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Politics : The Trump Presidency -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Katelew who wrote (32368)	9/2/2017 10:24:38 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 364187

I'm a former software engineer who worked with many H1-B visa holders, as co-workers and as their supervisor. The plain fact of the matter is, there just aren't enough tech-capable American workers. There are tech capable workers all over the globe that would love to come here and work, though. It's a big reason we have such a vibrant tech industry. It's changing though. Many people who would have come as H1-B's now stay in Russia, India or China, which have rapidly growing tech sectors of their own. Silicon Valley isn't the only game in America anymore, or the world. I always felt sorry for them, because they were paid less than me, were worked harder than me, because if they got fired for whatever reason, they had two weeks to find another job that would sponsor them or leave the country. They ran the gamut as to skills, some of them were great, some average and some below average. If we want that to change, we need to educate many more workers in STEM to a level where they can be productive. Then, the workers need to go to where the jobs are. That isn't Arkansas.