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Unfortunately lot of people fail to see H1B's outside of silicon valley and H1Bs = cheap (indian) IT labor = bodyshops... Many fields demand multidisciplinary

Unfortunately lot of people fail to see H1B's outside of silicon valley and H1Bs = cheap (indian) IT labor = bodyshops... Many fields demand multidisciplinary knowledge (for eg. automotive) we need people who understand physics (mechanical engineering), signal processing, algorithms, data analysis, programming etc. There's a huge shortage of people who are willing to dabble in multidisciplinary fields. Step into any automotive company and ask the engineers if they know how to code or use large amounts of data effectively. You will be surprised. I have seen H1B folks overcome tough challenges and put huge amount of effort in making amazing products. Generalizing and bashing H1B's is not fair, neither is making regulations from SV point of view. p.s. I work in one of the big 3's. I am on H1B and I have never accepted bare minimum salary. I am not an IT guy.

thrwaway657 9y ago
Big tech companies hire only a small percentage of H1Bs. You are generalizing a special case. The vast majority of the visas are used to undercut American wages. Period.
Annatar 9y ago
As a car enthusiast and a system engineer / architect I’d love a shot at working in the car industry. I never see advertisements for those jobs though; they are mythical. That aside, nobody so far has been bashing H1B’s, on the contrary: all the comments so far are for H1B liberalization (H1B’s should’t be tied to a particular employer) so that the loan dumping could stop and so that competition could take place based on experience and competence. The problem is greedy managers going after “shareholder value” (their bonuses and promotions) and corrupt politicians who knew the situation and yet didn’t step in.
- garyfirestorm 9y ago
  working in car industry for about 3-4 yrs. I can assure you these jobs are not mythical. read this article - https://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/harman-wants-quiet-ride-using-tech-behind-noise-cancelling-headphones/ https://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/harman-wants-quiet-ride-u... skills required - fundamentals of acoustics, vibrations, signal processing, algorithms, coding, managing huge amounts of data, optimization, controls etc..... this is just one technology. there are many more things that go in a car and are way more complex than active noise cancellation.
ajmurmann 9y ago
Sorry, I did by no means intend to bash H1B visa holders. I agree that it's only a small portion in one particular industry that's causing that perception. That makes it even more important though to not constraint H1B holder's choices artificially.
murukesh_s 9y ago
There is absolutely no bashing of H1B done here. What you say about multidisciplinary knowledge is true. I bet many of the Indian CEOs and co-founders came via H1B itself. But that was not the point. The majority of H1B holders are low paid workers bought here not just because of lack of skills, but also due to low pay and willingness to work shifts etc etc.. We can't deny that.

thrwaway657 9y ago

Big tech companies hire only a small percentage of H1Bs. You are generalizing a special case. The vast majority of the visas are used to undercut American wages. Period.

Annatar 9y ago

As a car enthusiast and a system engineer / architect I’d love a shot at working in the car industry. I never see advertisements for those jobs though; they are mythical. That aside, nobody so far has been bashing H1B’s, on the contrary: all the comments so far are for H1B liberalization (H1B’s should’t be tied to a particular employer) so that the loan dumping could stop and so that competition could take place based on experience and competence. The problem is greedy managers going after “shareholder value” (their bonuses and promotions) and corrupt politicians who knew the situation and yet didn’t step in.

garyfirestorm 9y ago
working in car industry for about 3-4 yrs. I can assure you these jobs are not mythical. read this article - https://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/harman-wants-quiet-ride-using-tech-behind-noise-cancelling-headphones/ https://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/harman-wants-quiet-ride-u... skills required - fundamentals of acoustics, vibrations, signal processing, algorithms, coding, managing huge amounts of data, optimization, controls etc..... this is just one technology. there are many more things that go in a car and are way more complex than active noise cancellation.

ajmurmann 9y ago

Sorry, I did by no means intend to bash H1B visa holders. I agree that it's only a small portion in one particular industry that's causing that perception. That makes it even more important though to not constraint H1B holder's choices artificially.

murukesh_s 9y ago

There is absolutely no bashing of H1B done here. What you say about multidisciplinary knowledge is true. I bet many of the Indian CEOs and co-founders came via H1B itself. But that was not the point. The majority of H1B holders are low paid workers bought here not just because of lack of skills, but also due to low pay and willingness to work shifts etc etc.. We can't deny that.