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Yup!

Meant to hit like and accidentally hit dislike. Little buttons, big fingers.

Yep.

depends what you call a shortage.. too many new hiring manages actually believe an applicant should be able to satisfy all the listed requirements including being under 30.

the reality is much different. the majority will satisfy most of the requirements, the rest is up to the managers to train. That what managers are responsible for.

As such, even when we here in SV actually had shortages... we dealt with hiring properly. The problem today is we have poor inexperienced managers who have no idea what it is to hire and manage people. There is a shortage of GOOD managers.

Therefore.. there are lots of great people out there unemployed that can do the job if given the opportunity.

I say corporations can hire as many H1B Visa workers as they want as long as those corporations pay them each $200,000/yr. If corporations need us to import workers, they should be willing to pay a premium for those workers. Otherwise, fuck those corporations.

Dan8267 says

I say corporations can hire as many H1B Visa workers as they want as long as those corporations pay them each $200,000/yr. If corporations need us to import workers, they should be willing to pay a premium for those workers. Otherwise, fuck those corporations.

Better yet if they had to hire an American STEM at $200k who was then allowed to subcontract the job to an H1B.

New Renter says

Better yet if they had to hire an American STEM at $200k who was then allowed to subcontract the job to an H1B.

And watch cat videos all day.

Dan8267 says

New Renter says

Better yet if they had to hire an American STEM at $200k who was then allowed to subcontract the job to an H1B.

And watch cat videos all day.

In a hammock, drinking whatever you want!

APOCALYPSEFUCK is Shostakovich says

Fuck you, asshole, fuck you.

Government's job is to assure industry that workers deliver their labor for free or pay for the opportunity to work for the oligarchy.

ahem. that's called an INTERNSHIP.

MershedPerturders says

APOCALYPSEFUCK is Shostakovich says

Fuck you, asshole, fuck you.

Government's job is to assure industry that workers deliver their labor for free or pay for the opportunity to work for the oligarchy.

ahem. that's called an INTERNSHIP.

No, today, that's called America.

Beating working class into poverty is a fairly standard practice.

Thomas, I believe that this is the very first time that I actually agree with you. Scary. :) thomaswong.1986 says

depends what you call a shortage.. too many new hiring manages actually believe an applicant should be able to satisfy all the listed requirements including being under 30.

the reality is much different. the majority will satisfy most of the requirements, the rest is up to the managers to train. That what managers are responsible for.

As such, even when we here in SV actually had shortages... we dealt with hiring properly. The problem today is we have poor inexperienced managers who have no idea what it is to hire and manage people. There is a shortage of GOOD managers.

Therefore.. there are lots of great people out there unemployed that can do the job if given the opportunity.

Buster says

Thomas, I believe that this is the very first time that I actually agree with you. Scary

Also, if I recall correctly, few called careers in applied science and engineering, STEM, in the past. It's almost mimes of the BRIC economies or BRIC investing, a business-y acronym, used to sell a product or idea whereas in the past, the term was "emerging markets" analysis.

Thus, STEM shortage, leading to requests for more STEM funding for schools, more STEM teaching, etc. This sounds like MBA-ology speak to me,

The REAL issue is that this idea should be applied to all workers. Lawyers, doctors, FIRE employees, police, firefighters, CIA employees, military. Everyone should have to live with this, then maybe things will change. You think you are hot stuff Banker Jones, well sorry we can replace you with a younger import that will work for half your salary, teach them how to do your job then seeya!

Vicente says

The REAL issue is that this idea should be applied to all workers. Lawyers, doctors, FIRE employees, police, firefighters, CIA employees, military. Everyone should have to live with this, then maybe things will change. You think you are hot stuff Banker Jones, well sorry we can replace you with a younger import that will work for half your salary, teach them how to do your job then seeya!

There are already a lot of foreigners working as bank tellers. The problem at the executive level is that the personal connections are what qualifies those institutions as TBTF's.

Vicente says

The REAL issue is that this idea should be applied to all workers. Lawyers, doctors, FIRE employees, police, firefighters, CIA employees, military.

You forgot ECONOMISTS.

It defies credulity that most economic analysis and research could not be performed more cheaply, and probably more effectively, by Indian and Chinese economists.

Does not the creation of a protected class of domestic economists fly in the face of the fundamental principles of their discipline?

Rin says

Also, if I recall correctly, few called careers in applied science and engineering, STEM, in the past. It's almost mimes of the BRIC economies or BRIC investing, a business-y acronym, used to sell a product or idea whereas in the past, the term was "emerging markets" analysis.

BRIC nations also had a prime goal to become self sustainable.. which ment they would not buy from overseas manufacturers but created the same goods in their own nation. So regardless of what method used..legal or not to create compatible goods and services, they achieved their goals and then some.

So its not only having education, but also how USA can once again become self sustainable economy, not depended on overseas manufactures/engineers.

Dan8267 says

I say corporations can hire as many H1B Visa workers as they want as long as those corporations pay them each $200,000/yr. If corporations need us to import workers, they should be willing to pay a premium for those workers. Otherwise, fuck those corporations.

H1B portability should do the trick too. With portability people brought over by Infosys's Bellevue, WA office could notice that they were under-paid because they were working as junior engineers although qualified for senior positions and move to Microsoft or Amazon.

HydroCabron says

Does not the creation of a protected class of domestic economists fly in the face of the fundamental principles of their discipline?

No, actually, it wouldn't. Most economists today serve the oligarchic model. To them, there is no precept so sacrosanct that it can't and shouldn't be done away with if it impedes the machinations of current market winners.

Vicente says

The REAL issue is that this idea should be applied to all workers. Lawyers, doctors, FIRE employees, police, firefighters, CIA employees, military. Everyone should have to live with this, then maybe things will change

Once lawyers are outsourced in a major way, then you will see legislation against outsourcing and so called "shortages".