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1. stop allowing foreign workers into the US 2. extremely portable work goes abroad
by davidw 6y ago
1. stop allowing foreign workers into the US
2. extremely portable work goes abroad
- dominotw 6y agoreversing 1 won't stop 2 though. I don't understand your logic. Why would someone go through the hassle of hiring and bringing a H1B at higher salary in USA when they can hire the same person in India at much lower cost.
- davidw 6y agoSome people from other countries are very good at what they do, and are hired because of that, not just because of 'cheap'. Cheap is an added bonus if you decide you need to open a dev center for the highly skilled people and can then also bring on some more mid-level talent.
- triceratops 6y ago> Why would someone go through the hassle of hiring and bringing a H1B at higher salary in USA when they can hire the same person in India at much lower cost. Why do so many companies hire at a higher salary in the Bay Area when they can hire the same person anywhere else in the US at much lower cost?
- dominotw 6y agopresumably because they can come into the office in the bay area.
- ben_w 6y agoBecause India is 9.5 time zones from New York. Americans who can remote work (not just developers) should be more worried about being outsourced to Canada, or to Central and South American countries.
- znpy 6y agoLol good luck going after somebody in India that has leaked some of your IP.
- subsubzero 6y agoBased on how things are going(in the US) the equation is going like: 1. Reduce foreign workers in the US 2. Allow WFH from anywhere* thereby reducing total cost of workforce domestically *remember things are never done to be awesome for the employee, just the companies bottom line, if both happen then that is fine too.