dukeleto
16d ago
I’m in Mi. for a wedding and it’s a real bummer, since it’s normally gorgeous this time of year!
While I think op is being a little bit histrionic, I strongly agree with the basic premise (I.e. h1b visa very obviously drive down wages and any one working in tech should oppose the, on this basis). A nice example of this phenomenon extended to its logical conclusion is what currently happens in American universities, (maybe it’s improving, I left in 2022) which operate in an open borders environment with their ability to recruit international students. This created a huge race to the bottom where faculty were directly incentivized to hire foreign nationals because, 1, 20-40 k is really good for anyplace that is not America and 2, you get an essentially indentured servant who very much does not want to leave. This obviously displaces lots of domestic students, sabotaging much of the nations scientific pipeline.
It was and we ended up having it outside. Fortunately it cleared up a little bit and we had a good time!
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