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honest.abe

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20. Not from my experience.

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Reply #3)

Tue May 3, 2022, 11:43 AM

May 2022

Im an IT manager and we have a very hard time filling IT openings with qualified people. We dont usually go the H1B route simply because its complicated and we can get by with a few unfilled spots. Also, my wife is in construction engineering and her company is always lacking qualified engineers. They often have to go H1B to get people.

My wife graduated from Univ of Maryland about 5 years ago with Masters of Engineering. She told me her classmates were almost entirely non-Americans. So the situation is probably going to get worse.

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H-1B visa holders are among the highest paid workers in the United States [View all] IronLionZion May 2022 OP

The H-1B workers I have known make tons of money. milestogo May 2022 #1

I worked for a large corporate business in the 80's and 90's. They were using H-1B workers Fla Dem May 2022 #15

They still are. milestogo May 2022 #17

Yes, my point was this has been going on for a long time, Nothing new. Fla Dem May 2022 #18

Yep. Ex was laid off from a few IT jobs because of H-1B in the '90s. AngryOldDem May 2022 #22

Tech/IT jobs are well paid and apparently we dont have enough qualified people here to take them. honest.abe May 2022 #2

There are qualified people here in this country. Baitball Blogger May 2022 #3

I'm not even slightly qualified at all IronLionZion May 2022 #5

This is probably a good case of supporting USA employees. Baitball Blogger May 2022 #6

We do not have enough qualified tech workers in this country Johnny2X2X May 2022 #8

It's true about engineering IronLionZion May 2022 #10

The Tech gap .... Fla Dem May 2022 #13

Not from my experience. honest.abe May 2022 #20

India is the awakening giant Johnny2X2X May 2022 #28

No doubt. honest.abe May 2022 #29

There is no real trend of increasing STEM grads in the US Johnny2X2X May 2022 #30

We have plenty of well qualified people who just don't get these jobs because of racism. Samrob May 2022 #16

.. honest.abe May 2022 #21

That is a tired, old argument. AngryOldDem May 2022 #23

Not an argument.. a fact from my experience. honest.abe May 2022 #24

It is different. I lived it. AngryOldDem May 2022 #27

Whoever believes that H1B labor is cheap, has no clue about H1B Program. Beastly Boy May 2022 #4

The article appeared in an Indian newspaper LeftInTX May 2022 #7

Still, a pretty ignorant and misleading comparison. Beastly Boy May 2022 #14

Companies are betting on people having no clue about the program IronLionZion May 2022 #9

You have to keep in mind how often they're used in tech Sympthsical May 2022 #11

It's even less if you have to move across the country every few months IronLionZion May 2022 #19

It's more complicated than that, i'm in software development Amishman May 2022 #12

This describes the programmers my ex worked with to a T. AngryOldDem May 2022 #26

Any DUers looking for jobs in IT IronLionZion May 2022 #25