“hire all the out of work American programmers and engineers first
then we can talk about importing more aliens”
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Nope! Replace “then we can talk about importing more aliens” with “then we can talk about recruiting and training more AMERICAN programmers, developers and engineers”.
It wasn’t that long ago that SUCCESSFUL American companies would give applicants IQ and aptitude tests, hire promising candidates and train them. The resulting employees were VERY productive AND CREATIVE!
those companies have managed politically to transfer that training program to the public (tax payer) sector. check out your local community colleges for “STEM” programs (which stands for science, technology, engineering, and math). lots of training and recruiting and funding...
but students shy away because they realize that getting a job and KEEPING it past age 30 .. are very difficult with today’s large “American” corporations hiring cheap and compliant aliens (and what with all the corporate age discrimination, its a super bitch in technology sector!)