Author Suggests Tech Focused on H1B Visa Hires to Detriment of Women, Minorities

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by theodpHN • 8 years ago

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prolikewh0a3• 8 years ago

Tech H1B = Cheap labor.

dang• 8 years ago

Please don't post unsubstantive comments here.

prolikewh0a3• 8 years ago

It's not unsubstantive at all. Per Glassdoor, tech H1B's earn substantially LESS than US Citizens (especially Software Engineers!). The OP's article is tech H1B's. I will edit the original comment for accuracy.

https://www.glassdoor.com/research/h1b-workers/

patrickg_zill2• 8 years ago

Reality is that a woman can do better than going into tech. Getting an MBA is easier than an MS in computer science, pays better and hours can be better too. More flexibility in case there is a second dotcom bubble.

llampx• 8 years ago

Problem with that mentality is that on a macro level, you only need a certain number of MBAs. Not everyone is cut out to be an MBA, and not every MBA is going to use that degree to the full extent. Not to mention this completely ignores brain wiring and interests/skills.

Women engineers are underrepresented in every part of the world, and the problem has to be fixed by helping the (mostly female) teachers and counsellors from the primary school level so they can talk about the subjects to girls. The less they know about the subject, the more they'll talk about what they know.

patrickg_zill2• 8 years ago

My point is that "underrepresented" means nothing if there are other, possibly better, professions to enter into. Do we complain about the number of women in the Alaskan commercial fishing industry (which is highly paid but very dangerous)?

ganeshkrishnan2• 8 years ago

In Scandinavian countries with almost no h1b equivalents the amount of women in tech is substantially lower

http://www.thejournal.ie/gender-equality-countries-stem-girl...

Few of my acquaintances are high school teachers and almost all the girls have an image of IT as nerdy / geeky with overweight guys banging on the keyboards.

IMO you need to get rid of the image of STEM being social awkward, male dominated field.

I took some of their girl students to my office and showed them various kinds of IT work and how it can be interesting and surprisingly a huge number of them signed up for IT in their University

Karishma1234• 8 years ago

Allow H4 visa holders to work and see how that number shoots up. Also what minorities are they talking about ? Jewish, Hindus and Muslims are very well represented in tech. Blacks and Hispanics lag behind in all STEM in general but they was substantially better in other areas such as sports where you dont see a Asian or Hindu.

Author Suggests Tech Focused on H1B Visa Hires to Detriment of Women, Minorities

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