This is usually an early warning that layoffs or firings are coming. Also, if Amazon's managers don't know what their reports are doing and their impact, then what are they doing?
It's pretty clearly "we're going to advance American interests and we don't care what others think." Taking matters into their own hands rather than relying on allies.
I'm seriously trying to understand the long-term goals here. So the US goes to war with Canada and Europe, cutting off relations with them forever. Probably they try to take over Canada too and succeed. So now they have control over all of North America... How is it worth antagonizing their closest and strongest allies? They'll own more territory but cripple themselves in terms of global trade. A lot of Americans would surely be against their aggression too, not to mention the oeople in the territories they take over. A lot of that damage has already been done, since the US has always been fickle and unreliable but now we're seeing just how far they're willing to go. Is that just it? They want physical dominance over the Americas at
the expense of economic gains?
Any chessmasters here who can see into the future?
Part of this is that employers stubbornly refuse to start PERM until you've started on the job. There's no legal reason to do this and it means adding even more months to an already long and uncertain process, compared to doing it when you've accepted the job offer.
It's kind of an aside, but it also prevents the individual from doing the most economically efficient thing. I mean, suppose an H1B worker wanted to start a startup and hire some Americans to work for their company. They're legally not allowed to do that and create those jobs. Technically they need a business visa, but how would they get one if they can't start the business in the first place?
It's really shocking how hard it is for a skilled foreigner to get an EAD-like work permit that allows them to freely change employers. It takes 3+ years for most, and I think up to 15+ if you're from India. Of course the ability to suppress wages explains it.
Nah. The United States has the biggest lead and it's on the decline, but who's on the ascent? China? It'll be a long long time before any other country comes close to U.S. economic competitiveness.
The word "extraordinary" has some overblown connotations here. This is the only visa for artists (and it's not even an immigrant visa), and all you need is a track record of success. Which puts you above an ordinary artist, so yes, that's the definition of extraordinary. But the colloquial meaning of the word suggests it's meant to be reserved for some elite 1% of creatives which isn't true.
Americans will visit European cities and say "This is so nice. I wish I lived here!" And then when their city tries to make steps towards adding the things that make them so pleasant, vehemently oppose them.
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I wonder if we'll those non-vaccine strains will eventually become the most prevalent.
You already don't get this with fashion photography. "The model is 6'1 and wearing a size M" is meaningless when you don't know their weight, dimensions, or whether they've clipped the back to make the garment appear trimmer for the photos. Trying an item on in person is the only way to know whether it's good, and that's the potential AI disruption I'm most interested in.
That's not true because no other country is even trying to take the lead, economically speaking. China is the only country that pursues innovation nearly as aggressively but they're not a desirable immigration destination. Canada and European countries are in the best position to step up, but they're not doing so other than being more welcoming than the US in accepting skilled immigrants. The economic incentives (capital markets, risk-taking, business-friendliness, talent density) haven't changed at all and if you're good at what you do, the US is still the best place in almost all cases. Enough that it's still often worth moving there despite how immigrant-hostile the country is.
The only constant is that things are always changing, and getting more hostile for foreigners. It's disingenuous to blame Trump when this is what U.S. voters chose.
What exactly are the normal immigration routes? Employment-based immigration (H1B) is the only avenue that makes sense for a skilled worker. And usually skilled immigrants are the ones a country wants to attract.
This was the main reason I bought a Roomba last year. It wasn't clear to me that any competitor could match their repairability and availability of parts.
Maybe it's just optimism talking but I foresee a cultural shift towards favoring live performance. When people spend so much time looking at screens and being alone at home, they long to be immersed in a live sensoral experience.
This is pretty silly when H1B is a lottery system controlled by a foreign country. H1B holders aren't necessarily "highly skilled professionals," they're a random selection of people who meet the minimum qualification of basically just having a Bachelor's degree and a job offer.
It's interesting to think of the second-order effects of this. If these corporations can't invest in housing, they'd direct their money elsewhere. Maybe we'd see a stock market or commercial real estate boom. Maybe a proliferation of new ventures.