The reason for Gates' calling for an increase in H1-Bs is basic supply/demand economics. When the supply of workers goes up without a corresponding increase in demand, salaries will drop. Obviously, microsoft benefits by paying lower salaries; however, it's not necessarily an issue that foreign workers work for less when they come to america.
The problem with this is that demand for american tech workers by american companies is dropping, while at the same time the companies are calling for an increase in supply. Why are they calling for an increase in supply when they have fewer job openings than ever before? Why are they calling for an increase in supply when they are getting hundreds of appliants for each job opening?
If demand for workers were as high as Mr. Gates says, the cost of a worker would be going up. Unfortunately, the situation is to the contrary; IEEE reports that salaries have dropped for the first time since 1972. (Since IEEE began surveying members)
While it is well appreciated that we live and work in a global economy, it is not the job of the united states to employ the world. And it is not the job of the government to artifically inflate the population so that Microsoft can have cheap labor. We take care of our own citizens first, they way any other country does.
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Are you sure hardware is tougher to outsource? What percentage of hardware is made in USA?
Doesn't stanford have EECS or is that Cal?
The reason for Gates' calling for an increase in H1-Bs is basic supply/demand economics. When the supply of workers goes up without a corresponding increase in demand, salaries will drop. Obviously, microsoft benefits by paying lower salaries; however, it's not necessarily an issue that foreign workers work for less when they come to america.
The problem with this is that demand for american tech workers by american companies is dropping, while at the same time the companies are calling for an increase in supply. Why are they calling for an increase in supply when they have fewer job openings than ever before? Why are they calling for an increase in supply when they are getting hundreds of appliants for each job opening?
If demand for workers were as high as Mr. Gates says, the cost of a worker would be going up. Unfortunately, the situation is to the contrary; IEEE reports that salaries have dropped for the first time since 1972. (Since IEEE began surveying members)
While it is well appreciated that we live and work in a global economy, it is not the job of the united states to employ the world. And it is not the job of the government to artifically inflate the population so that Microsoft can have cheap labor. We take care of our own citizens first, they way any other country does.