IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

TJT

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A single H1B Visa holder is somehow able to bring in a spouse, maternal grandparents, paternal grandparents, cousins and their families.

I do not know how they do this exactly but I have multiple examples of this on my street in Austin. An H1B spouse is also able to work despite not holding a H1B visa on their own.
 
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moonarchia

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Khane said:
So about H1B visas. They are capped at 65k per year with another 20k for individuals with graduate degrees. It's a rolling 65k as they are good for 3 years and can be extended for another 3 years beyond that.

Now compare that to:

www.economy-media.com

U.S. Tech Jobs Outsourced Overseas as AI, Cost Pressure Reshape Workforce

U.S. tech firms outsourced 3.4 million jobs in 2024, driven by cost savings, automation, and global labor pools, deepening job insecurity and reshaping workforce strategies.
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People need to stop focusing on the H1B visas for foreigners who are at least in this country and spending at least some of that income here and paying taxes here.
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Both need to be addressed. H1bs effectively cap out salaries for those professions at 85k. Notice how wages have stagnated over the past 30 years since h1bs started being a thing? That absolutely needs to be fixed.

And start taxing any US based company an additional amount based on what % of their workforce aren't US citizens. Just make it a straight +%. Your company has 25% of its workforce in pooland? Grats on the additional 25% tax on all revenue.
 
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TJT

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That is generally a hard concept to get through to people. The possibility of a $85k pajeet working your job means that you now have to bargain with an employer in a way that the pajeet does not look more appearling. Leading to you taking a lower salary in most cases. This is the race to the bottom generated by the mere existence of H1Bs in the economy and they increase every year.
 
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Kirun

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moonarchia said:
And start taxing any US based company an additional amount based on what % of their workforce aren't US citizens.
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ROFLMAO. This is never going to happen. I remember my Dad bitching about this 30+ years ago in the construction industry.

Big business is directly in the hands of politicians and businesses love cheap labor.
 
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