There's a lot of things going on with this article. There is a skill's gap, but it's not the skill's gap that the article thinks it is. This article confuses d

There's a lot of things going on with this article. There is a skill's gap, but it's not the skill's gap that the article thinks it is. This article confuses different things. This article incorrectly equates computer science graduates as people able to fill open positions at tech companies in IT positions. For example, when I graduated college, I had an academic background in Java. So when I graduated, I started looking for Java developer positions. To my surprise, in the job market at that time, there were about 30 senior level positions per entry level position that companies were hiring for. At that time I would have said the skills gap was that people wanted senior level engineers but weren't wiling to train their mid levels and hire entry level or junior engineers to back-fill internally promoted employees. And of course my academic work did not include enterprise java stuff either. Or more succinctly, there gap was between what experience level was available in the market vs what experience level companies wanted. Now later in my career, as a .Net developer, the skills gap I see is a different one. I see a skills gap between academic computer science and what actual software engineers use. And not just the programming languages people use more commonly in the industry like C++ vs C# etc. Never in my college was there any Full-Stack development approach to anything. Everything was done in isolation. Here's a few courses how front-end web development works. Here's a few courses how a back-end language works. Here's a few courses on how a database works. Never in academia did we put it all together. And let's not talk about useful discreet math turned out to be. Bottom line is neither academia nor companies that hire you seem very willing to train you in real-world skills. Universities would prefer to maintain academic purity and hiring companies would prefer someone who already knows whatever language or frameworks or development approach they are already using. So I wouldn't say the skill gap is non-existent like the article suggests. And I wouldn't say that more computer science graduates would fix the skill gap. I also wouldn't say more H1B visas would provide a permanent solution for the skill gap. None of these address the underlying problem. Something else needs to happen to fix this kind of skill gap. I'm updating this to reflect something I agree with in other comments. There is also is a gap in practical coding skills.