amerliore

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by amerliore 12y ago
You're right. I would edit it but the comment is now too old to edit. My sincere apologies to Facebook. Here is a partial list of guilty companies: Apple Google Microsoft IBM Adobe Oracle Sun Intel Earthlink Virgin Genentech eBay &#x2F
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by amerliore 12y ago
You won the birth lottery by having the IQ to do this kind of work. Software professionals would not be against immigration if VCs and their portfolio companies were not illegally suppressing wages using anti-competitive tactics. Employers
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by amerliore 12y ago
Training is seen as competitive suicide, because while you bear the costs of training, your competitors can then poach your trained employees by offering a salary that is less than your total cost for that employee but more than the salary
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by amerliore 12y ago
How can Paul Graham sit there and not mention the anti-competitive and illegal collusion of the top tech employers while he tells us to vote against our own financial self-interest? He wants us to vote even more money into his pockets, and
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by amerliore 12y ago
We already bring in 1,200,000 immigrants per year. Limiting the number of new graduates is exactly what doctors and engineers have done to keep their wages high. Only a fool would destroy his own livelihood. VCs would never, ever support a
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by amerliore 12y ago
And where would wages be if the biggest tech employers had not been blatantly colluding to depress wages, using illegal anti-competitive tactics? Paul Graham advocates for free trade when it will increase the value of his portfolio and the
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by amerliore 12y ago
>Yes he became really rich but the net sum of wealth he provided in return has made everyone else much richer than him. Prove it. This is just neoliberal dogma and is contradicted by empirical research that shows that economic growth is
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by amerliore 12y ago
How does your logic apply to the superrich ownership class? Are they actually any more talented than the people they rule over? Why is questioning their wealth taboo, but undermining my modest career prospects virtuous?
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by amerliore 12y ago
So the laws of supply and demand don't apply to labor markets? Increasing the supply lowers the price. Are you disputing this?
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by amerliore 12y ago
When supply goes up price goes down. Logic 101 says that H1-B immigrants lower "the local market salary".
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by amerliore 12y ago
Why are Computer Scientists forced to play by different rules than every other decent job? American electricians don't have to compete with Chinese electricians. Can you imagine American doctor/lawyer/engineer associations al