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by rrhd 9y ago
why would people do that when they don't already carpool or take a bus?
32.
by rrhd 9y ago
WHY must YOU keep CAPITALIZING RANDOM WORDS?
33.
by rrhd 9y ago
Why would there be no car parks? People tend to travel at similar times. Your total number of cars required is still going to be high.
34.
by rrhd 9y ago
pfft, made up problems. You will submit to not owning anything. You don't need a house either, just go to an AirBnB every night. Everything must be a service. Ideally provided by google. Next thing your going to say is that waiting for
35.
by rrhd 9y ago
Thats a cost that occurs no matter the system (you drive, you own a self driving car, dystopian wasteland of ordering cars).
36.
by rrhd 9y ago
To not hire someone because they are overqualified for the junior position I want ot fill?
37.
by rrhd 9y ago
No, they aren't. They are meant for skilled labour. The bar is a degree.
38.
by rrhd 9y ago
Yeah, but to disrupt it you have to deal with gamers who, as a group, tend to be a massive bunch of entitled whiny jerks.
39.
by rrhd 9y ago
The bill he endorsed switches to merit based immigration and cuts the number of green cards given out in half.
40.
by rrhd 9y ago
Okay, hire 23 year old americans instead of 40 year old americans. Still not seeing why it's wrong.
41.
by rrhd 9y ago
You don't think Bezos would have ended up there? or some other company?
42.
by rrhd 9y ago
So go to community college for 2 years and then transfer to a state school. I went to a pretty meh public university. Didn't hold me back.
43.
by rrhd 9y ago
What about professions that just pay lower? If 100k is well above market for a profession it's still not particularly high for a software dev.
44.
by rrhd 9y ago
How many high priceed senior staff are needed?
45.
by rrhd 9y ago
If the wages weren't complete shit I'd move back tomorrow.
46.
by rrhd 9y ago
> only used for rare talent. Not the purpose of the visa.
47.
by rrhd 9y ago
> or apply for a green card. Which they do when they arrive here on the H-1B. It takes decades and they now have to go through even more stress about it because of this.
48.
by rrhd 9y ago
Why shouldn't they do that? If I have a bunch of people to keep them on track then hiring the cheapest workers who can do the job sounds like good business.
49.
by rrhd 9y ago
> If someone is truly extraordinary That's not the bar for the visa and never has been.
50.
by rrhd 9y ago
> Trump has repeatedly called for a Canadian or Australian style skills-based immigration system to replace chain and quota-based immigration coupled with slashing immigration in general.
51.
by rrhd 9y ago
> Did they interview anyone over 50 who has that exact experience probably not. Why would they interview that person for what sounds like an entry level position?
52.
by rrhd 9y ago
Yeah, but I don't think anyone argues that type of behavior isn't blatant abuse of the program. It's frustrating when people complain about H-1Bs at big companies like Google/MS/Amazon. Apparently we're underpa
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by rrhd 9y ago
http://h1bdata.info/index.php?em=aegis+company&job=&city=&ye... The Aegis Company listed in the article is paying devs 55k a year in the seattle area. I'm wondering if this is targeted at the places that se
54.
by rrhd 9y ago
> immigration should be merit-based and cut in half. and a visa which requires in demand skills needs to be curbed.
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by rrhd 9y ago
I feel like we should start organizing the resistance to this "you just call for it" now. I liek my car. I like owning my car. I like keeping my random stuff in my car. I like being able to jump in my car and go on a trip if I wan
56.
by rrhd 9y ago
> It's ridiculous how democrat Hacker News is. Why?
57.
by rrhd 9y ago
Well until the republicans realize that no one gives a shit about Clinton anymore. I think history will be more kind to her. Hell, GWB has a positive approval rating among democrats now.
58.
by rrhd 9y ago
And yet companies worth hundreds of billions had put the title to people after that long every cycle. Complaining about this is putting way too much emphasis on naming.
59.
by rrhd 9y ago
> Generation X (and even more so generation Y) are cultures of immediate gratification uh huh. thanks for that. Does this guy even remember his 20s anymore? > I’ve worked with a staggering number of engineers that expect the “career p
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by rrhd 9y ago
Why wouldn't you, other than hatred of MS.

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