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nikolayasdf123 on July 18, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Panic at the Job Market

have you seen H1B numbers lately? H1B constraints supply as crazy. 80K slots for 800K+ applications.

and besides, over-restricting import of labour will just result in offshoring dev teams to India. just look at major USA tech names

janalsncm on July 18, 2024 [–]

It doesn’t matter how many applications there are. What matters is those 80k slots which aren’t enforcing prevailing wage, and consequently push salaries down.

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