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elven_mage t1_j6b6ow4 wrote

Reply to comment by Anaxamenes in IBM and SAP become latest tech companies to lay off thousands of workers by diacewrb

You don't know what you're talking about. The median h1b wage is more than double that of the overall median. And that's not because employers love foreigners- it's because it's specifically for high demand categories that are hard to fill domestically. I have my (high paying) h1b job because I'm better at it than any American- not because I'm willing to work for peanuts.

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Anaxamenes t1_j6bbo1n wrote

Actually I work with several h1-b visa holders. If there is less of a certain skill than what is needed then the cost of that skill goes up. If we bring people in from other countries, it prevents that increase and also drains resources from other countries that could benefit from that person’s skills.

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Karmakazee t1_j6e9v6n wrote

You have your H1B job because your employer knows they have you over a barrel in a way they can’t reproduce with citizens. The notion you’re literally better at your job than every single American in your field is laughable hubris.

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elven_mage t1_j6ebvme wrote

Lmao I've quit jobs without ever worrying about lining up the next one because demand is so high. Your perception that I'm some sort of sweatshop slave is pure copium- you'll swallow anything to let you continue believing that beig a 'native' immediately makes you better qualified than an immigrant.

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Karmakazee t1_j6efin5 wrote

> you’ll swallow anything to let you continue believing that beig (sic.) a ‘native’ immediately makes you better qualified than an immigrant.

Says the person who literally claimed they’re better at their job than an entire population containing over 300 million people. Someone is bogarting the copium here, but I don’t think it’s me.

Best of luck in the ongoing layoffs, friend. Let’s hope you don’t find out the hard way that the people whose boots you’re licking so intently don’t think you’re nearly as special as you do.

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elven_mage t1_j6eq5e9 wrote

My competence is not a matter of faith- my paycheck is real. I've never met a high performing engineer who was afraid of foreign competition- because they likewise know that their skills will protect them. Cope :)

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Karmakazee t1_j6fnkmf wrote

If you’re truly more talented than every single “native” SDE currently working in the US as you claimed, I should hope your pay is astronomical. I suspect though it’s about average though for the industry. As are you. Cope with that :)

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elven_mage t1_j6fw8i5 wrote

lmao nice try but i don't need to flaunt my salary to some nativist yokel

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Karmakazee t1_j6g2j50 wrote

The only person asserting that there’s a distinction between the capabilities of tech employees who are here on a visa and people who were born here is you. Having a solid enough understanding of macroeconomics to realize the increased supply of tech talent created by the H1B visa program depresses industry wages hardly makes me a nativist yokel. I’ll keep my thoughts on what your worldview says about you to myself :)

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