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...other than... you know... the entire point of the H1B visa program... is to get talent the US DOESN'T already have ...


I am not arguing the merits/purpose of the program. just the silly that this program is affecting US population tech (un)employment


Well, if there aren't such programs people like Elon or Satya and Pichai might have never started out. You look at them as being successful and exceptional today (regardless of some of the more questionable antics and decisions), when they just started, it's hard to argue that you can't find similar, exceptional talent in the US.

But if you shut off that valve, they would not be here 25 years later.


Elon, Satya and Pichai didn't arrive on H1B visa.


Interestingly, Staya Nadella did use the H1B program, in an unconventional way.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-ceo-satya-nadella-o...




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