Just read this article on Mercury News (Bay area newspaper) about reader reactions towards the recent further tightening in regards to H1B/L1 extensions: http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/10/26/readers-weigh-in-on-new-h-1b-visa-rules/ While there's definitely plenty abuse by IT consultancies, I just fail to see how skilled migration can be seen as a zero sum game. America was built on migration and especially in tech it's been a good amount of migrants that founded a plethora of companies. I seriously doubt America has seen an economic loss or a net reduction in jobs when weighed against the additional jobs that were created in the process. I get it when blue collar workers moan about unskilled illegal migrants taking away their job (though even there I doubt we'd see many locals pick grapes in Napa), but just don't see how college educated folks don't see the benefits of skilled migration. Thoughts ?
H1b sucks and they should get rid of it and replace it with a better system that either offers permanent residency or not get people into the country and shit on them till they live here
High skill immigration is good. Low skill is bad. Of course anyone who barely meets the bar of being high skilled is going to be concerned when there are better candidates. Tough. The US has gained so much from attracting the best talent into one spot. Some of the biggest tech companies were founded in part by foreigners.
This whole founded by immigrants is true 20 years back. It isn't that true today. People have to fight the system to start. Many are stuck in the eternal h1b renewal cycle that they won't be able to start their company before they die. Heck more than 50% of people in skilled visa line can't get green card before they die. I know at least few h1 holders who are very enterprising and they started company with 'gc holder' who skimmed them.
If you have to fight the system to start then you're probably not actually high skill. I came from poverty but made my own consulting business at 18 making 50+ USD/hr to put myself through college.
The comments reflect anger at the explosion in the cost of US education that has left many students beset by debt, combined with abuse by consulting companies. Unfortunately a better system will require not just executive actions but legislation in Congress. And as The Capitol Steps say: “Progress is the opposite of Congress”.
Because a lot of Indians I met are emotional and this type of BS bothers them. Not knowing how to control the emotions ,they start spreading the BS and go all out to clear their name. It's easy to win an argument with them, just press the nerve and 🐒 is out!
We want skilled foreigner workers to help other parts of the world. We are doing fine in America, not needed here anymore.
See! exactly that part I don't get at all. What makes you think they are not needed when there's an actual engineering shortage? Sure, I agree STEM education and greater diversity should be encouraged to increase the amount of local talent. But those are both long term plays for the most part.
There is no engineering shortage. Many companies keep giving low rewards based on a curve and many engineers are forced to apply externally to get a better compensation. Many engineers have to try several startups in hope of monetization.
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I have nothing against or for H1B, just that more labor would reduce pay and increase housing costs. Nothing personal about it.
Frankly with tech growing as it is you'll see housing cost increase either way also not seeing a race to the bottom salary wise either (are you?). High housing cost could be easily mitigated if more housing would be made available. I used to live in Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Shanghai for a few years and it'd be extremely uncommon to see any buildings with less than six floors anywhere in a 15-25 mile radius from downtown. In the Bay area on the other hand most buildings I see have two maybe three floors. It's ludicrous.