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Video games are maybe the dumbest possible use of Indian engineers. Other kinds of software handle Indians better because most software interactions are short and the user can just move on and forget about the crappy software. But in video games, users want to spend a lot of time with the software, so they will be less forgiving of bugs. Games are supposed to be fun, they're not supposed to feel like work(ok maybe some games feel like work 😆). Other software isn't as fun, and we've come to accept and expect bugs as part of the experience. This is what Indians do. Their presence just forces us all to slowly, imperceptibly lower our expectations.

BTW a US citizen can’t go to medical school in India and return to America to practice. It’s essentially impossible, as it should be So why are Indian doctors allowed to show up in the US and practice after as little as a year of residency?

Our GitHub Copilot code plugin for Android Studio is such a resource hog that when I type git checkout - into built-in terminal, i was left with "gt cku -" on the screen. Disabled it yesterday and it felt amazing. Didn't realize how much I was taking 100% keyboard strike percentage for granted.

i am quite close to going back to an autocomplete-only AI coding style. dead serious. i'm not sure the ostensible speed of agent-first coding is worth the brainrot, the laziness and the loss of code and architecture comprehension

@USCIS If this is actually happening, it's incredible. Phones must be ringing off the hook right now w panicked special interests.

From now on, an alien who is in the U.S. temporarily and wants a Green Card for permanent residency must return to their home country to apply, except in extraordinary circumstances. This policy allows our immigration system to function as the law intended instead of incentivizing loopholes. When aliens apply from their home country, it reduces the need to find and remove those who decide to slip into the shadows and remain in the U.S. illegally after being denied residency.

USCIS is applying long-standing law and prior court decisions to require certain aliens with temporary visas who decide they want to permanently reside in the U.S. to return to their home countries to apply for permanent visas through the @StateDept. We're returning to the original intent of the law to ensure aliens navigate our nation’s immigration system properly. Here’s what you should know: uscis.gov/newsroom/news-…

About a year ago I was called “crazy” in a high-level strategy meeting. I was the only person in the room treating AI like the structural shift it actually is. I told my peers: “Before long we’re going to be asked to show real ROI on these massive AI investments and that means headcount reductions.” I knew a big chunk of the roles that would become far less critical were the ones they’d flooded with H-1B visa holders. I laid it out plainly: if you keep renewing visas and filing new ones while laying off American workers, the government will eventually have no choice but to change the rules. The responsible move for them was to start modeling natural attrition, let visas expire at term instead of forcing U.S. layoffs. They looked at me like I’d grown a second head. A quarters weeks later I was laid off and the company kept extending visas and filing new ones. They even reportedly initiated the perm process for some employees under different entities. Fast-forward to today - the USCIS policy changes we’re watching unfold right now, the new wage-weighted H-1B selection process, the $100k fee on new overseas petitions and the latest memo tightening adjustment of status, is the pendulum I warned them about. Now that AI is forcing companies to prove efficiency gains and they’re doing it irresponsibly, policymakers have the social capital to finally close the loopholes. Employers who chose to displace Americans while importing replacement labor will have to reevaluate- and do it against a labor pool they’ve already burned. Foresight isn’t crazy, ignoring the intersection of technology disruption and immigration policy was.

@JobsNowPR @IngrahamAngle Pretty alarming how one of the few congressional efforts to address OPT tries to play sleight of hand by making the program permanent while distracting audiences with the tax loophole.

Laura, unfortunately this is not a good bill- it will codify the OPT program that pipelines immigrants into entry level post-college jobs, replacing US citizens at graduation Instead of equalizing the tax treatment, this program created by the Swamp without Congress needs to just be banned!

Will this be another pro-American worker measure that dies in the Senate?

@BarefootStudent @IngrahamAngle Here's how the US wins in STEM. Hear me out: Your kid's classmates will give your kids shit and call them nerds, then when they graduate from college, we'll invite the rest of the world to compete with them for entry level work.

@IngrahamAngle The green lighting of H-1Bs sends a message to all high school students. "Stay away from degrees in STEM fields." Will lead to long term disaster for the United States.

Message to American college students interested in these tech jobs: Don’t bother.

I've worked in software for approaching 10 years. I've seen a lot of weird things during that time. Here's a fun one: the other day my manager told me that a new policy to require cameras on while in calls with leadership led to a minor crisis when managers realized these weren't the workers they had interviewed and hired. This shocks my friends and family when I mention stories like this. But in software this kind of thing is so common it's basically a shrug then get back to what you were doing.

@Jason @mkwhataboutit @VinnyLingham Your Uber shares would go to zero if we didn't have the entire 3rd world coming here to drive for Uber. Uber simply wouldn't exist without the infestation. Also, wouldn't be surprised if 90% of your portfolios disappeared without the h1b handout.

@mkwhataboutit @VinnyLingham America is a country built by immigrants for immigrants — deal with it!

This looks like a blast! I love my Indian brothers and sisters ❤️ Let’s go to Dallas @VinnyLingham!

@DiggingInTheDi1 @Jason @VinnyLingham Probably the only group of people desperate enough to want venture capital from Jason. That, and he's engagement farming the most populous country in the world.

@Jason @VinnyLingham I'm glad you would rather have a fun party over having a functional country The rest us don't, and you shouldn't be surprised when we do some unpleasant things to stop it

@PlumbNick @brad_dunner tbh when I hear Meta is laying off, they've hired so many foreigners that I picture mostly visaholders being impacted. otoh the percentage of visaholders will probably continue to increase

Meta just told their laid-off H-1B workers they’re getting extra “condolences” and immigration guidance… American’s shouldn’t have to compete with people who’s immigration sponsor deemed were no longer necessary. It makes zero sense for us to keep issuing, renewing or transferring visas for skills that AI is already commoditizing and devaluing. We’re propping up a broken system that’s setting up an even bigger crash for U.S. workers. Here’s the my full breakdown.

@Intrinsic_cycle You're literally based in India. You have absolutely no idea what is going on in the US labor market. If H1bs are laid off they simply switch to a b2 visa and prepare for interviews.

H1B Tightening and Mass layoff in the same 2 years are not conincidental. Its by design. They are removing Non americans from the system. (Specially Indians) Every time layoff happens, all H1B need to leave USA within 60 days bcz getting job in such short period in such market is next to impossible. Its a strategic Purge. In 2-3 years you will see CEO positions reversing to whites again.

@PFIRorg @SNAKE_PNW So happy all my MS/PhD graduates get to compete against the entire world for the few jobs in this dogshit job market!

Good read on H1-b visa abuses. For anyone skeptical that Big Tech works hard to keep wages down, recall that Apple/Google/Intel/others were hit with an Antitrust suit back in 2010 focused on agreements not to poach workers. They didn't want bidding wars for their employees, which drive up wages. The antitrust actions were settled for big $$ in 2014, and since then the use of H1-b visas has gone up quite a lot - perhaps partly in response to Big Tech having to give up on collusion as a wage-reducing mechanism that drives up their share prices.

@sky_and_sunshin Because the only consequence to employers and lawmakers is we all go and shout about it on Twitter. Nothing will change if lawmakers don't see any anger or protests IRL.

Why are we approving work visas during mass layoffs and a push towards AI adoption. Is there any point other than replacement

@henrytdowling @typesfast You're thinking software design. Unclear if Ryan is talking about design or quality.

one response that i have to this is that it's hard to notice software getting better. for example, you might think that iphone software has gotten worse since last decade ("why is the settings page so complicated!?"). if you actually tried to use an iphone from last decade it would feel terrible. but we didn't notice the improvement

With all these AI coding improvements why isn't the software I use everyday getting better?

@typesfast I don't think you're going to like the answer.

Bragging about how much software you’re shipping with AI is like holding down the shutter button and bragging about how many photos you took.

Don’t forget to comment on the proposed DOL rule by May 26th. Those opposing stronger protections for American workers will absolutely be submitting comments, we need to outnumber them. This rule is not perfect, but it’s a step toward holding employers accountable and protecting U.S. wages and jobs. Make your voice heard. regulations.gov/document/ETA-2…

@amandalouise416 @Aethelleas Done.

@texasrunnerDFW @bumbadum14 @info_maiden H1b eligibility for FHA loans is a moot talking point. They can't get FHA loans when we send them back to Mordor.

@reasonablelab @bumbadum14 @info_maiden This was from my original post It was most builders, not just Bloomfield However, Trump ended it in May 2025 Now non-citizens cannot get FHA loans, just conventional loans from private lenders, with the same downpayment terms any American applying would get

"You, yes you young zoomer. You must save every penny for 10 years for a down payment on your home." "Oh hello Rakesh, here is your 1% downpayment FHA loaned backed by the federal government" FUCK YOU.