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The H-1B Mess Will Grow Tech Hubs Elsewhere

Talking to incredibly intelligent friends and colleagues, who have been constantly worried about what silly visa decision comes next - they're...

The call · 2021

“Our wonky immigration policies will accelerate international tech/startup hubs in India, China etc. Think about what happens when (largely) technical 'knowledge workers' are no longer invited to the US - they stay and build something amazing elsewhere.”

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Trump's 2025 $100K H-1B fee triggered exactly this — Meta, Google, Amazon, and Microsoft added 32,000+ jobs in India that year, and India passed 130 unicorns to become the world's third-largest startup ecosystem. Restrict the visa, lose the talent, just on a longer clock than expected.

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Implications of the ridiculous H1B decision - burgeoning tech hubs in other parts of the world.

Talking to incredibly intelligent friends and colleagues, who have been constantly worried about what silly visa decision comes next - they're frustrated.

There's a mental cost that comes with always having to think about "damn, what if I'm forced to leave the country tomorrow"

It will take time, but our wonky immigration policies will accelerate international tech/startup hubs in India, China etc. Think about what happens when (largely) technical 'knowledge workers' are no longer invited to the US - they stay and build something amazing elsewhere

India/China and the like have been finding a way to "fix" the brain drain problem, and looks like the US has done it through one swoop of a poorly motivated decision

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