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Waaypoint t1_jdljeq6 wrote

Reply to comment by jxx37 in America needs immigration reform, or it risks losing an entire generation of tech workers to countries like Canada, the UK, and Japan by TakeOffYourMask

Salary is lower but things like healthcare access and cost, educational opportunities for kids, and freedom to access information are better in the UK at the moment.

That and working in the US is highly dependent on where you live and it has been exacerbated by recent changes in laws in certain states.

For example, women cannot receive adequate care in many states because of draconian abortion laws. If you have a child who is trans they might not be able to receive treatment.

You also have major educational gaps developing in some states. There are states that are trying to ban mentioning the existence of the LGBTQ population or racial bias in public schools. Setting aside the perceived morality of this, it hamstrings the students if they want to go into certain fields. If you have a child educated in this system they are going to be at a significant disadvantage relative to their peers from other states.

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Waaypoint t1_jdlir1q wrote

Reply to comment by ButterscotchLow8950 in America needs immigration reform, or it risks losing an entire generation of tech workers to countries like Canada, the UK, and Japan by TakeOffYourMask

I've largely had this experience. It was more expensive, added levels of management difficulty, and introduced other intangible challenges. It wasn't some nebulous corporate "greed" it was the fact that we could not find enough candidates for certain roles in the US. Finding local talent wasn't really an option in a lot of cases. I head hunted at colleges, sponsored paid internships, advised on courses and classes that would place someone at the front of the line for our jobs.

The bigger travesty is when we wouldn't promote internal candidates with tons of institutional knowledge, good performance reviews, and drive (regardless of their immigration status). The company always caped their salary expansion or always refused to match external or internal offers. Those people rightfully left for better paying jobs taking their experience and internal knowledge with them. We would then hire some green recruit who we would spend thousands onboarding and training for more than the previous employees ask because we had to hire within industry pay bands. In my experience, every single person that asked for an increase or match ended up leaving, so it wasn't a bigger picture numbers game. If anything, it encouraged other workers to seek employment elsewhere.

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REPOST_STRANGLER_V2 t1_jdlektt wrote

Reply to UK regulator sides with Microsoft over Call of Duty on PlayStation concerns by OutlandishnessOk2452

Sony are the worst alongside Nintendo so I'm all for it, Microsoft has allowed many of their games onto PC over the years whereas Sony have tried to stop crossplay wherever possible, we still don't have Ghost of Tsushima or the original Uncharted games on PC, it took them 10 years to bring The Last of Us to PC.

If you want to play PS1/2/3 games you've got to use emulators as it's the only way unless you want to buy the original consoles/games, if Sony cared they could release emulators for PC and let us buy the games, instead we have to pirate.

I'm not a complete Microsoft fan boy but they have always been pretty good with bringing emulation to their newer consoles, if you've got a copy of RDR you can play it on the Xbox Series X no problem.

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