Readings

The readings for this week focus on issues related to the workplace: competition from immigrants and the idea of a work-life balance.

1. H-1B Specialty Occupations, DOD Cooperative Research and Development Project Workers, and Fashion Models

2. Let's talk about the H1-B Visa

3. The U.S. System for ‘Skilled’ Migrants Is Broken

4. Visa Rejections for Tech Workers Spike Under Trump (mirror: outline)

5. Why do we work so hard?

6. Give Up on Work-Life Balance

7. Maybe We All Need a Little Less Balance

8. How to Recognize Burnout Before You’re Burned Out

Optional: Immigration

These readings provide some background on the H-1B visa and lists what companies are utilizing this immigration program.

• Top 100 H1B Visa Sponsors

• H-1B: Foreign citizens make up nearly three-quarters of Silicon Valley tech workforce, report says

These readings discuss some of the controversy regarding the use of H-1B visas.

• Is the H-1B Program a Cynical Attempt to Undercut American Workers?

• Not Everyone in Tech Cheers Visa Program for Foreign Workers

These readings argue the pros and cons of immigration as it relates to the technology industry, including an examination of if there is a tech-talent shortage.

• Immigrants Help Solve the Looming STEM Worker Shortage

• New data on H-1B visas prove that IT outsourcers hire a lot but pay very little

These readings further discuss the need for reforming the H-1B visa program.

• Don't Give Silicon Valley More H1B Visas

• Silicon Valley's "Body Shop" Secret: Highly Educated Foreign Workers Treated Like Indentured Servants

These readings discuss reactions to the Trump administration's changes to the H-1B visa program:

• Engineers Are Leaving Trump’s America for the Canadian Dream

• Companies Say Trump Is Hurting Business by Limiting Legal Immigration

Optional: Work-Life Balance

These articles discuss some of the challenges of working non-stop:

• What happens when we work non-stop

• The compelling case for working a lot less

These articles discuss the difficulty of balancing work and family life.

• Why Women Still Can't Have It All and the follow-up Why I Put My Wife's Career First

• The Work-Family Imbalance

These articles discuss the pressures to make work a priority in the tech industry and in America in general:

• In Silicon Valley, Working 9 to 5 Is for Losers

• Americans Work 25% More Than Europeans, Study Finds

These articles discuss the struggling with this balance in the tech industry:

• Why Tech Is the Leading Industry on Parental Leave

• Silicon Valley's Best and Worst Jobs for New Moms (and Dads)

These articles focus on this issue at Amazon and Google:

• Google Employee Alleges Discrimination Against Pregnant Women in Viral Memo

• Inside Amazon: Wrestling Big Ideas in a Bruising Workplace

These articles discuss burnout:

• The Reality of Developer Burnout

• How Millennials Became The Burnout Generation

Bonus

Maybe relevant. Maybe not.

• On Parenthood

Quiz

Once you have completed the readings, fill out the following quiz:

Note, you can view the initial quiz score after you submit your responses. If you get any answers wrong, you can go back and adjust your answers as necessary. After the deadline has passed, any wrong answers will be given partial credit.