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I can no longer get a job in my industry due to the fact that I am a straight white male

The companies in this industry (I am a full stack developer) are now straight up asking for your race, gender, and sexual orientation

To test my theory, on one of the applications I put that I was native american. Keep in mind I've submitted about 30 applications. I have 15+ years of experience in this field, and know pretty much every technology there is to know.

This was the only company that reached out to me for an interview so far

Now my only choice is to start my own business or change fields entirely, which is going to be hard because I'm in my mid 30s.

Even with starting my own company though, I looked into it and met up with some people from a payment processor, and one of them also straight up asked me what my race was. I felt like I had to lie just to get approved for that

Make no mistake we are being systematically soft genocided from society. This is why white people get desperate and become nazis

So I guess i am going to try and start a business next week and use a payment processor that I dont have to meet with. If that doesn't work out I can always just off myself so I dont have to deal with this sick place anymore

I can no longer get a job in my industry due to the fact that I am a straight white male The companies in this industry (I am a full stack developer) are now straight up asking for your race, gender, and sexual orientation To test my theory, on one of the applications I put that I was native american. Keep in mind I've submitted about 30 applications. I have 15+ years of experience in this field, and know pretty much every technology there is to know. This was the only company that reached out to me for an interview so far Now my only choice is to start my own business or change fields entirely, which is going to be hard because I'm in my mid 30s. Even with starting my own company though, I looked into it and met up with some people from a payment processor, and one of them also straight up asked me what my race was. I felt like I had to lie just to get approved for that Make no mistake we are being systematically soft genocided from society. This is why white people get desperate and become nazis So I guess i am going to try and start a business next week and use a payment processor that I dont have to meet with. If that doesn't work out I can always just off myself so I dont have to deal with this sick place anymore

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[–] • 2 pts

I have found a big percentage of the good ones are already here in the US. If they are H1B they usually make a bit less because that is basically glorified indentured servitude.

But you can find good ones still in India though. My best dev team is 100% based in India. A lot of it is because the dev lead is a very solid leader and the rest of the team is fairly experienced. They all make between 20 and 35 lakh which is equivalent of $25k to $44k. That's easily a ratio of 5-1 or at worst 3.5-1.

We have a team of Angular-only UI devs who are all pretty solid and make around 10-12 lakh (equivalent $12k-15k). That's more like a 7-1 ratio with an equivalent dev in the US.

[–] • 3 pts

My best dev team is 100% based in India

congratulations on being part of the problem

[–] • 0 pt

Its the hand I've been dealt. I have to solve a problem with limited budget. I do what I can to get the job done with as many Americans as I'm allowed and can afford. At the end of the day, some of these skillsets are no longer specialized and are just commodities now.

I absolutely am in support of tariffs and regulations on this should over government ever choose to advance that agenda. But you have to be careful because then companies will completely offshore this stuff just like they did manufacturing, and now ALL US-based jobs will be in jeopardy.