  status/1872147624976846946 archive.vn/s5wap i've worked in tech 25 years. used to be no immigrants during the 90s explosion. white dudes built the entire framework everything rides on. then a series of offshoring waves started and continued to cascade. we're talking 15-20 years of building foreign labor pipelines as your priority. an ungodly amount of money has been invested in employment outsourcing networks in india because they make about $0.20 (or less) on the us $1 wage, and there is no 7.65% or any other costs associated. they're just paying a flat fee to a "consulting firm" who does all the on the ground leg work in india. the h1b program is a carrot to bring over the contractors that actually can do the job and rise above entry level. they want to elevate them as perm hires. let's not pretend like you are scouting for great talent and bringing in high value prospects. you don't do that. this is about managing wages. h1b is just creating an incentive driver for an offshore workforce. when they come over, they do as many say - they create nepotistic informal networks. once they got a toehold here they partnered with folks back home to create contractor to h1b pipelines to grease the wheels and a growing inertia never stopped. you say you will cease to be competitive if we slam the door shut oh h1bs. it's not because there isn't a capable us domestic workforce that can be cultivated to create domestic talent pipelines. it's because of the porter's 5 forces model. india has become the source of cheap global tech labor and if you don't make use of it others will. they'll have better margins than you and be able to cut your throat in the market. or so you say. what you aren't telling people is that domestic us innovators threaten the current system all the time - well until esg, fink and the biden admin slammed the door on domestic hiring and thus domestic talent development.  1/2
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