Let the Other 95% of Great Programmers In

Re:Let the Other 95% of Great Programmers In by shanusmagnus on Friday December 26, 2014 @06:55PM (#8801027)

Not much room to grow? Says who? Did I miss the referendum in which the computer science salary cap was enacted into law?

The fact that companies are not charitable institutions is exactly the point. If they want more or better engineers they are welcome to pay salaries that will motivate such people to work for them, much as the petroleum industry is currently doing.

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Re:Let the Other 95% of Great Programmers In by kar2014 on Friday December 26, 2014 @07:10PM (#8801079)

Or they could offshore and you could day dream about your double salary all you want. That is a possibility, wait, it is a reality, already happening.

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Re:Let the Other 95% of Great Programmers In by mgkimsal on Saturday December 27, 2014 @08:28AM (#8802472)

Then let them carry on. Most of these companies are global in nature already. My naive view of the plea for more foreign tech workers to enter the US is that the majority of those controlling the money just really really really like like in SF and don't want to leave. When there's talk of tech worker shortage, there's not even any really serious effort to look around the US. Nope, the hive mind is in SF, and they'll move heaven and earth before they have to move someplace else.

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Re:Let the Other 95% of Great Programmers In by kar2014 on Tuesday December 30, 2014 @03:04PM (#8816423)

I'm sure, you understand that equates directly to jobs moving to other countries. Do you prefer to keep jobs in the country or kick them elsewhere?

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