Elon Musk followers turn on him after he backs importing 'super talented engineers'
Elon Musk followers turn on him after he backs importing 'super talented engineers'
Some of his own followers expressed displeasure at X owner Elon Musk on Christmas after he signaled support for importing more "super talented engineers" from overseas.On Wednesday afternoon, Musk responded to a post on X about a purported dearth of American-born engineering talent in Silicon Valley...
Summary
Elon Musk faced backlash from his followers on X after advocating for importing “super talented engineers” to address a shortage in the U.S. tech industry.
Musk likened hiring top foreign talent to building a championship sports team and argues that there is a shortage of talented and motivated American engineers.
Critics argued there’s sufficient U.S. talent being overlooked or underpaid, with some pointing to widespread tech layoffs.
Musk dismissed claims of low wages or training gaps, maintaining a need for exceptional engineering talent to advance innovation.
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How are you going to get super talented engineers when you’re gutting everything good in America.
The goal is to lower US labor costs to below European ones and more akin to the typical 50k/year indentured servitude india H1B worker salary.
Average European labour costs tend to match the average US costs because of taxes and government services paid for from taxes being different.
On the one hand, I barely get six figures in EUR as a mid-senior engineer. On the other, my rent is capped at below 20% of my take home for a large penthouse, my insurance is 140 EUR and valid everywhere across Europe, no extra costs, dental included. If I get fired, I get years of unemployment. Years.
You look outside of the US and import them