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Re:New H1-B Visa bill doubles the salary requirements to $13... by matwood on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @08:19AM (#13530251)
> OTOH, in low COL markets (eg. KC) this eliminates H1-Bs from consideration for most entry-level positions.

Isn't that the point? I thought H1-Bs were supposed to only be used when the skill set required could not be found locally. This does not match up with entry-level positions unless there are no programmers in the area.

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Re:New H1-B Visa bill doubles the salary requirements to $13... by webmaven on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @09:29AM (#13530780)
Well, do you want the price to reflect the wage of an average entry-level employee, or that of a talented one?

I'm not sure the US should have as a goal keeping every foreign grad here.

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Re:New H1-B Visa bill doubles the salary requirements to $13... by matwood on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @12:22PM (#13532769)
What I want is to fix immigration so that people can move to the US, become citizens, and stay. The goal should be to not even need the H1-B program.
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Re:New H1-B Visa bill doubles the salary requirements to $13... by lukeschlather on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @10:21AM (#13531239)
That sentiment - we don't need to keep every foreign grad - is basically stack ranking applied by the government instead of big business.

Put another way, the government is basically forcing companies to adopt stack ranking for certain classes of employees.

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Re:New H1-B Visa bill doubles the salary requirements to $13... by webmaven on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @11:37AM (#13532133)
I'm not sure that the comparison to stack ranking is apt, I am not saying we only want x% of grads, but I think it is reasonable to say that the US wants to bring in people in high demand as evidenced by their salary.
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