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What software skills are "not available locally" in Silicon Valley that need to be imported from places like India? No, these are available locally, just not at
by saas_sam 8y ago
What software skills are "not available locally" in Silicon Valley that need to be imported from places like India? No, these are available locally, just not at the rate Cisco wanted to pay.
I've worked at many tech cos and this is very common. Companies will post jobs and even sometimes send email blasts to "help find us an Android developer!" but it's all for show in case they get audited -- they have to prove they 'tried' to hire locally before importing labor.
EDIT: Just saw your comment about $130k being a 'good salary.' HA! Not in Bay Area, not for a senior hire. That's a good salary for an engineer that's a few years out of college. Hardly competitive for anything beyond that.
- romwell 8y ago>HA! Not in Bay Area, not for a senior hire. That's a good salary for an engineer that's a few years out of college. Hardly competitive for anything beyond that. I agree; but 1)it's an average figure, and 2)we don't know how many visa-holding employees are senior; perhaps many of them are a few years out of college. As I said, we would need more data to argue either way -- unless you say that people a few years out of college may never possess unique skills. In which case I disagree; I've known US citizens with a PhD get this much. >What software skills are "not available locally" in Silicon Valley that need to be imported from places like India? I should also add that many (if not the majority) of the people who get a PhD in the US are not US citizens and need a visa.
- snambi 8y agoPlease add people who get MS degree as well.