I graduated very recently with a B.S. in Computer Science, and my total comp (incl. bonuses) at my current company is slightly over $150,000. I am not over-worked, or under-paid. (I have never met any of these "cheap workers" myself, but I'm sure they exist in some corners.)
It is disgusting, dishonest and offensive how your portray every H-1B visa holder as a "low cost" worker.
The anger that some feel, is towards employers who say their is a STEM shortage but what they mean is that they can't hire someone cheaply enough. As Joel Spolsky said:
"Now, let's review some microeconomics. In a free market, it is almost axiomatic that the market always clears. That's a technical term that means that when somebody tries to sell something, if they are willing to accept the market price, they will be able to sell it, and when somebody wants to buy something, if they are willing to pay the market price, they will be able to buy it. It's just a matter of both sides accepting the market price.
The trouble comes when people are not realistic about market prices. "
Whaddaya Mean, You Can't Find Programmers? http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000050.html
> It is disgusting, dishonest and offensive how your portray every H-1B visa holder as a "low cost" worker.
Your Alinsky tactics will not work on me, my friend...you should try more substantive arguments.
I am glad you are doing so well as I, for one, never resent anyone successes in the world.
But facts are stubborn things, and in the aggregate, H1B workers increase corporate profitability at the expense of the established senior ones.