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The H1B was intended for highly specialized skills that where there is no local talent available.
by bickfordb 13d ago
The H1B was intended for highly specialized skills that where there is no local talent available.
- ok123456 13d agoExcatly. It was meant as a temporary program in the early-90s. It wasn't meant as a permanent solution for skilled labor staffing. We've had about 35 years to build a domestic pipeline of Novell NetWare, SunOS 4, Windows 3.0, and dBASE IV developers and experts.
- triceratops 13d ago"Foreign language teacher" isn't a "highly specialized skill"? Tons of Americans work as English teachers abroad.
- bickfordb 12d agoI don't believe it is (someone who knows two languages isn't remarkable, someone who can teach others isn't remarkable), but there should probably be a visa for that if we need it. I personally don't believe even a lot of the software/IT industry jobs merit H1Bs. They work abroad under the respective country's work visa. H1B is US specific, specific visa. The US has plenty of other work visas.
- triceratops 12d ago> I don't believe it is...I personally don't believe even a lot of the software/IT industry jobs merit H1Bs. The law doesn't work based on your beliefs. > someone who knows two languages isn't remarkable, someone who can teach others isn't remarkable First: it depends on the language. Second: the combination of two relatively commonplace skills in one person isn't commonplace. "Be top 20% in two things instead of top 5% in one thing" is standard career advice.
- BeetleB 13d agoForeign language teachers is the one category where it's easy to believe it's hard to find local talent. I've seen them in small towns across the country. Sure, you may have a Vietnamese speaking US citizen in New York, but they don't want to move to a small town in the Midwest.