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The 2016 predictions were political and not based on reality. Changing H1B rules to make income requirements stricter isn't exactly "hostile to foreign talent".
by ecshafer 3y ago
The 2016 predictions were political and not based on reality. Changing H1B rules to make income requirements stricter isn't exactly "hostile to foreign talent". top talent will go to the US as long as it pays the best with the most opportunities.
- alephnerd 3y agoI agree that the 2016 predictions were political but the underfunding of USCIS and the insane backlogs have started to have an impact on our R&D pipeline, though none of this is going to other European countries - the talent is returning to India and China instead. Anecdotally, a very good friend of mine who's an Indian national did his BS and PhD in EE (specifically in VLSI and Semiconductors) from a Tier 1 program (ie. Cal, MIT, Stanford, UIUC) and was working with a major Semiconductor company. His F-1 wasn't converted to H1B (or his O-1 app was messed up) so now he's heading back to India with a chip on his shoulder and 10+ years of experience in a technology we are trying to regain expertise in. This same story happened with Chinese immigrants 10-15 years ago, with the 2008 recession causing a number of Chinese nationals to lose work sponsorship and thus return to China. A lot of those guys ended up founding major startups, becoming professors at top Chinese institutions, and advisors to the Government there.