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		bottlepalm 26 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Is America's jobs market nearing a cliff? I'm seeing like 80% of software dev applications at my company are H1B/OPT, like thousands of candidates - and they're getting hired just because of the sheer numbers they drown everyone else out. So yes, they are 100% taking jobs. A lot of them. I can't comprehend how there are so many.

rightbyte 25 days ago [–]

Maybe there is some pool of candidates that applies to all jobs due to automation making the numbers scewed?

bottlepalm 25 days ago | [–]

Yep, they are 100% doing that and it’s working. The people only applying selectively are being drowned out.

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