[posterkid]

Great post, thanks. The H1-B scam is one of the most horrible things to happen to the tech industry. The comments about how the H1-Bs will work 15hour days because they have to are right on. My previous employer used about 30% H1-Bs in the IT group, and the company before probably had 40-50% in development.

There is no worker shortage. There is a shortage of workers willing to do 60 hour weeks for $40k/yr. Deport them all.

Debunking The Myth Of A Desperate Software Labor Shortage is a very interesting piece, if extremely long.

[banjo joe]

Something that "management" ignores is the amount of rework that must be done when H1-Bs do the coding; not because they're not good, but b/c of the language barrier. But, if you'll work 70 hours (40 to code, 30 to fix)a week why not?

First it was manufacting, now it's IT and engineering.

[glc1173@aol.com]

"There is no worker shortage. There is a shortage of workers willing to do 60 hour weeks for $40k/yr. Deport them all."

Absolutely right. The fastest way to create one job for one downsized native-born American IT worker is to deport one H-1(b) back to India.

H-1(b) is just a way of letting top executives of U.S. firms hire dirt-cheap labor from India without the sacrifice of themselves moving there to supervise them.

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