"American technology companies want the government to make immigration easier because they say they can't find enough programmers in the US."
Clarification: can't find enough American programmers willing to work for low foreign wages.
Clarification: can't find enough American programmers willing to work for low foreign wages.
Coming back to retraining, I think some of us in the bubble lose fact of how much dedication is involved to successfully learn something new and become productive. Retraining is hard and, more importantly, not everyone wants to willingly do it.