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Bill targeting H1B visas reintroduced in US Congress

2 points by marvindanig 10y ago

smb06 10y ago
Minimum salary requirement raised to $100,000 which means the end of any hopes for those graduating from US colleges to get a job in the US, if the bill passes. You aren't going to get $100,000 salary with just a Bachelor's degree straight out of college even in Bay Area, let alone in the rest of the US This will adversely affect the talent pool that American companies can hire and will almost certainly negatively impact the productivity of tech companies who rely on anywhere between 25-40% of their tech workforce from other countries especially those graduating from US colleges. There is also a provision to eliminate the Master's degree exemption meaning that the same pool of 65,000 (or so) visas will now be competed for by an even bigger group of candidates. Obviously those with Master's degrees will command a higher salary than those without. It still won't reach $100,000 even with a Master's degree. Long term effect will mean that if students cannot find jobs that can pay them $100,000 with a Bachelor's or Master's degree (and they won't) then they will stop coming to US universities. By restricting the best talent from coming to US, leaning and contributing to its academic system, it will definitely negatively impact the US education system. I hope lawmakers have the sense to reject this bill but we've seen worse.
- zzzcpan 10y ago
  I thought those graduating from US universities qualify for other visa programs. H1B is mainly for people from abroad, no? And AFAIK, $100,000 is something large corporations do offer CS graduates from abroad.
  - niftich 10y ago
    People who graduate from US universities qualify for exactly no immigration benefit.
  - smb06 10y ago
    Negative. H1B is about the only visa you can get after studying in a US university
  - smb06 10y ago
    Computer Science is not the only profession that H1Bs come from. A lot of journalism students, for example, would never make the $100k cut.
- Kephael 10y ago
  The median starting salary for CS majors at schools like Cornell and CMU is over $100,000. If you are good and target companies in certain areas it is not difficult to break $100,000 coming out school. Most coursework master's programs are cash cows at universities, outside of the top 30 or so the admission criteria is rather lax as well.
  - smb06 10y ago
    There are a lot of other professions that doing a Computer Science degree. Now if you are implying that the US should only take the best and the brightest in computer science from Cornell or CMU...

2 points by marvindanig 10y ago

smb06 10y ago

Minimum salary requirement raised to $100,000 which means the end of any hopes for those graduating from US colleges to get a job in the US, if the bill passes. You aren't going to get $100,000 salary with just a Bachelor's degree straight out of college even in Bay Area, let alone in the rest of the US This will adversely affect the talent pool that American companies can hire and will almost certainly negatively impact the productivity of tech companies who rely on anywhere between 25-40% of their tech workforce from other countries especially those graduating from US colleges. There is also a provision to eliminate the Master's degree exemption meaning that the same pool of 65,000 (or so) visas will now be competed for by an even bigger group of candidates. Obviously those with Master's degrees will command a higher salary than those without. It still won't reach $100,000 even with a Master's degree. Long term effect will mean that if students cannot find jobs that can pay them $100,000 with a Bachelor's or Master's degree (and they won't) then they will stop coming to US universities. By restricting the best talent from coming to US, leaning and contributing to its academic system, it will definitely negatively impact the US education system. I hope lawmakers have the sense to reject this bill but we've seen worse.

zzzcpan 10y ago
I thought those graduating from US universities qualify for other visa programs. H1B is mainly for people from abroad, no? And AFAIK, $100,000 is something large corporations do offer CS graduates from abroad.
- niftich 10y ago
  People who graduate from US universities qualify for exactly no immigration benefit.
- smb06 10y ago
  Negative. H1B is about the only visa you can get after studying in a US university
- smb06 10y ago
  Computer Science is not the only profession that H1Bs come from. A lot of journalism students, for example, would never make the $100k cut.
Kephael 10y ago
The median starting salary for CS majors at schools like Cornell and CMU is over $100,000. If you are good and target companies in certain areas it is not difficult to break $100,000 coming out school. Most coursework master's programs are cash cows at universities, outside of the top 30 or so the admission criteria is rather lax as well.
- smb06 10y ago
  There are a lot of other professions that doing a Computer Science degree. Now if you are implying that the US should only take the best and the brightest in computer science from Cornell or CMU...