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Yes, and those articles are totally unconvincing drivel. If there really was a shortage, and the role is truly crucial, then they'll increase their offer. But t
by wyclif 11y ago
Yes, and those articles are totally unconvincing drivel. If there really was a shortage, and the role is truly crucial, then they'll increase their offer. But the UK is not going to be able to fill those roles when engineers can get an offer in SV from Google, Facebook, or Apple.
"There's no shortage of smart, hardworking engineers. There's a shortage of smart, hardworking engineers willing to work for very little money." ~ David "Pardo" Keppel
If you're having trouble hiring, it's probably because you're not paying enough. It turns out that talented people are worth paying a lot for.
- DamnYuppie 11y agoAnd then the companies come and ask to raise the number of visa's for foreign workers.
- wyclif 11y agoBut nobody says we need to increase the number of visas for CEOs and VCs. That's because the cultural expectation is that those people make lots of money. Engineers need to stop selling themselves short, or allowing MBAs to short them, as if they are mere "code monkeys."
- pixelp3 11y agoThis argument doesn't make a lot of sense to me when it comes to bigger companies like Google, MS, Apple, etc. etc. Do you know how much H1Bs at these companies make? The data is open, you can look at how much Google pays them in the Bay Area for example. To say that Americans WON'T accept such salaries is ridiculous to me