You're wrong. I'm working in the States on a temp visa, so I know (yes, I'm a fucking furiner). It was relatively easy to get the visa, although quite time-consuming for ME (not for my employer).
As for setting up a cheap department in another country, that's not always how it works. Politics is important. Managing a foreign site is neither attractive nor well rewarded. Upper management like to have its fresh meat in the fridge nearby, like we say. Translation: the local sweatshop is where the manager's effort can be evaluated by his bosses, so there is little incentive in setting up a foreign center that will never attract the Board's attention.
As for the pay, I don't complain, but I get about 40 percent of what my colleagues bring home.
Overall, I, as a non US citizen, am satisfied of the recent visa number increase. The US benefits from the huge education investment that was paid by my home country's taxpayers (seven years in postgraduate in state-funded institutes). But I am clearly competing against the American engineer, and I'm doing my share to slow down the CS engineers' salary rise accross the US.
To summarize:
If you're a shareholder, I'm a blessing.
If you're an engineer, I'm a pest.
And if you're an engineer with a daughter... I'm a menace!
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Noidd,
You're wrong. I'm working in the States on a temp visa, so I know (yes, I'm a fucking furiner). It was relatively easy to get the visa, although quite time-consuming for ME (not for my employer).
As for setting up a cheap department in another country, that's not always how it works. Politics is important. Managing a foreign site is neither attractive nor well rewarded. Upper management like to have its fresh meat in the fridge nearby, like we say. Translation: the local sweatshop is where the manager's effort can be evaluated by his bosses, so there is little incentive in setting up a foreign center that will never attract the Board's attention.
As for the pay, I don't complain, but I get about 40 percent of what my colleagues bring home.
Overall, I, as a non US citizen, am satisfied of the recent visa number increase. The US benefits from the huge education investment that was paid by my home country's taxpayers (seven years in postgraduate in state-funded institutes). But I am clearly competing against the American engineer, and I'm doing my share to slow down the CS engineers' salary rise accross the US.
To summarize:
If you're a shareholder, I'm a blessing.
If you're an engineer, I'm a pest.
And if you're an engineer with a daughter... I'm a menace!
--Fred