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akavi on March 4, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Bottom of the Pay Scale: Wages for H-1B Comput...

I'd also make the visa attach to the person, not the company. (Ie, the person can change jobs, taking the visa with them, so long as they keep the auction-winning salary level or higher.)

As for:

> A special pool for startups would be nice too, with less costs/requirements.

...why?

sarchertech on March 4, 2016 | [–]

Yeah why should startups get to avoid paying market prices. If you want to subsidize starups do it directly, don't assist then in depressing wages.

UK-AL on March 4, 2016 | [–]

I believe the auction should include equity rather than a special pool.

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