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In It to Win It

(8,253 posts) Mon Aug 24, 2020, 11:41 AM Aug 2020

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Facebook and Google offered almost $2 million to some H-1B software engineers this year

American companies are so dependent on the talent that comes to the US on H-1B visas that they’re willing to pay top dollar for them. Facebook and Google dominated the top-paid jobs among H-1B applicants in software engineering roles in the first eight months of this year, according h1data.info. The site indexes the Labor Condition Application (LCA) disclosure data—required for H-1B applications—from the US department of labor (DOL).

https://qz.com/india/1894876/what-facebook-google-paid-techies-on-h-1b-visa-this-year/?utm_source=YPL

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Facebook and Google offered almost $2 million to some H-1B software engineers this year (Original Post) In It to Win It Aug 2020 OP

However, it's also true that US software engineers past 50 can't get hired DavidDvorkin Aug 2020 #1

DavidDvorkin

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1. However, it's also true that US software engineers past 50 can't get hired

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Mon Aug 24, 2020, 11:58 AM

Aug 2020

The IT industry has terrible age discrimination.

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