I just got a DM from yet another reader describing how his entire team at his tech job has been replaced by H1B Indians.
This is not an issue of “there are no American workers available”
This is an issue of American workers getting replaced with cheap Indian labor.
2020: The Science™ is settled
2021: Trust the Science™
2022: Sorry you lost your job for not trusting The Science™
2023: We have recalled The Science™ from the market
2026: The Science™ pleads the 5th
This list from Toby Rogers has been living rent-free in my head. It's not like "they" got a few things right and a few things wrong, they got EVERYTHING wrong, which means this was intentional.
Gen X turned 50 this decade and discovered what 50 now means in America.
Still paying the mortgage they bought at the worst time.
Still recovering from the career disruption of COVID.
Still helping their parents who didn't save enough.
Still supporting their adult kids who can't afford to leave.
Still five to ten years away from a retirement that keeps getting more expensive to reach.
Still showing up. Still not complaining loudly enough for anyone to notice.
Gen X didn't get a golden era.
They got the bill for everyone else's.