Reducing foreign visa tech workers

[Isaac]

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/trump-mulls-adding-new-100000-fee-h-1b-visas-bloomberg-news-reports-2025-09-19/

India was the largest beneficiary of H-1B visas last year, accounting for 71% of approved beneficiaries

Go Trump. We need American filling those positions, not India

 

[The_Doc_Man]

Now if only we could convince students to stop taking useless courses like Gender Studies or Pre-Renaissance French Literature.

 

[Mark_]

Now if only we could convince students to stop taking useless courses like Gender Studies or Pre-Renaissance French Literature.

You would need to get state legislators and academics to stop pushing them. I've a feeling it would be easier to push urine back up a urethra!

 

[The_Doc_Man]

I've a feeling it would be easier to push urine back up a urethra!

Yeesh! Some mental images, you just can't un-see.

 

[MarkK]

India was the largest beneficiary

When smart people leave India, India is not a beneficiary,
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/us-h1b-visa-canada-benefits-1.7640068
Trump's move is a gift, but not to America.

 

[Isaac]

And the issue of having pure Indians in tech creates and begets more problems. Nepotism. For example, and I've worked in quite a few major corporate environments and the same I see it everywhere: Indians hire more Indians. There is a hiring preference and it's anti-American. You could be the best qualified data architect in the world, but if your name is Joe Blow and another candidate's name is Raj Baba, Raj is getting the job. I can't prove it but I've seen it over and over and over. As soon as they see an Indian (etc) name on the resume, there is a starting-out assumption that this person must know tech, even if they're terrible at articulating it.

This thing where tech in the USA is run by India must stop

 

[The_Doc_Man]

"I'm the one with the MBA".

That happened to me only once. My introduction to the person who did that was an informal one, just on a first-name basis. So in the middle of his discussion, I asked a question relating to an improper application of statistical principles. He said, "I'm the one with the MBA." I responded with "I'm the one with the Ph.D." Awkward silence, followed by one of the government guys asking me to explain my objection, which I did. But that is why I so rarely introduced myself with my title. I didn't want to be pretentious with my friends and co-workers. Ass-hats, on the other hand, deserved to be corrected publicly.

 

[ColinEssex]

I didn't have a title I could use . . .

I'm sure there must be one.

 

[Mark_]

I'm sure there must be one.

Best one was from an instructor who used to work here. He'd refer to himself as a "hardware installer". People in his field knew exactly what that implied and appreciated his humor. Fact that he's brilliant and could explain why things were the way they were helped.

For those who needed a more former title, he'd be introduced as "Doctor", with the specialty of neurosurgeon. His specialty was installing implants, hence "Hardware installer". I am very much hoping he was able to go forth in his retirement and enjoy diving around the world.