Insights into the tech sector's need for foreign workers. http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-01-30/why-cold-war-between-tech-ceos-and-trump-about-go-nuclear
When I was at Sun Microsystems, we had a huge number of folks H1-B visas. The first partner I had was from Iran. >From the post, much more on the site. Much focus on the difficulty getting US graduates with the right skills. (Seems a bit odd but who knows) -- Owen Over the weekend, openly defiant CEOs, particularly among the tech sector, expressed their displeasure with Trump's Friday executive order temporarily banning refugees and limiting travel from seven Muslim countries, with both words and deeds, among which the following (summary courtesy of Axios <https://www.axios.com/>): - *VCs funding the ACLU: *Several venture capitalists, as well as a few entrepreneurs, took turns soliciting donations to the American Civil Liberties Union through social media and personally matching those donations. - *Airbnb volunteers to help provide housing for impacted immigrants: *The home-sharing company said that it will work with travelers and organizations to provide housing for those impacted by the executive order, whether through volunteer hosts or by funding housing. - *Lyft and Uber commit millions of dollars to legal aid: *On Sunday, Lyft said it will donate $1 million to the ACLU over the next four years. Later in the day, Uber said it will create a $3 million legal defense fund for impacted drivers, as well as provide legal assistance and compensate their lost wages. - *Google is setting up a $2 million crisis fund: *The search giant has set up a fund that will donate to the American Civil Liberties Union, Immigrant Legal Resource Center, International Rescue Committee, and UNHCR.
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