Not to mention the myth of “the shortage of Highly skilled American Tech workers”. Why would corporations pay an American Engineer with top $$$$ when they can get an Indian or Chinese worker for cheap.
“Why would corporations pay an American Engineer with top $$$$ when they can get an Indian or Chinese worker for cheap.”
A friend who’d been laid off was contacted by his former employer. They were behind on releasing a board and wanted to pay him $55/hr to work during the day on the layout. At five Eastern Time he put the design on the internet and it was picked up by an Indian engineer who then posted his work at the end of his day. My friend talked to the Indian, who he said was very good. The Indian was making $18,000/year and very happy with it. All the company’s boards and designs were being done in India at a fraction of the US price.
Since, my friend has had on and off contract work in Defense, which requires the employee to be a US citizen. But he hasn’t had a “real” job in several years.