Re:42% of California’s STEM Workforce Hails from Outside the...
by vonmoltke on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @02:40PM
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> In my very limited experience with companies that hires H1B to fill programming jobs, it's because they can't find qualified local candidates.
> All the really qualified people are in the bay area working for tech startups, etc...
> So a company outside of the bay area would have to bring in H1B workers who are willing to live in the area.
So the answer to a lack of local candidates is to start reaching across oceans? How about elsewhere in the massive expanse of North America, where many people don't even need a visa or can get one much more easily?
> All the really qualified people are in the bay area working for tech startups, etc...
> So a company outside of the bay area would have to bring in H1B workers who are willing to live in the area.
So the answer to a lack of local candidates is to start reaching across oceans? How about elsewhere in the massive expanse of North America, where many people don't even need a visa or can get one much more easily?