[Resolute Conservative]

I will say this, I am in central Texas and every time we post a senior developer all I get is Indians applying. Thus the slots go unfilled. Doesn’t help that the unemployment rate around here is 3.2% and probably lower in high tech. I see Americans staying put in their current jobs for the most part and not looking to move.

[ConservingFreedom]

Better than increasing H-1Bs would be to increase the tax on them in order to offer relocation subsidies. America for Americans!

[KC_Conspirator]

I'm not saying that finding qualified people in certain parts are easy, and that hiring a foreigner is wrong. I understand that. However, I have been involved with too many projects (and many like the one in the article) that have done this wholesale on the premise of "we can't find people" when all they are doing is "cutting costs" with indentured servants. At no time does anyone mention the word quality, because usually the quality of work goes in the toilet.

You might be surprised that there are American jobs being done in federal agencies where divisions have been outsourced to Indian firms. I worked at one of those places (GSA).

All of this puts the whole market out of wack.