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I'm not exactly sure there's a shortage in tech workers. There is however, a shortage in quality tech workers. I have been on the interview loop at my company a
by hw 12y ago
I'm not exactly sure there's a shortage in tech workers. There is however, a shortage in quality tech workers. I have been on the interview loop at my company and we've been having lots of new college grads and junior software engineers (and a handful of senior ones) who come in for interviews, but only ~10% of them are quality.
As for H1Bs taking up American jobs, I'm also not sure that's really an issue. Assuming H1Bs were abolished, and existing H1Bs were told to go back to their countries, would companies be able to fill that void - are there actually that many skilled tech workers out there that aren't H1B? I'm curious....
- x0x0 12y agoIf wages rise there are. There's a giant pool of highly skilled workers -- including friends of mine who've left the bay area -- living in the south, west, and midwest, because of the insane cost of living in the bay area. Fix that, and I personally know 4 very good senior (10+ years) engineers who would happily move back. But not for $120k, and not even for $200k, as long as a 3 bed condo on the peninsula costs $800k and comes with a 1.5 to 2 hour commute into sf for both parents.