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There's something interesting missing from this discussion -- do the most-skilled international developers want to move to the US? The US's reputation is at a l

There's something interesting missing from this discussion -- do the most-skilled international developers want to move to the US? The US's reputation is at a low ebb. I mean, I like visiting, and I would love to work on some of the projects that are only available in the US, but the idea of actually living there? That's a really tough sell.

joshAg 12y ago
Enough do. For example, the line for people from India with a master's degree (separate lines for bachelors or phd) to get a green card is more than 11 years long. That's the time from when they qualify to get a greencard to when they actually receive it and not counting the years it takes to qualify for a greencard. During that time they have to stay on h1b visas, which can apparently be renewed indefinitely if the holdup is the backlog in the line for greencards.
alecco 12y ago
Better be a hell of a big compensation. US laws and treatment of foreigners by law enforcement is quite crazy. Spying on my email and all cloud assets, no problem since I'm not US citizen. Even Obama said we have no rights to privacy. And nobody in US bat an eyelash when they hear that kind of xenophobic explanation.