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There aren't enough (sufficiently skilled) Americans to satisfy the demand for tech jobs (primarily, programming) Can you provide some proof? I hear people say
by jbail 12y ago
There aren't enough (sufficiently skilled) Americans to satisfy the demand for tech jobs (primarily, programming)
Can you provide some proof? I hear people say this, but I'd love to see real data to back it up
Wages are more or less stagnant (source: http://www.epi.org/publication/bp359-guestworkers-high-skill-labor-market-analysis/ http://www.epi.org/publication/bp359-guestworkers-high-skill...) and many of the big companies Silicon Valley just got spanked for illegal no poach hiring agreements.
Are the large tech firms REALLY hiring as quickly as they can? Or do they just prefer guest workers they can pay less and exert greater control over via their worker visas?
- gohrt 12y agoRead the doc you linked: Software wages are trending up http://s2.epi.org/files/charts/IT-Guestworkers_Figure-O.png.538 http://s2.epi.org/files/charts/IT-Guestworkers_Figure-O.png.... and judging from the spikes in that graph, the data is bunk anyway, including IPO millionaires in the average, instead of using median.
- insuffi 12y agoUh, who spouts the bullshit about paying less, that it's become so widely accepted as fact. http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2013/05/10-h1b-visas-stem-rothwell-ruiz http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2013/05/10-h1b-visa...