Comment were 2001-2003 the high tech boom years? (Score 1) 827
Having just read through the article, I see it says:
"Congress capped the number of non-immigrant visas for skilled professionals at 65,000 in 2004 and 2005 in an effort to increase border security and ensure more jobs for home-grown tech workers.
That is a third of the 195,000 work visas issued annually during the high-tech boom years from 2001 to 2003."
Is it just me or was 2001-2003 *not* the high-tech boom years? As far as I can remember the boom years ended around 2000. So that means that while engineers were getting laid off by the many thousands, companies were hiring ~200,000 H1B's annually?
"Congress capped the number of non-immigrant visas for skilled professionals at 65,000 in 2004 and 2005 in an effort to increase border security and ensure more jobs for home-grown tech workers.
That is a third of the 195,000 work visas issued annually during the high-tech boom years from 2001 to 2003."
Is it just me or was 2001-2003 *not* the high-tech boom years? As far as I can remember the boom years ended around 2000. So that means that while engineers were getting laid off by the many thousands, companies were hiring ~200,000 H1B's annually?
