Honestly, a lot fewer American teenagers want/are allowed summer jobs these days. They are all focused on doing enrichment activities that will look good on a college application, and low-wage menial jobs don't count for that.

I actually think it's a great thing to let young people from around the world have working holidays in America https://www.usit.ie/experiences/working-holidays/j1-usa/

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adamrezich 4 hours ago | parent [-]

I work in the public school system and I can definitely assure you that nowhere near “all” high school students are doing what you suppose they are doing.

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ForHackernews 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Sure, but the ones who might plausibly end up junior SWEs at Microsoft are.

	▲	adamrezich 22 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Yes, perhaps now that they don't need to compete against all of India, they might actually have a chance at that.