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There's already a glut of tech workers. The IT job market already sucks
I don't imagine AI is going to make it much worse
The glut of US tech workers is due to the excessive number of H1B visas being issued. This year, the number was almost the same, but slightly higher than the total number of US tech graduates. Why hire an expensive American new graduate when you can hire someone from India with 3-5 years of experience at 60% market rate instead?
That's been part of it. But even with the H1B and the outsourcing, there's a ton of technology to be administered, maintained, and repaired. We're a technology economy. The glut of US tech workers is due to induced demand.
Because you need to be able to communicate your needs fluently and India is in the wrong time zone. You can outsource some of your work some of the time, but follow this logic to its conclusion and you begin to ask why you're even in business in the states. Why not just invest money in India's private sector if you're so convinced their workers can do a better job at a lower price? Why have an American business at all?