In that case while 90% is still a surprising high number I would expect at least 80% or so. Especially if you consider that desperation might make take them jobs with a salary or other conditions worse then what they would normally accept.
No, that is not the requirement. That is a common misconception, though. What you described is the requirement for an employment based green card.
For H-1B the requirement is that you have a degree and are working in a “speciality occupation” related to that degree. It is formally independent of the current state of the job market, though companies are required to at least pay the “prevailing wage” which sort of encodes some information about the job market.
In my experience companies write out jobs with the requirements they would like to have, then see who applies including from people which doesn't quite fulfill the requirements, and then pick who fits best independent of where they come from (if they can).
I mean for them to intentionally come up with some trickery to allow someone _specific_ to get a H1-B visa often already means they want them enough so that they "conceptually" fulfill the requirements even if on paper for formal reasons they do no.
Sure, they are probably cases where companies come up with some trickery to "wild card wide spread" allow people without the full qualification to get a H1-B visa to then combine this with some form of laborer abuse, but assuming the whole FANG industries is basically only doing this all the time is really quite a stretch IMHO.
2016 numbers - https://h1bgrader.com/reports/sponsors/lca/2016 2022 numbers - https://h1bgrader.com/reports/sponsors/lca/2022
When it comes to studying, oh man, "toil" is a four-letter word for American people. Oh, you study too hard. Oh you have a lost childhood. Oh solving math problems is not FaIr to other kids, for it shadows the true talent. But when it comes to sports? Oh man, the tone totally changes. "Toil" is da word! Mileage matters! If you train hard, you get better results! Have you seen LA of 4am in the morning? Do you know that the kid next door trains 5 hours every day, and breaks his bones at least 3 times and still does not give up? Mommy wants you to know the story of whoever practicing free throws a thousand times a day. Daddy will use all the retirement savings to hire a coach of this bullshit sport that you would never make it to the top of, but hey don't be like that Asian family who spends all their money hiring science tutors. What a nation of hypocrisy, and now we are wondering why there are not enough locals in STEM classes?
Local means US Citizens and Permanent Residents (Green Card).
> I'm not sure the US had one (I understand many of people think the US does have one now, but I'm talking about 20 or 30 years ago).
There always has been a culture around STEM in the US. Maybe the social background you grew up with wasn't part of that.
There are similar STEM hesitant groups within Asia as well (for example, the millions of Indian+Chinese students aiming for govt bureaucracy jobs, and the thousands going to business school/commerce)
If so, I'll be happy that I was wrong. I truly wish that the US had a vibrant culture of encouraging STEM. I'm not so sure for two reasons: all kinds of shows and movies, with a few exceptions, make fun of geeks. Paul Graham wrote this: http://www.paulgraham.com/nerds.html, and my geek friends and coworkers all confirmed similar experience.
Quoting https://thegeekanthropologist.com/2014/10/17/freaks-geeks-a-...: "For many years, geeks were ridiculed for their supposed lack of social graces and interest in obscure, weird or unusual forms of cultural and digital media. Once again, geeks were typified by their marginality and their difference. The representation of geeks in pop culture have replicated and almost cemented the validity of geek stereotypes. "
I mean, why, why the interests of STEM subjects are "obscure, weird or unusual forms"?
Lots of younger SWEs, PMs, and SEs have entered the industry thanks to their experience playing around with mods in games like Minecraft, and even the stereotypical chad/jock is into gaming and technology now. And I say this as a former HS wrestler.
Also, STEM has been heavily evangelized since I was growing up in the 2000s.
> all kinds of shows and movies, with a few exceptions, make fun of geeks.
Not anymore, especially with the media people my age (12-30) watch. For example, Anime, KDramas, and Youtube+TikTok+IG Influencers are much more popular than American shows now in my age demographic and all treat STEM with deference.
> I mean, why, why the interests of STEM subjects are "obscure, weird or unusual forms"?
Even your stereotypical "jocks" and "Barbies" major in STEM now and work in STEM. For example, most of my classmates when I studied CS were Fratbois (as am I) and Sorority Chicks, and STEM is viewed as a degree that will get you a white collar job with less grind and more money.
You don't know anything about other countries. You think China and India with > 1 billion people each are all tech savants and scientists? It is the opposite. Theres 270 million people in poverty in India alone. The population of US is 330 million. Statistically of course there is a larger amount of STEM than US by population. It's a numbers game that also has to do with the advancement of the country and economic goals of its citizens, not 'culture'. It's literally determined by economics
Companies can get indentured servants who are loyal and will work against toxicity and long hours that they can get rid of whenever they want. There is plenty of talent in America. The reason they are not utilized is for business and economic reasons. ie revenue/profitability/growth
I don't deny that. Poverty is different from culture, though. By culture I mean so many scientists and engineers, male or female, were household names in China. Are they in the US? By culture I mean teachers work hard to come up with questions that really help students understand fundamental concepts. How many US teachers do that? By the culture I mean this: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8296195/Chinese-gir.... This created national sensation in China. In contrast, did people in the US give a fuck about the average median GPA in Baltimore was 0.6 or something (some people did, of course, but I'm talking about a nation)? Did people give a fuck about physics teacher in grade 8 giving exam questions like "which one is heavier, pound or kilogram"? Did the nation give a fuck about we can't attract enough talents to become teachers? Or in general, did people give a fuck about the issues raised in the documentary Waiting for "Superman"?
This is not a part of the culture in any asian country. There is no culture around teachers working hard to come up with questions that help students understand fundamental concepts.
Teachers in the US are struggling from economic situation. They are underpaid, underappreciated, and overworked which leads to poor performance. It is not students and families fault that America is so developed you can get by with lower quality education exceptionally well. The 'culture' , a word you are obsessed with and think is a solution rather than another form of bias, is that you dont need to have brains to be successful in the US.
More and more asian people are leaning away from this. In fact look at this data from 2019 in India
At undergraduate level the highest number (35.9%) of students are enrolled in arts/humanities/social sciences courses followed by science (16.5%), engineering and technology (13.5%) and commerce (14.1%), the All India Survey of Higher Education (AISHE) report revealed.
Hmm...seems just like USA... not everyone in these countries is obsessed with becomining an engineer/doctor/lawyer. You are making conclusions through a small lens of what you see, ie anecdotal
No, that's for green card. That's part of the "PERM" step in EB2. Not for H1B.