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A couple of points: 1) Immigrants pay taxes just like everyone else. 2) With "government who willingly allows companies to outsource or externally hire our jo
by winter_blue 12y ago
A couple of points:
1) Immigrants pay taxes just like everyone else.
2) With "government who willingly allows companies to outsource or externally hire our jobs" -- it sounds like you believe in the lump-of-labor fallacy. The idea that skilled immigrants take away jobs from natives is widespread, but generally false. See: http://journal.dedasys.com/2014/12/29/people-places-and-jobs/ http://journal.dedasys.com/2014/12/29/people-places-and-jobs...
In addition, "government who willingly allows" implies that the U.S. is very immigration-friendly. Nothing could be further from the truth. Countries like Canada, Australia, the UAE, certain EU countries, etc. all have far, far more welcoming immigration rules. As a personal anecdote: before I got my current job, I had interviewed with Facebook, and they said that if I didn't make it through the H1B lottery, I could work at their office in Canada.
The fact is, the U.S. is one of the hardest countries in the world to immigrate to; and from an employer's perspective, one of the countries that makes it hardest to hire someone from outside.
3) The idea that there is no shortage of skilled developers in the US is not corroborated either by fact, or my personal experience. My company has had a really hard time finding skilled developers. We've been hiring smart people who have had limited exposure to programming (12 weeks of bootcamp) and who come from non-CS/non-STEM backgrounds, and basically training them to become developers.
I know several people in the industry who all say that they've had a hard time finding skilled developers. Both higher-ups (managers, HR, etc) and developers have mentioned at some point or another the difficulty they or their company has had in finding good developers. Maybe it's just NYC. But, I don't buy into the idea that there are plenty of qualified developers in the US who are looking for a job.