H1B rejected – builds unicorn back home

Re:H1B rejected – builds unicorn back home by thehappypm on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @04:09PM (#32570765)

It’s tough because many of our societal problems are only exacerbated by population growth, especially in the areas where these types of workers tend to congregate. Highly skilled workers don’t go to the Midwest or the deep south. They go and drive up rental prices in New York and San Francisco, where the jobs are. Well the first order effects of having a more skilled in competitive work for us are good, the second order effects can be very very negative and we got to be careful about that

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Re:H1B rejected – builds unicorn back home by jedberg on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @04:56PM (#32571399)

I work with a bunch of highly skilled immigrants. They live in Texas, Kentucky, Colorado, and a bunch of other places. Now that remote work is prevalent, people are moving to all sorts of places.

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Re:H1B rejected – builds unicorn back home by fshr on Wednesday August 24, 2022 @12:35AM (#32575037)

There's also a lot of great wine and delicious pizza in TX, KY, and CO, but I bet if I throw a dart in the dark 9 times out of 10 I'm going to land on a name from CA or NY.

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Re:H1B rejected – builds unicorn back home by jedberg on Wednesday August 24, 2022 @01:07AM (#32575210)

The data is publicly available:

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/03/29/h-1b-visa-a...

But if you don't want to click, you'll find the highest share of H1B per capita in Texas, namely College Station.

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Re:H1B rejected – builds unicorn back home by thehappypm on Wednesday August 24, 2022 @08:05PM (#32587578)

That doesnt disprove the point though! H1Bs congregate in specific areas, research hubs or tech hubs

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Re:H1B rejected – builds unicorn back home by bluGill on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @06:20PM (#32572358)

There are enough immigrants in Des Moines to have a Hindi temple. Immigrants go everywhere, nnot just your little corner

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Re:H1B rejected – builds unicorn back home by thehappypm on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @08:34PM (#32573548)

Obviously there are immigrants everywhere the US is an immigrant nation.

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Re:H1B rejected – builds unicorn back home by jimmaswell on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @04:18PM (#32570904)

> Highly skilled workers don’t go to the Midwest or the deep south.

This is certainly changing. I myself am moving to a rural area to work remotely and farm.

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Re:H1B rejected – builds unicorn back home by thehappypm on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @04:25PM (#32570981)

The statistics don’t really bear that it’s happening at scale, but it’s great for you to make that change.

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