[starik36]

> America is at near full employment

Then why does it take months and months for even experienced devs to land a job?

[JumpCrisscross]

> why does it take months and months for even experienced devs to land a job?

Software is undergoing a secular downsizing. It increasingly looks like we have too many SWEs, and that we need to support them retraining. That doesn’t mean there isn’t a labor shortage in other industries.

[remarkEon]

I'm not disputing what you're saying in your comment necessarily, and supposing it's true for a moment ... why are we granting any visas at all here?

[foldr]

The presupposition behind that question is that immigration is a necessary evil to be limited as much as possible. I am not American, but that strikes me as an ironic position for Americans to take.

[remarkEon]

Why? Seems in line with prior oscillations on sentiment toward immigration.

[foldr]

Sure, but it was ironic then too.

[remarkEon]

How so? I really don't follow.