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Right, but my point is, if there isn't a shortage, how did I get such a job and why do so many other like me get them? Why would companies go through the troubl
by cesarbs 12y ago
Right, but my point is, if there isn't a shortage, how did I get such a job and why do so many other like me get them? Why would companies go through the trouble of recruiting overseas if they could find people with the skills they need in the local market? It doesn't add up. I've personally witnessed my former manager spend almost a year looking locally and abroad for someone to fill a software engineer position, and yet he couldn't find someone fit for the job.
- wyclif 12y agoDo you understand what "anecdotal" means? You're using yourself and your company to extrapolate to the entire industry. One of the reasons why companies recruit overseas is because they don't want to pay US market salaries. This has been discussed over and over again here on HN with regard to the H-1B visa and the use of foreign engineers and developers, because of the difficulty for "handcuffed" H-1B holders to transfer to other companies: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/02/silicon-valley-h1b-visas-hurt-tech-workers http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/02/silicon-valley-h... http://www.cringely.com/2012/10/23/what-americans-dont-know-about-h-1b-visas-could-hurt-us-all/ http://www.cringely.com/2012/10/23/what-americans-dont-know-... http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Obama-Administration-proposes-massive-increase-in-H-1B-visas http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Obama-Administration-propo... Google, Apple, Adobe, Intel, et al. have been caught red-handed in illegal collusion in order to keep US engineer salaries suppressed. Knowing this, why would anyone find it hard to believe they would turn to foreign talent to effect the same goal?