I think you're missing a key point. Google/FB etc are willing to pay a lot for the specific type of immigrant labor they need
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Are they? They've been colluding to hold down programmer salaries.
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Most likely: tech billionaires would pay a lot more to their workers if they stopped getting H1B visas To Fight Racism.
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e.g. "wage distribution" at https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/11/06/us/outsourcing-companies-dominate-h1b-visas.html?_r=0 … . the top tier like apple/microsoft just pay h1b's same as non
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$130k is not what Google and Apple pay their programmers.
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I think it's basically the same. E.g. see "base pay" onhttps://www.theinformation.com/how-tech-firms-stack-up-on-pay …
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@JamesFallows@ScottMcConnell9 Remember that lawsuit where Apple, FB, et al agreed not to poach each other's engineers? -
Ofc not. Wouldn't be prudent. Punk. It was in the effing USAToday.http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/01/14/new-settlement-apple-google-hiring-antitrust-lawsuit/21756613/ …
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Tech billionaires don't tell us their true reasons and intentions ? I am shocked - shocked I tell you. California organic H2O?
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@JamesFallows "economic damage" means their permanent brown underclass is being threatened. They'll have to hire Americans.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@JamesFallows But they always cloak it in bogus economic arguments. Or false history. Or emotional blackmail. Whatever works.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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