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Re:Let the Other 95% of Great Programmers In by craigyk on Friday December 26, 2014 @02:43PM (#8800027)
But why expand the H1B program vs. a more open immigration policy in general, or removing H1B lock-in restrictions?

So are you claiming that companies are paying an extra 30K for all their H1B employees on top of giving them a salary that exactly matches that of their non H1B peers?

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Re:Let the Other 95% of Great Programmers In by briandear on Friday December 26, 2014 @04:10PM (#8800388)
They don't pay that extra $30k per year. That's a relatively sunk cost. If you can pay a $30k premium up front, then pay that employee less over time than the US equivalent AND that employee is locked to that employer, then it's well worth that $30k upfront. Of course we are stipulating that it actually does cost $30k on average, which I haven't seen the data to support (or refute) that.
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