Let the Other 95% of Great Programmers In

Re:Let the Other 95% of Great Programmers In by anemitz on Friday December 26, 2014 @08:03PM (#8801225)

So how do we implement this as policy? What we can't do is just say anyone can immigrate. We need to find ways to make it easy for exceptional people to live and work here but make it difficult (sliding scale to impossible) for everyone else.

One random idea I was thinking about was regional, industry specific visa committees that would review each application to ensure that we are able to more accurately identify exceptional individuals and filter out the mediocre / low-quality talent.

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Re:Let the Other 95% of Great Programmers In by jedberg on Friday December 26, 2014 @09:33PM (#8801434)

Allow anyone to immigrate, require they be paid an equal wage as a citizen of similar skill (hard to enforce I know), and then charge the employer a tax on the wage (10%?). This would force employers in any industry to only take people who are at least 10% more valuable to the company. You can change the tax appropriately to get the desired result.

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Re:Let the Other 95% of Great Programmers In by droopyEyelids on Saturday December 27, 2014 @02:30AM (#8801978)

If this was actually the policy fwd.us and PG and the rest of the crew were lobbying for, I think it'd set the world on fire.

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