This is most likely a clear sign that there's a shortage of competent Ruby devs in NY as well as Chicago (see: http://nuts.redsquirrel.com/post/2680658687/chicagos-ruby-developer-crisis) - time to raise my hourly rate again!
All jokes aside, maybe it's because E3 visas are easier to deal with than H1-B visas from an employer's perspective? The E3 is exclusive to Australians, and from what I've read, only a fraction of them are taken up each year, compared to H1-B's which are oversubscribed. Cheaper doesn't factor into it, as my understanding is that an employer will need to offer the equivalent of what a US worker would make anyway, i.e. you can't import labour at below market rate. Factor in relo costs, etc, plus the real risk that some people may pack it in and come back home, it's probably significantly more expensive than hiring locally. (Also, as far as I'm aware, Pivotal pair ATFT or close to it, so if they hired you, they'd want to pair with you regardless of where you're from. :P) On 16/02/2011, at 9:53 AM, Tim McEwan wrote: > At first I thought they must be so keen to employ us because we're cheaper > (are we?). But they want to pair. I wonder why they're so keen to pair with > Aussies... Maybe there's just no American devs left - maybe @github has > finally succeeded. > > -- > Tim McEwan > > On Wednesday, 16 February 2011 at 00:01, Rich@thelogicbox wrote: > >> Sure you couldn't be tempted stateside? >> Targeted recruitment for Aussie Rail's devs. >> http://www.seek.com.au/Job/move-to-new-york-10-x-aussie-software-engineers-asap-with-pivotal-labs/in/melbourne/18983303 >> >> Good to see to new found pivotal revenue stream is being put to good >> use. >> Rich > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en.
