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From: William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: "Starter Villain" by John Scalzi
Date: Sat, 10 May 2025 14:21:35 -0400
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Cryptoengineer wrote:
> On 5/10/2025 11:14 AM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
>> Cryptoengineer  <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> My solution, ironically, is tariffs. If there was a $50,000/year tariff
>>> for each H1B brought in, companies would only bring in the actual 'best
>>> of the best'.
>>
>> This is true, but what about universities which may not have such
>> budgets?  I am thinking perhaps most of the people who really deserve
>> H1-B visas would be employed in academia or research.  But the idea
>> is not an unworkable one.\
> 
> I wasn't really aware that researchers were using H1Bs. I thought there
> was some kind of academic researcher visa.

When I came to the US to work at NASA I had a J visa, which also 
sufficed when I moved to a university. J visas were limited to seven 
years after which holders were supposed to go back to their home 
countries, though many got exemptions and did not. When I switched to 
the private sector, though, I was told I needed an H1 visa - though I 
actually worked under a TN visa as I was denied the H1.

The only H1 visa holder at our company got full pay, but this was before 
the current H1B wave.

William Hyde