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The US is Only a Leader in Tech Because of Foreign Workers

posted by martyb on Friday November 30 2018, @09:47AM   Printer-friendly
from the Quite-a-few-from-Europe-and-China,-too dept.

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As a former H1 visa holder, this article interested me and shows the value that immigrants bring to the USA.

According to this opinion piece, the USA and specifically Santa Clara county is only the leader in tech because of immigrants.

In 1965, the Immigration Act of 1924 was repealed, opening the gates to immigrants and allowing a critical mass of technology companies to develop in clusters around Boston and Santa Clara County. A significant proportion of all the best graduates from the best schools in India (IIT) came to the USA -- in effect, the USA siphoned off India's best talent and used it to develop leadership in technology and to grow the economy.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 30 2018, @03:50PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 30 2018, @03:50PM (#768311)

    Hey, what nonsense!

    (i doubt that you've done any actual systems work, and from your writ, i'd never want you to work for me!)

    I'm an idiot to reply to you at all. That out of the way --
    and cutting out your blatant straw-man arguments (for which you would pretty much get fired or beat up anywhere) --

    I've given 25yrs to the US, worked almost exclusively for 1..3rd gen immigrants with European and Hispanic Backgrounds, provided software and software services to mostly people with those backgrounds and had but two business contacts with black americans during that time, aside from having some working for customers when i was doing coaching. i wound up having bad experiences with blacks and females that were not of an immigrant background.

    These are facts from my life experience. I've also seen the 'established' Americans succumb to drugs, inheritance squandering, sleezy business practices and suffer from lack of a drive for self-improvement, if not outright mental degeneracy that would never have had them pass the schools i had passed through by the age of 20.

    So, sorry. While I'm glad to have left the country whose destruction you're advocating by way of the policies you suggest, please wise up to being out of touch with who's actually delivering the value in your so called 'society'. its likely not to be you.

    And, hey, sure, i'm a smart good looking white guy who knows his stuff. I got in at 20 under an H1-B because i brought a unique value to an industry which i helped to obsolete. And no, I have no nightmares about having put scores of kind and always friendly to me unionized black people who's managers, at the time, were.. you guessed it .. also all f* white and brownish immigrants.

    Don't put form over function bro. and yeah, that 'your' colleges and schools are not serving to 'you' is kinda obvious from anywhere else in the world. They can be excellent, mind you, but yeah, they are not really for average Americans, many are in high esteem just to attract more future immigrants :)

    Enjoy my 'tremendous' contribution to your tax-base, the fruits of which/sosec i'll likely never see because .. as you demo .. hubris rules over there; but we'll talk about that again after the great crash of '19

  • (Score: 1, Troll) by curunir_wolf on Friday November 30 2018, @05:43PM (1 child)

    by curunir_wolf (4772) on Friday November 30 2018, @05:43PM (#768363)

    I sure am glad you left to go back to your hell-hole country. I'm sure you're living the life of Riley now that you've got all those American dollars you can use to hire cheap-ass untouchables to wait on you hand and foot.

    It sucks that you have ZERO gratitude for those opportunities WE gave you, and even come here to disparage the ones that gave it to you.

    But, again, I'm glad you're gone. Please don't come back. So many foreigners like you are so horribly racist, it a real drag to see you.

    --
    I am a crackpot

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 30 2018, @06:37PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 30 2018, @06:37PM (#768381)

      What a little ahit you are, pleade move to another country that doesnt mind being portrayed as a bigoted shitheel.