Comment by ozgrakkurt

12 hours ago

It is questionable if US has the education system or people capital to support all the science based sectors it has IMO.

Immigrants doing a very large portion of tech work can't be just because they get paid less

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hunterpayne  9 hours ago

"Immigrants doing a very large portion of tech work can't be just because they get paid less"

It is solely about that. Remember, immigrants didn't really play a role in the US tech industry for half of its existence and didn't play a major role until a decade ago. This is despite the fact that US colleges openly and actively discriminate against US citizens for grad school spots for 2 or 3 decades now.

  • convolvatron  3 hours ago

    I've been involved in .. applied CS for 40 years, and the industry has been filled with people of a wide variety of backgrounds for that entire time. Even during the time I worked for the US DOD many of the people I worked were international.

  • ModernMech  5 hours ago

    > This is despite the fact that US colleges openly and actively discriminate against US citizens for grad school spots for 2 or 3 decades now.

    Can you provide a citation for this specific claim? I used to do admissions to a grad program in the US, and we ended up admitting mostly foreign students soley because very few US citizens actually applied (probably only 10% of apps). Whether that's because they were not qualified or couldn't afford it I do not know. But it's not because they were openly and actively discriminated against.

  • mlnj  7 hours ago

    >US colleges openly and actively discriminate against US citizens for grad school spots for 2 or 3 decades now.

    Isn't this just because foreign students pay more than citizens? Isn't this just capitalism and the free market efficiently allocating resources?

    Something about 'having the cake and eating it too'.