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That's not what this subthread's about, though. The root post was: > the number of Chinese H1b workers in US high tech jobs should alarm everyone They aren't
by vkou 2y ago
That's not what this subthread's about, though. The root post was:
> the number of Chinese H1b workers in US high tech jobs should alarm everyone
They aren't talking about some 0.1% of jobs that require a security clearance. Some rando H1B worker isn't allowed to work on rockets.
- Retric 2y agoThere are SpaceX jobs that don’t require a security clearance but still exclude foreign nationals. Internet connectivity has created a lot of very critical infrastructure that’s not obvious but is still very much a target.
- vkou 2y agoYou're splitting hairs. I'm using "security clearance" as a catch-all term for some very specific regulatory restrictions that affect a tiny fraction of jobs. Again, that's not what this subthread is about. It is about some rando Chinese H1B worker working through their ticket queue for Grubhub. We're apparently supposed to be 'alarmed' by that. (And while that post has now been nuked, the sentiment behind it is not exactly unpopular here.)
- Retric 2y agoThe poster was asking for specific regulatory restrictions. It’s not about Doctors, Lawyers, investment bankers etc, it’s about IT. We treat dams and bridges differently than parking lots and many IT systems are just as important. > rando Chinese H1B worker working through their ticket queue for Grubhub. I people are concerned about the CCP compromising someone working on random grubhub tickets. Google scale data centers are a different story because denial of service attacks, but that’s exactly the kind of special sauce inside a rocket that export restrictions apply to.
- Retric 2y ago“I people are concerned” should be “I doubt people are concerned”