Immigration to increase the supply of programmers

Re:Immigration to increase the supply of programmers by ryanSrich on Friday January 02, 2015 @12:53PM (#8827695)

> $120k base plus an equity grant with expected value in the $X0k range.

Or not even $120k. You'd be surprised at what some SV companies get away with. Take a look at angel list and you'll commonly see wages lower than $100k for experienced developers.

I'd say the only epidemic that exists in the US's technology field is a lack of adequate compensation, not a lack of talent.

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Re:Immigration to increase the supply of programmers by encoderer on Friday January 02, 2015 @01:21PM (#8827818)

Using job ads to gauge market salaries will leave you at a disadvantage. There aren't many engineers in the bay area taking work today at $100k or below. Those that are are usually right out of school, or working for a cause they believe in.

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Re:Immigration to increase the supply of programmers by geebee on Friday January 02, 2015 @01:50PM (#8827934)

It's very hard to get real data, so I can't really fault you for the lack of a good cite. However, it's not like the companies claiming a shortage are exactly forthcoming with the data themselves. Here's a pretty eye-opening story about a journalist and professor trying to get good data to study the issue

http://blog.sfgate.com/nov05election/2013/09/20/profs-immigr...

I find it remarkable that people make claims of shortages without sharing information about the skill set they need and the compensation they're offering. Well, I don't find it remarkable, in the sense that I don't find PR-speak especially surprising anymore. I guess I should say I find it galling.

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Re:Immigration to increase the supply of programmers by s54b32dd on Friday January 02, 2015 @03:15PM (#8828290)

I think the true intent of PR-speak like this is to drive the government to subsidize business growth via tax breaks, etc.

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