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rdouble on April 13, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Do Immigrant Engineers Depress Engineer Wages?

Except that legacy system maintenance is like agricultural work. You can't get Americans to do the work.

ahamilton on April 13, 2013 [–]

There are no jobs "Americans won't do." Depressed wages and the de facto Spanish language requirement reduce American interest in agricultural work.

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