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Companies might be forced to hire Americans for junior software engineering positions instead of claiming they “can’t find any” qualified applicants. Fine prin

Companies might be forced to hire Americans for junior software engineering positions instead of claiming they “can’t find any” qualified applicants. Fine print: qualified applicant must be willing to work at lower salaries and than their experience would otherwise demand on the open market.

belltaco 3y ago
They will just setup offices in Canada instead and hire the exact same people like it already been happening a lot since the last administration. US's economy will lose out because tech workers earn and spend a lot.
- janalsncm 3y ago
  They could try, but Canada’s talent pool is a lot smaller than the U.S.
  - belltaco 3y ago
    Canada has very liberal immigration policies for tech workers compared to the US, so the same folks that arrive on H1B to the US go to Canada instead from their home countries and are hired there by US companies. No super long green card queue, and citizenship only takes 3 years after getting a green card instead of 5. Microsoft started a large Vancouver office right across the border. For team cohesion in large teams they're more likely to hire additional folks there rather than in the US. The time zones are the same as the US. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-04-20/h-1b-workers-are-leaving-trump-s-america-for-the-canadian-dream https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-04-20/h-1b-work... https://www.businessinsider.com/h-1b-visa-rejects-moving-to-canada-2019-3 https://www.businessinsider.com/h-1b-visa-rejects-moving-to-... That'd be turbocharged if there's actual H1B restrictions or bans. Canada even started a program recently that directly targets H1B workers being pushed out of the US and it was oversubscribed very soon. https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2023/07/02/canadas-immigration-rules-boost-companies-and-h-1b-visa-holders/?sh=24aa2af47dd7 https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2023/07/02/canad...

belltaco 3y ago

They will just setup offices in Canada instead and hire the exact same people like it already been happening a lot since the last administration. US's economy will lose out because tech workers earn and spend a lot.

janalsncm 3y ago
They could try, but Canada’s talent pool is a lot smaller than the U.S.
- belltaco 3y ago
  Canada has very liberal immigration policies for tech workers compared to the US, so the same folks that arrive on H1B to the US go to Canada instead from their home countries and are hired there by US companies. No super long green card queue, and citizenship only takes 3 years after getting a green card instead of 5. Microsoft started a large Vancouver office right across the border. For team cohesion in large teams they're more likely to hire additional folks there rather than in the US. The time zones are the same as the US. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-04-20/h-1b-workers-are-leaving-trump-s-america-for-the-canadian-dream https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-04-20/h-1b-work... https://www.businessinsider.com/h-1b-visa-rejects-moving-to-canada-2019-3 https://www.businessinsider.com/h-1b-visa-rejects-moving-to-... That'd be turbocharged if there's actual H1B restrictions or bans. Canada even started a program recently that directly targets H1B workers being pushed out of the US and it was oversubscribed very soon. https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2023/07/02/canadas-immigration-rules-boost-companies-and-h-1b-visa-holders/?sh=24aa2af47dd7 https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2023/07/02/canad...