> We need to encourage a corporate mindset that believes in the importance of building up the American talent pool to tackle not only the challenge in front of them but the array of challenges that the future will bring."

YC partner Ankit Gupta: hiring Americans first is DEI - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49467325 - August 2026 (2 comments)

H-1B Middlemen Bring Cheap Labor to Citi, Capital One - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44398978 - June 2025 (4 comments)

India's Tata Consultancy Was Gaming the US Visa System - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43088906 - February 2025 (59 comments)

How middlemen are gaming the H-1B program - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41123945 - July 2024 (57 comments) [https://github.com/BloombergGraphics/2024-h1b-immigration-da...]

The Secret Way Silicon Valley Uses the H-1B Program - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-06/silicon-v... | https://archive.today/qffNT - June 2017

Ergo, laws will be required to "encourage" the corporate paperclip maximizer apparatus. When did asking nicely ever work? "Do not fall into the trap of anthropomorphising the lawnmower."

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skmurphy 14 hours ago | parent | next [-]

“If Something Cannot Go on Forever, It Will Stop.“ Stein's Law

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nkrisc 14 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Of course, but there’s a wide gulf between slamming into a wall at 80mph and gently rolling to a stop. The latter requires foresight and action, however.

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		I don't think the famously young-skewed tech industry is at any risk of slamming into a wall. If Google finds in 2035 it's running out of good seniors in their 30s because they haven't been mentoring college grads well enough, there'll be plenty of experts in their 50s and 60s to pull back in from management or FIRE or age discrimination.

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toomuchtodo 14 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

"The labor market can remain irrational, adverse, and potentially fraudulent longer than you can remain solvent." -- me

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chistev 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Your ability to consistently cite relevant sources/articles in your comments is impressive to me.

It's a sign of a well informed person. Keep it up!

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toomuchtodo 11 hours ago | parent [-]

Thank you for the kind words. I remember everything I’ve ever read, it’s simply how fast I can aggregate links and threads based on keywords from HN search and my internal knowledge base/graph.

Objective data, evidence, and facts are important as a shared foundation to discuss upon.

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chistev 10 hours ago | parent [-]

> I remember everything I’ve ever read

How's that possible? Any tricks you can share?

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