Jesse Jackson: H1B Visas Hold Back Diversity in Tech Hiring

Re:Jesse Jackson: H1B Visas Hold Back Diversity in Tech Hiring by Barrin92 on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @10:11PM (#23411560)

I'm not sure I see the contradiction here. Of course H1B visas are for employees, not entrepreneurs, but many employees don't stay employees forever, entrepreneurs aren't conjured up out of thin air. Just take Uber as an example. That company alone has spawned an entire ecosystem of founders and venture capitalists as talent over the years has migrated away from the company.

>So if there's 3 founders, with only one being an immigrant, then that's categorized as an "immigrant-founded company."

I don't think that's a misrepresentation, particularly not in the context of my post, because if a company has an immigrant co-founder that still indicates that an immigrant contributed to the founding of a business.

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Re:Jesse Jackson: H1B Visas Hold Back Diversity in Tech Hiring by redis_mlc on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @10:21PM (#23411617)

> many employees don't stay employees forever

Then they would have to return to their country if they're no longer an employee.

The path to citizenship for an H1B is over 10 years now.

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Re:Jesse Jackson: H1B Visas Hold Back Diversity in Tech Hiring by Barrin92 on Thursday June 04, 2020 @12:48AM (#23412525)

>The path to citizenship for an H1B is over 10 years now.

you can already start a business as a green card holder, but yes it takes a while in the current system to obtain the ability to start a company. I don't see however how that relates to the argument. The average age of h1b users is very young (majority between 25 and 34), so they all have a fulll career ahead of them.

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