Tech is a bad field. It did work out OK for me, but I got in decades ago and have now retired.
They can offshore your job.
They can bring foreigners here to take away your job.
Your job can be automated.
Your job can be eliminated by fools upstairs who don’t understand why technology is important.
And technology changes all the time — it’s real work to stay up to speed, and if you don’t, they will bring in a new foreigner who just graduated with the latest skill and who will work cheap.
It’s a pretty foolish career path at this point.
But, from the view of a national economy of a developed nation — you REALLY want your citizens to pursue technology and grow your own economy with your own people and keep all the skills, money, and knowledge right here at home.
The government has to make some serious changes to make technology a good field again.
Happened to me in 2008 - crash and everything
Changed EVERYTHING I once knew as normal
Just like we need to get non-English speaking immigrants from driving 18-wheelers, we need most of our tech to be Americans. Now that the H1B problem is impacting both tech and trade jobs, I hope that Americans will rally against overuse of H1B's.
1. Like almost any STEM field, it is universal in nature and therefore easily transferable across borders.
2. It doesn't require professional licensure.
The second one is a big one, because it's what sets an IT professional apart from, say, a medical doctor, a professional engineer, lawyer, or a CPA. The educational requirements for licensure in some of these fields represent a high barrier to entry for foreigners who might otherwise be qualified to do the work.
Same here. Retired four years ago after almost 40 years in mainframe environments.
Unless you’re MS certified in some discipline, don’t bother.