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This is such a terrible idea. Ensures only people on H1 are techies in FAANG in the Bay Area. Forget about doctors and nurses in rural areas

by dmode 6y ago

yhoneycomb 6y ago
Not a matter of rural vs urban for doctors. It's a matter of resident vs. attending doctor. Resident doctors gets paid 50k/yr to work 80 hr weeks.
runawaybottle 6y ago
What’s terrible about it? Who needs to import world class talent other than world class companies, working on world class problems? Let’s take the narrative for the full ride, the mythical unparalleled skilled developer that only exists in these other mystical countries and absolutely could never be found locally, even with remote work within the US being validated. The god-like programmer that must be flown here immediately, for how else will this software be built? Pay the unicorns, unicorn prices. What’s the issue?
- equivocating000 6y ago
  “What’s the issue?” Your belief in unicorns.
mucholove 6y ago
There are other incentives and programs for Doctors. In DR, Dominicans are getting visas to go treat COVID in USA and Spain. Moreover, I think this is great for the job market and US immigration in general. Hopefully it motivates Americans to pursue these markets. For those of us who would have considered H1-B previously, this is a great change. You now get to compete without the racket.
curryst 6y ago
> Forget about doctors and nurses in rural areas Actually, you need to invert that. Doctors, at least, make more in rural areas than they do in urban areas. The estimations vary, but they're in the 5-30% more than their urban counterparts range. The average wage for internal medicine doctors in urban areas (as an aggregate) is still above $208,000. It's actually roughly right, imo, to prevent depressing doctors' wages. It's right around the average, so you're paying above average rates to get an H1B, which is the intended purpose of the program isn't it? The idea being that it drives up salaries for those jobs, encouraging more people to train to do them.

This is such a terrible idea. Ensures only people on H1 are techies in FAANG in the Bay Area. Forget about doctors and nurses in rural areas

by dmode 6y ago

This is such a terrible idea. Ensures only people on H1 are techies in FAANG in the Bay Area. Forget about doctors and nurses in rural areas

yhoneycomb 6y ago

Not a matter of rural vs urban for doctors. It's a matter of resident vs. attending doctor. Resident doctors gets paid 50k/yr to work 80 hr weeks.

runawaybottle 6y ago

What’s terrible about it? Who needs to import world class talent other than world class companies, working on world class problems? Let’s take the narrative for the full ride, the mythical unparalleled skilled developer that only exists in these other mystical countries and absolutely could never be found locally, even with remote work within the US being validated. The god-like programmer that must be flown here immediately, for how else will this software be built? Pay the unicorns, unicorn prices. What’s the issue?

equivocating000 6y ago
“What’s the issue?” Your belief in unicorns.

mucholove 6y ago

There are other incentives and programs for Doctors. In DR, Dominicans are getting visas to go treat COVID in USA and Spain. Moreover, I think this is great for the job market and US immigration in general. Hopefully it motivates Americans to pursue these markets. For those of us who would have considered H1-B previously, this is a great change. You now get to compete without the racket.

curryst 6y ago

> Forget about doctors and nurses in rural areas Actually, you need to invert that. Doctors, at least, make more in rural areas than they do in urban areas. The estimations vary, but they're in the 5-30% more than their urban counterparts range. The average wage for internal medicine doctors in urban areas (as an aggregate) is still above $208,000. It's actually roughly right, imo, to prevent depressing doctors' wages. It's right around the average, so you're paying above average rates to get an H1B, which is the intended purpose of the program isn't it? The idea being that it drives up salaries for those jobs, encouraging more people to train to do them.