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Re:$100K fee added to H1B applications on Sunday September 21, 2025 @09:37AM (#45322621)
I'm in the UK and can relate to this view strongly. As a software developer myself looking for hires there simply isn't the talent, especially in the North East of England so we have to cast our net further and accept applications from abroad.
Re:Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty on all charges on Friday November 03, 2023 @08:20PM (#38136737)
In the context of bullshit jobs, that is the bullshit economy, bullshit legal, bullshit crypto, bullshit celebrity and bullshit media hyperbole, isn't this just bullshit?

I mean, how is any of this contributing towards the betterment of society? Besides the short termism of investors big and small, really is this actually helping society forwards?