US suspends expedited processing of H-1B visas

[IronLionZion]

19. Are you a developer?

If so, I want you to have developer jobs, I really do. I don't want to do it.

I get what you're saying about companies abusing the system to get cheap labor but it's a little more culturally complex than that. They also want the type of workers who are willing to be abused out of desperation or not knowing any better. Most companies will use contractors and several layers of subcontractors for IT/development rather than hiring employees for it. This model encourages people who are willing to move across the US every few months, drive four hours a day, be separated from their families for months or even years at a time and be fired at will, no notice. Watch their desperate scramble to take whatever crappy job some other company will hire for just to stay in the country.

It almost makes me wish my grandparents had immigrated somewhere else that values workers more. I love America, but damn if workers get a raw deal here compared to most developed countries. And the independent nature of IT workers makes people avoid unionizing here like they do in some other countries.