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The #1 problem with the article is that it restricts the analysis to the U.S.. With the current political climate around immigration, Amazon can't easily bring
by thinkling 9y ago
The #1 problem with the article is that it restricts the analysis to the U.S.. With the current political climate around immigration, Amazon can't easily bring engineering talent from around the world to its headquarters. A site outside the US could solve that. The RFP said "North America".
- sheepmullet 9y ago> With the current political climate around immigration, Amazon can't easily bring engineering talent from around the world to its headquarters. A crack down on H1B abuse will free up tens of thousands of spots for companies like Amazon to bring in real talent. You have companies like Tata getting 5x as many H1B visas as Amazon. And yet they pay their H1B staff on average ~$50k/year less than Amazon.
- cbsmith 9y ago> A crack down on H1B abuse will free up tens of thousands of spots for companies like Amazon to bring in real talent. Yes, and unicorns would be nice, but let's stick to things that are actually likely to happen.