Canada plans brain drain of H-1B visa holders, with no-job, no-worries permits

Re:Canada plans brain drain of H-1B visa holders, with no-jo... by red_admiral on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @09:17AM (#36505999)

I mostly agree but 'half the market rate' glosses over a lot of things.

For example, according to WhatUni [1], the average computer science graduate salary after leaving uni is £27K. Even after a year or two of pay increments, the average (median? not sure) CS graduate could be earning less than the £35K threshold. It's not just the "unis" that deserve double quotes with this kind of salary range: Exeter is Russell Group, but the same site says their graduates have a £28K average starting salary.

Staying with Exeter, their 2023 pay scales [2] have postdocs starting at £31K, and lecturers in the £40K-50K range; by the time you're earning double of £35k, you're well into associate professor territory.

Sure, you won't get a good senior developer for £35K. But if your business model is lots of juniors and high churn, you'll get plenty of people in that range.

[1] https://www.whatuni.com/degrees/computer-science-bsc-hons/un... [2] https://www.exeter.ac.uk/media/universityofexeter/humanresou...

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Re:Canada plans brain drain of H-1B visa holders, with no-jo... by varispeed on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @09:45AM (#36506377)

Now consider that why would company hire a CS graduate for £27k, if they could get a seasoned developer who will be happy to work for £35k and get the foot in the door? Also see that the threshold for a web developer is only £26.8k.

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