alt Hacker NewsThere are 100K H1-Bs a year and 4 million grads a year in the US. Anyone who thinks H1-Bs are actually contributing to their inability to find a job is a moron.
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KetoManx64 • today at 4:01 PM
-85,000 NEW visas granted each year, not including renewals - The mass majority of those are going into the tech/software - there are only around ~100k CS graduates each year - H1B workers will take much lower salaries and benefits than their US citizen counterparts.
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mikert89 • today at 2:41 PM
have you been inside a big tech company? there arent many american fresh grads working there, its mostly foreign
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insane_dreamer • today at 2:45 PM
Spend some time processing tech job applications and you’ll realize you’re wrong
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But those H1Bs all come for a very narrow set of work - mostly software development or other adjacent roles. So your 4 million figure that counts all graduates in all fields doesn't make sense when we talk about tech.
There are around 100k U.S CS graduates . You're telling me 100k H1-Bs don't make any impact on them?