How to H-1B American
Diversity, equity, and immigration. Is it racist for the American government to prioritize the welfare of Americans over foreigners? Is the nation’s divisive H-1B visa a pathway for the world’s most talented men and women to become citizens, or is the success of the program, and its popularity in Silicon Valley, more a matter of reliably cheap engineering talent? What’s the matter with cheap engineering talent, anyway — don’t we need it? And why does anyone care what a billionaire expat living a luxurious, secluded life in the British countryside thinks about American labor policy? These were the questions hotly dividing the technology industry when Palmer Luckey, beloved, America-obsessed hard tech founder of both Oculus and Anduril, went to scorched earth war with Paul Graham, former head of Y Combinator and prolific “thoughtful” lib, following what seemed, to the casual eye, Graham’s perfectly reasonable post: “I believe the most qualified person should get the job.” And who could a