“Australians First”: Australia abolishing 457 temporary skilled worker visa

Re:“Australians First”: Australia abolishing 457 temporary s... by viraptor on Tuesday April 18, 2017 @06:13AM (#14137561)

> Likewise it has deterred many locals from considering IT as an area of study.

That's a bold statement. Have you got some good source? I'm having a problem imagining a statistically relevant number of people saying "I'm interested in pursuing one of the skills marked by the government as experiencing national shortage, (for years!) but I won't because immigrants will take those positions instead"

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Re:“Australians First”: Australia abolishing 457 temporary s... by empressplay on Tuesday April 18, 2017 @07:27AM (#14137918)

457 visa workers have driven down salary expectations for entry-level development jobs, thus students have began to shy away from computer science as a field of study (since there are plenty of other fields that pay more)

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Re:“Australians First”: Australia abolishing 457 temporary s... by sengork on Tuesday April 18, 2017 @07:56AM (#14138075)

Based on my own anecdotal observations within IT, few examples:

- Relative size of CS departments (enrolments) and how standalone they are as a faculty now vs 10-15 years ago

- Observations of how many parents who work in IT recommend to their kids to pursue alternative fields of study

Statistically I am not sure how this fits in with other non-IT fields.

Personally I would love to see the points above greatly improved upon as computers are here to stay, so having self-sufficiency and cross-generational (family) expertise would be very complementary and competitive.

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