Tech bros: “There’s a shortage of talent. We need more workers! More H-1Bs!”
Professor of Computer Science at UC Berkeley: “My perfect GPA students are contacting me worried because they are getting zero job offers.”
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- And Microsoft is still submitting more requests for H-1Bs.MICROSOFT TO LAY OFF AS MANY AS 9,000 EMPLOYEES IN LATEST ROUND-THE SEATTLE TIMES
- “Hey, American — either we replace you here with an H-1B, or send your job overseas. Which is it going to be?”Explain to me why the h1b fee isn’t going to lead to way more offshoring
- This screenshot has been making the rounds on Twitter. No one wants to have an honest conversation about the implications of the H-1B visa program.
- 🚨 Big News: A jury has found Indian IT outsourcing firm ‘Cognizant’ guilty of discriminating against non-Indian employees. “The lawsuit claimed Cognizant ousted many non-Indian workers by first taking them off projects and “benching” them without work… until firing them…”
- Sorry to cut the celebrations short. After reviewing the details of the proclamation: • The proclamation DOES NOT apply to individuals already in the U.S. on H-1B status, or to student visa holders on OPT seeking to change their status to H-1B. • It applies only to
- “How did you find this job ad? You weren’t supposed to find this job ad!”Replying to @JobsNowPR and @RudyTakalaEmail response after applying. You are ruffling some feathers!
- You can’t complain about "labor shortages" when Intel just laid off 15,000 employees. Semiconductor engineers are plentiful—we just keep screwing them over, causing them to lose faith in job security within the industry. Then you wonder why fertility rates are low.Replying to @MarioNawfalNo, we need more like double that number yesterday! The number of people who are super talented engineers AND super motivated in the USA is far too low. Think of this like a pro sports team: if you want your TEAM to win the championship, you need to recruit top talent wherever
- This person is paid $1.27 million a year to help resettle 20,000 Haitians into the small working class town of Springfield, Ohio.
The destruction of Springfield, Ohio inspired me to look at which organizations are being paid the most for refugee resettlement in the state. A 501c3 called National Youth Advocate Project has been awarded $292 million by the Dept of Health and Human Services for assistance to - Last week, we showed how the engineering degree — once a solid path to the middle class — is failing new American grads. This week, we looked at Computer Science. If you thought engineering grads were struggling, computer science grads are faring even worse. 🧵 THREAD
- You thought the H-1B visa was bad? Wait until you hear about the two other sinister visa programs that are even more harmful than the H-1B. We’ll discuss them later. Any guesses? Drop them in the replies.
- The H-1B program was never wanted or needed. It was created in 1990 based on a faulty NSF study that was never made public and falsely predicted a shortage of engineers. Scientists who testified before Congress tore it apart, and even the NSF admitted it was flawed. Yet heavy
- Not paused — it should be abolished!Maybe it’s time to pause H-1B visas
