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Re:USCIS is challenging an unusually large number of H-1B ap... by fggdsgsg on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @03:45PM (#15647421)
If we weren't around, an American could demand a (significantly) higher wage. If the developer wages were higher an American programer would consider not becoming a manager (why code away for peanuts when you can boss others for much more?).

That's in the short term. In the long term more Americans would do CS, and if the supply is tight enough, Apple and the others would open schools to train teenagers to code.

Not saying that the current system isn't better. But the basic forces are what they are.

Btw, you are underpaid and overworked. The game-room is gaming you to stay at work longer hours.

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Re:USCIS is challenging an unusually large number of H-1B ap... by htneouth43rc on Saturday November 11, 2017 @11:04PM (#15679583)
> If we weren't around, an American could demand a (significantly) higher wage.

This is exactly correct. I'm a US citizen and work at a high paying tech job. Amazon calls me at least once a month to try to convince me to work for them. The problem is that their highest allowed salary is lower than what I'm already making, and I also get gobs of stock bonuses worth at least as much as their stock bonuses. So they really aren't even trying to compete here. If they really wanted people of my caliber who were US citizens, they'd have to improve their compensation.

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Re:USCIS is challenging an unusually large number of H-1B ap... by hirsin on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @04:47PM (#15647970)
Or BigCorp would open an office in your hometown and hire you there anyway, because it was now impossible to get enough people for their job.

More likely still, significantly more SaaS in easily configurable packages as companies that can't afford massive dev salaries for an IT department turn towards GoogMicroSAP to fulfill their needs

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Re:USCIS is challenging an unusually large number of H-1B ap... by devdas on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @05:23PM (#15648249)
Or the whole operation would move countries.
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