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Re:New $100k H-1B visa fee pushes tech jobs offshore by eudamoniac on Monday September 14, 2026 @11:34PM (#49707396)
They are not supposed to be "on par" with average employees, the visa is supposed to be for exceptional talent that cannot be hired in America. There is no shortage of domestic average devs, so these average h1b devs ought to be leaving.
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Re:New $100k H-1B visa fee pushes tech jobs offshore by rgbrgb on Tuesday September 15, 2026 @11:58AM (#49714546)
these were not average employees - top decile engineers i've worked with, shipping quickly and rigorously to millions of global users
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