French Secretary of State for the digital economy Axelle Lemaire announced in an interview with Le JDD that the French government will work on a developer visa for highly skilled employees.
While the French government already announced that it plans to create a so-called startup visa for entrepreneurs and investors, Lemaire wants to extend this visa to engineers. According to French governmental agency Pôle emploi, hiring developers is the most difficult hiring process in France. And it’s not over — tech companies will be looking for 36,000 new developers in the next five years.
French engineering schools are very good but won’t be able to make up for this increase in job openings. Moreover, many engineers choose to move to the U.S. and work for American tech companies. You can see this phenomenon by looking at French tech engineers alumni networks, such as While42.
Previously, the plan for the startup visa only concerned entrepreneurs and investors who wanted to create jobs in France. Following Tariq Krim’s report on French developers, Lemaire wants to provide the same advantages for developers as well. Starting in 2015, everybody working for a startup, from founders to developers, will get a visa and be able to work for four years in France.
Finally, Lemaire will work on France’s educational system when it comes to computer science. French engineering schools are among the best engineering schools in the world, but many average students are not good enough at math or physics to pass the competitive exams. Contrarily, there are very few computer science schools that only teach you how to code.
France needs more computer science schools for anyone with a baccalauréat and a passion for startups. With the current dearth of talent, these students will easily find a job.
http://techcrunch.com/2014/04/28/france-could-create-a-developer-visa-to-support-french-startups/?ncid=tcdaily
沒簽證擠不進矽谷的開發者，法國全都要了
http://techorange.com/2014/05/06/france-could-create-a-developer-visa-to-support-french-startups/
科技新創團隊正夯，「人才」是關鍵競爭力，而且不管是自家人，還是外國人，只要是人才就是值得留下來的人，但工作簽證卻是一件很麻煩的事（矽谷也不例外）。 若想抓住各國人才，工作簽證的相關政策就得精心琢磨了。
矽谷、Google 等之所以會成功，肯定少不了外來的聰明腦袋。美劇 The Big Bang Theory 和 The Newsroom 就分別出現一位天文物理學家與電腦高手，他們都來自印度，可見移民對歐美科技和學術的貢獻已是普遍認定的事實。
集結各國高階人才可以創造更多產值，和生態多元的道理相同，基因庫越大，就越有競爭力。
法政府出招，擁抱外來程式設計師
為了網羅更多科技人才留在法國，法國數位經濟助理部長 Axelle Lemaire 日前於法煤 Le JDD 的訪談中宣布，法政府將推動高階技術員工的工作簽證，尤其著重程式開發。
法政府早先已表示正在規劃「新創團隊簽證（Startup Visa）」，企業家和投資人能因此受惠，因為他們創造了就業機會，而 Lemaire 希望能進一步納入程式設計師。2015 年起，只要在法國當地的新創公司工作，從創辦人到程式開發員，人人都能享有 4 年的工作簽證。
法國科技菁英外流矽谷
現在許多法國電腦工程師選擇移居美國，投身美國科技業，「法國科技工程師校友社群平台」While42 即可一窺這股趨勢。
擴張資工教育，培育本土人才
法國就業服務局（Pôle emploi）指出，該國聘用程式開發員的手續繁雜，而預計在未來 5 年，科技公司還會需要 36,000 名新進程式開發者。法國的資工校系雖然是世界前段班，但畢業人數不足以填補這個大缺口，而且許多程度中等的學生難以應付競爭激烈的入學考試，因為數學和物理的成績不甚理想，而只教 Coding 的理工學校寥寥無幾。
因此，除了放寬工作簽證限制，Lemaire 還會調整法國的資工教育。法國需要設立更多資工學校，只要高中會考（baccalauréat）合格、對新創圈有熱忱，人人都可以入學。如今法國大鬧工程人才荒，資工學系畢業的學生根本不愁沒有工作。
擁抱人才移民，提升國家競爭力
未來幾年，電腦工程勢必依舊是兵家必爭之地，看到法國的政策已開始調整，台灣更應思考自身的人口結構與產業需求，制定合適的移工政策，才能立於不拜之地。移民不一定是來搶飯碗，高階技術移民反而能替台灣創造就業機會。
李斯於 < 諫逐客書> 中寫下「泰山不讓土壤，故能成其大；河海不擇細流，故能就其深；王者不卻眾庶，故能明其德。」就是在說明廣納各界之力以強健國家體質，法政府已釋出招賢攬才的誠意，台灣也該急起直追了！
