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Remember, though, America has a critical shortage of programmers and we desperately need to allow more to immigrate!!!
by waterlesscloud 11y ago
Remember, though, America has a critical shortage of programmers and we desperately need to allow more to immigrate!!!
- HillaryBriss 11y agoAdding to that paradox, a major theme of the original post is that personal connections are really important to getting a startup job. So, startups are really looking hard outside the founders' circle of friends to find the most qualified applicants?
- cscharenberg 11y agoThis is something I commented on recently. Retraining programs and those already in the industry say social networking will get these people jobs. But they have the weakest networks in their new career. Yes, I could reach into 100 companies through my network and get an interview. A new person cannot. The assumption of using social networks is true only for those already established. Longer discussion of that as a comment on this blog post (http://www.siliconsloper.com/2016/02/tech-hire-utah-initiative.html http://www.siliconsloper.com/2016/02/tech-hire-utah-initiati...)
- gizi 11y agoVirtual teams do not need to deal with immigration. So, what's next? Immigration offices on the backbones of the internet?