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> I suspect an H1B decision reduction is a step in the correct direction here, but

I think this is a terrible idea that only helps those like your friends: people that got into tech because of job prospects but never cared about the field.

It's going to hurt American IT companies and in the end all IT workers if the field becomes less competitive and more mediocrity will survive.

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> I think this is a terrible idea that only helps those like your friends

Well, it will also help the tens of thousands let go from top tech companies over the last two years, many of which do care about the field. I can assure you the fact that someone has an H1B says almost nothing about how much they 'care about the field'.

You're decreasing competition, you're making America's tech weaker.

I think a better way to get the mediocre out of the field is to make some other, perhaps slightly easier, field a more attainable and well paid career path.

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