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Re:H-1B bill pulled from House committee vote amid complaints by ones_and_zeros on Wednesday September 14, 2016 @06:21PM (#12501702)
What skills did these critical hires have that couldn't be found in the United States?
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Re:H-1B bill pulled from House committee vote amid complaints by igt0 on Wednesday September 14, 2016 @07:41PM (#12502187)
Probably local hire would be much better, however good programmers don't want to work in the Group 2. The want to work in a big company or in a cool startup.
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Re:H-1B bill pulled from House committee vote amid complaints by crench on Wednesday September 14, 2016 @07:05PM (#12501968)
Both critical hires probably cost the same as one of those hires would have for a local hire.
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