Jobs and the Job Market: Re: Re: Re: Re: More H-1Bs
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» Kirk - Re: Re: Re: Re: More H-1Bs
.In response to Re: Re: Re: More H-1Bs posted by jbking:
What prevents you from applying to become a US citizen and staying in the US as a citizen if you want a good, long term job here? My girlfriend and her whole family did just this. I think a country is foolish to not want well educated people to come and stay as PERMANENT CITIZENS... but if they just want to pick and choose the best jobs when companies are paying top dollar for workers then take the money they make home to spend.... then I don't have much sympathy.
The VCs and CEOs want to live in the US and I think half the reason so many jobs are still in the People's Republic of California is it is a very nice place to live and not too expensive if you are rich, which most CEOs at high tech companies are. If they want more, quality people, then I suggest they give themselves a pay cut and pay more to the worker bees they want to attract Pay an engineer more than a crane operator AND don't make him or her work 50% more hours than that crane operator to get the salary and I bet many more would go into the field in the US. Then we'll have to import our lawyers I suppose.... 
-- posted by Kirk
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