Re:Let the Other 95% of Great Programmers In
by prostoalex on Friday December 26, 2014 @06:38PM
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> what I see are floods of cheap talent, some with questionable skills, coming over to compete for my job
Let me be the devil's advocate and argue that even that is beneficial at the national policy level.
The alternative to cheap imported labor for a small company would be to hire a local guy, but for any medium to large company the alternative would be to hire a foreign consulting shop, and there are tons of companies working in the niche.
The "cheap" labor in programmer speak is usually around $50-70k salaries, adjusted for specific area, and I would rather have US capture the value of income taxes, sales taxes and other economic activity from that $50-70k than an outfit abroad.
Let me be the devil's advocate and argue that even that is beneficial at the national policy level.
The alternative to cheap imported labor for a small company would be to hire a local guy, but for any medium to large company the alternative would be to hire a foreign consulting shop, and there are tons of companies working in the niche.
The "cheap" labor in programmer speak is usually around $50-70k salaries, adjusted for specific area, and I would rather have US capture the value of income taxes, sales taxes and other economic activity from that $50-70k than an outfit abroad.