Re:US Suspends Visa Program for Tech Firms Including Microsoft
by happytoexplain on Thursday October 08, 2026 @02:22PM
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My experience and sincere belief is that your experience is not representative.
Re:US Suspends Visa Program for Tech Firms Including Microsoft
by zer00eyz on Thursday October 08, 2026 @11:10PM
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The CEO's of Alphabet and MS would like a word.
Re:US Suspends Visa Program for Tech Firms Including Microsoft
by SauciestGNU on Friday October 09, 2026 @12:47AM
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I've worked with some outstandingly talented folks on H1-B, and then I've worked with WITCH body shop H1-B workers, and the latter have approximately the skill of a semiliterate high school dropout. We need to do something about the abuses in the system while maintaining pathways for the genuinely talented candidates.
Re:US Suspends Visa Program for Tech Firms Including Microsoft
by ericmay on Thursday October 08, 2026 @02:17PM
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> H1B is a path to import talent that mostly wants to stay here...
There is truth to this, certainly. In software engineering or related positions? I don’t think so, generally. If this was the case we wouldn’t also outsource positions.
Re:US Suspends Visa Program for Tech Firms Including Microsoft
by zer00eyz on Thursday October 08, 2026 @03:56PM
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> If this was the case we wouldn’t also outsource positions.
Invert your argument: If outsourcing was so great, we wouldn't have any software jobs in the US.
The reason to outsource, to offshore are far more nuanced than "cost".
Re:US Suspends Visa Program for Tech Firms Including Microsoft
by ericmay on Thursday October 08, 2026 @04:16PM
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That’s not the inverse though. I didn’t claim outsourcing was bad.
Re:US Suspends Visa Program for Tech Firms Including Microsoft
by lowbloodsugar on Thursday October 08, 2026 @02:15PM
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I've met hundreds.
I have not met a single one who was not over qualified for the job they were doing.
I have only met a couple who were (to some extent) getting screwed because of an agency in the middle. However I would not have found the wage unreasonable and the markup was well within the industry standard.
H1B is a path to import talent that mostly wants to stay here... We need to fix the portion of the process where it is onerous to go from H1B to green card and citizenship.