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> Under the changes, an applicant must have a college degree in the specific field in which he or she is looking to work. A software developer, for example, wou
by x87678r 6y ago
> Under the changes, an applicant must have a college degree in the specific field in which he or she is looking to work. A software developer, for example, wouldn’t be awarded an H-1B visa if that person has a degree in electrical engineering.
As an EE, that is rough.
- fizwhiz 6y agoYikes. I would have been unemployed by that measure because I work as a SWE without a CS degree.
- ketzo 6y agoYou and many others. My first mentor was a cognitive science major, and she was the person every developer on the team went to for help. This is one of those policy decisions that I guess might sound reasonable on the outside, but has absolutely no bearing on reality.
- YetAnotherNick 6y agoNot getting H1B is not equal to unemployment.
- fizwhiz 6y agoBut it does equal to unemployment in the United States because you can only get limited mileage out of OPT. Moreover, you need to work in an industry where employers are willing to sponsor an H-1B. Many of us have had to "pivot" to industries like Software when we realized that we were un-hireable in non-software industries due to our immigration status.
- throwaway49872 6y agoThis is deeply ironic given that an number of the best software engineers I know have EE degrees.
- username90 6y agoThat example was likely conceived by the journalist and not the administration, I don't see it in other articles on this. I don't believe it will be that strict since degrees looks so different in different parts of the world.