Ask HN: Why do you hire H1-B workers instead of natives?

Re:Ask HN: Why do you hire H1-B workers instead of natives? by dugditches on Sunday November 20, 2016 @12:33PM (#12999963)

I'm fairly certain people qualifying for H1-B's that are 'requiring theoretical and practical application of a body of highly specialized knowledge in a field of human endeavor' are competing for the glut of those 9 million jobs. Come on.

While OP's post isn't a very good one, you can't throw numbers like that at it. How many of those 9 million jobs are fulfilling, full time, well paying , etc. Isn't underemployment a big problem in the US?

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Re:Ask HN: Why do you hire H1-B workers instead of natives? by allfou on Sunday November 20, 2016 @12:48PM (#13000046)

You don't like numbers and facts, then let's take it to the next level.

Majority of the Dev community in the San Francisco Bay Area (for example) is of Asian/Indian descent. We're not even talking about foreigners here. Children of immigrants (immigrants who probably came through H1-B) - the second generation, American citizens.

So, bringing people via H1-B actually helps fulfilling "high-level" jobs with American citizens. Does it make sense?

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