The United States Is Starved for Talent, Re-Upped

As far level of compensation everybody in the US, including H1B workers, work according to US compensation ranges but are limited by visa sponsorship. Software developers tend to average about 2.2x or more than the average US income even in expensive urban areas. In cheap rural areas the difference is staggering. If these developers lack sufficient talent the problem isn't compensation. The problems are improper preparation and improper candidate selection. Increased compensation without controlling for preparation and selection will only provide perverse incentives to magnify the existing problem.

Almost every YC startup has underperformed once public. China has BYD to Tesla. What startups and innovation would you hold as an example that can’t be done elsewhere? Or is innovation vs some sort of grift or pyramid scheme (crypto)?

I’ve helped people leave for Canada, Europe, and Australia. There will always be developed countries for people to flee to for safe lives. But this idea that the US has robust macroeconomic competition from the world in the near term does not hold up. It’s messaging and a narrative to get favorable labor immigration treatment for self serving reasons, no more.