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-Land of the Free
Trump signs executive order tightening rules on H1B visa program for highly skilled foreign workers
2017-04-19
[PBS]
Good. He is making progress against the check list -- and neutralizing or gaining votes in yet another constituency that was traditionally Democrat.
Posted by:DarthVader

#6  Highly skilled my ass. Lowly paid would be more accurate.

I dealt with many of these types in my software consultant days and they were generally moderate at best talents. But they were also living 4 to a small apartment to cut costs to their employer (aka 3rd part sub-contractor).

It would have been better to have the companies subsidize the old CDI model for developing programmers and cut the regulations that made that such a cost prohibitive nightmare.
Posted by: AlanC   2017-04-19 13:05  

#5  Temp company still has to get the H1Bs too. Paper is still paper.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2017-04-19 12:36  

#4  Hopefully this will curb the abuse by some companies to fire/layoff their folks and then hire an outside 'subcontractor' for various tasks.

It's illegal to fire/layoff your employee(s) and directly hire H1-B folks to replace them, so the workaround is to hire these 3rd party companies (who have no employees specifically for the required tasks and therefor can request the foreign workers with the required skillsets).

These 'Temporary Worker' companies just act as a pass-through....legally until now.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2017-04-19 12:07  

#3  Still, mature software development methodologies, practices and tools will allow the domestic hiring of junior programmers at lower wages than what the experienced can demand.

'Time-to-Market' is more important for acquisition valuation than product stability.
Posted by: Skidmark   2017-04-19 11:52  

#2  Silicon Valley oligarchs despondent they may have to pay American wages to Americas!

[you can take the business off shore and pick up the difference in bribes and liabilities you are shielded against in the American legal system]
Posted by: Procopius2k   2017-04-19 11:22  

#1  Good move!
Posted by: Crusader   2017-04-19 10:39  

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