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by bdangubic 545 days ago
H1B program is also diversity program, much like green card lottery…
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int_19h 545 days ago
Diversity based on country of origin doesn't make much sense, though.
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bdangubic 543 days ago
That is exactly what diversity is when it comes to immigration, the freaking yearly green card lottery has diversity in the name of the program https://www.usa.gov/green-card-lottery
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cudgy 541 days ago
And yet the tech industry is far from diverse. It is predominantly male, white, and Indian. Did the US H1B program have an effect on this? Were some groups squeezed out even more from the tech industry due to H1B? For example, would there be more Black people in the tech industry without the H1B? More women?
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