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Bill Gates Speaks Out Against Immigration Policies

Posted by samzenpus on from the losing-our-skillz dept.

Jeian writes "None other than Bill Gates has spoken out against tighter immigration policies in the US. According to Gates, the US is losing skilled immigrants to other countries that are easier to immigrate to. Among his comments: "I personally witness the ill effects of these policies on an almost daily basis at Microsoft.""

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  1. Just for the record.... by canipeal · · Score: 5, Informative

    Microsoft is also a fond supporter of H1B visa immigrants http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H1B_visa/ From my own personal experience working as an IT recruiter in the past, H1B Java Developers with similar education and experience often would work for about 30% less than a US citizen.

  2. Re:I made billions- but you'll be replaced by Phisbut · · Score: 4, Informative

    what do you know of Microsoft's development practices - beyond "they write crappy bloated software" - I'm talking about what a software engineer would see and deal with daily? What methodologies do they use?

    This is something I definitely wouldn't want to deal with.

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