in for a clearance. We cannot find qualified appl…

So many contradictions! You pay well, but not so much. You search for qualified applicants but can hire a student. You require linear algebra but ok with technical writer. Looks like your managers don't know who they need to hire or don't want to really hire.

Defense contractors are usually located in out of the way places. If you work for the USAF Lab in Rome, NY, you make less than a Facebook intern, but the only guy richer than you in town is the state trooper with overtime. They are also stable gigs with good benefits.

Re: Updates to H-1B

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Post by Spooky23 »

fn-mote wrote: post #600
biztos wrote: post #535

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not to pile on, but if linear algebra is really a part of the day-to-day job and not some manager’s mistaken idea of a proxy for more general talent, then you’re hiring specialists and the pool will not be that large. People who remember all their math and enjoy it and can also code, are also very employable at all the AI companies and departments, including at Meta. And how do you know if someone’s eligible for secu…

> if linear algebra is really a part of the day-to-day job [...] then you’re hiring specialists It kind of bothers me that the parent and other readers here are passing off knowing linear algebra as some kind of esoteric skill. Linear algebra is a year 2 course in a undergraduate eduation. There are polished libraries to make it fast. Unless you mean enough knowledge to be writing linear algebra libraries , there is…

I got an A in linear as a sophomore… a long time ago. If it’s needed for a job, I got some studying to do.

Re: Updates to H-1B

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Post by rayiner »

janalsncm wrote: post #584
aprilthird2021 wrote: post #526

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In general, H1B visas do have such provisions. At least in CA most jobs must provide a salary range. Even if every H1B is the lowest of the range in those postings, that alone means there are many many jobs which fit your criteria.

The ranges are way too low then. I checked H1B salaries and I found the following in San Jose (median rent approx $2200 for 1BR): FLEXON TECHNOLOGIES INC Database analyst: $60k DATA TRACE INFORMATION SERVICES LLC Software engineer: $65k PRIMARIUS TECHNOLOGIES US LLC DATA ANALYST $72k ZOOM VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS INC AI SCIENTIST $74k HBI SOLUTIONS INC DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR $75k BEACONFIRE STAFFING SOLUTIONS INC COMPUTE…

Someone should put together a package for the new administration with advertisements to target for H1B violations. I’m sure Stephen Miller would want to see it.

Re: Updates to H-1B

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Post by snowwrestler »

dcrazy wrote: post #430
snowwrestler wrote: post #420

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Obviously this company is a government contractor.

Not all government contracts require all employees working on the contract to have clearances or be US citizens.

But some do! And sounds like this is one of them.

Re: Updates to H-1B

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Post by scarface_74 »

JoshTriplett wrote: post #613
scarface_74 wrote: post #492

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There are 4.8 million developers in the US most of them are not making Meta salaries and I would say that 80% will never see 200K inflation adjusted in thier lives. Instead of going to levels.fyi go to salary.com and choose any major city in the US that is not on the west coast. No most developers don’t get RSUs or anything else aside from their salaries and maybe a bonus. And before someone replies that I’m “bitter”…

While I'd normally use levels.fyi for more accurate data, since you don't want to rely on that, here's info from glassdoor. Senior: https://www.glassdoor.com/Salaries/remote-senior-software-en... > $178K - $262K/yr Principal: https://www.glassdoor.com/Salaries/remote-principal-software... > $269K - $415K/yr > The estimated total pay for a Principal Software Engineer is $329,957 per year in the Remote area, with an av…

Exactly how many “remote principal software developer” jobs do you think there are available and that’s a self selected sample and even then they for some reason separate “senior software developer”.

Look at salary.com where you can see by cities.

None of the BigTech companies have many remote jobs. Google is even requiring their customer facing professional services department to be in certain cities. That was a bridge too far even for AWS.

Re: Updates to H-1B

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Post by choppaface »

snakeyjake wrote: post #342
HarHarVeryFunny wrote: post #161

A supposed shortage of qualified US applicants for tech jobs, especially software developers, doesn't jibe with the huge numbers of US developers currently looking for work, including highly experienced older workers suffering from age discrimination. I'd be surprised if more than 5-10% of H-1B positions are ones where the hiring company has even looked for US applicants.

My employer cannot hire H-1Bs. You must be a US citizen to work for my company. No "US Persons" (visa holders) or foreigners allowed. You have to be eligible for a Secret security clearance. You don't have to get one if you don't want to as there is usually plenty of uncleared work to go around, but you have to be eligible in case that goes away and we need to put you in for a clearance. We cannot find qualified appl…

> We cannot find qualified applicants.

By chance has your employer posted on HN who’s hiring?

Re: Updates to H-1B

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Post by h1bgamer »

n144q wrote: post #415
h1bgamer wrote: post #142

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Yup but they actually can't check.

Dude that's just not true. You need to submit almost every single detail about yourself before the lottery, including information on your passport. In fact this has dramatically decreased the duplicate entries to H1B lottery.

You are free to believe what you want. I myself witnessed it. Fake address, fake office. Apply to "4" "companies".

You have no idea what good lawyer can do :)

It works.

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