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Re:US Suspends Visa Program for Tech Firms Including Microsoft by ericmay on Thursday October 08, 2026 @02:17PM (#50009726)
> 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.

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Re:US Suspends Visa Program for Tech Firms Including Microsoft by zer00eyz on Thursday October 08, 2026 @03:56PM (#50011208)
> 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".

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Re:US Suspends Visa Program for Tech Firms Including Microsoft by ericmay on Thursday October 08, 2026 @04:16PM (#50011519)
That’s not the inverse though. I didn’t claim outsourcing was bad.
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