Laszlo Bock, Vice President for People Operations at Google, testifies before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration on June 6, 2007. Topics of discussion include H-1B visas, employer-based green cards, and the impact of immigration policies on Google.
Courageous! The vice president for people operations at Google really stood up for Google. What a remarkable courage you showed!
2011rhythmdivine 5 months ago
USA needs a good educational system, and less financial strain on its people so they have the time an resources to educate themselves. Housing costs and the very prosperity of cash into check places (people being so tight on funds they have to borrow for 2 weeks in advance) are the biggest obstacles. Once everyone feels secure, they can start turning their attention to realizing their dreams, or even having dreams in the first place. Most people right now dream of winning the lottery.
Sillybillydilly 3 years ago
USA needs a points based highly skilled migrant system like the rest of the western world uses and cut the family reunification based green cards.
bogtown 3 years ago
Bechtolsheim was not an H1B visa worker. Shriram was not a CS, EE type of technical workers; he was a salesman. What does this have to with a cheap labor program like H1B?
linuxguru1968 4 years ago
not here to involve in an argument just to get the facts right...
Kavitark Ram Shriram "Google's sherpa" - true
he also "formed the DNA of the entire company" - true.
The guy who wrote the 100K cheque was Andy Bechtolsheim, the founder of Sun Microsystems.
(the market mostly regard Bechtolsheim as the principle investor in Google. Shriram's financial involvement is mysterious)
skotumk 4 years ago
Can you tell me exactly what you disagree with?
linuxguru1968 4 years ago
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Yeah fuck off
bogtown 4 years ago
dudes (icono.., linux..) get a life.
darkblues 4 years ago
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Lie 1: Google Founders: Brin and Page were not H1Bs. Sergy Brin family immigrated under a different visa type YEARS before H1B. Larry Page was native born.
Lie 2: Search Engine Inventor: The concept of a search engine was NOT invented by Brin/Page-it was invented by an American named Vannevar Bush in 1930s called Memex.
linuxguru1968 4 years ago
Lie 3: Intel Founder - he referring to George Grove who was non-technical and again not a guest worker or H1B of any sort.
Lie 4: Yahoo Founders - David Filo was a native born American of European descent. Jerry Yang was not a guest worker or H1B - he immigrated with his family and was completely educated in the USA.
iconoclast616 4 years ago