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To those who would promote globalization, beware of this double edged sword. I'm predicting in the near future, just as our manufacturing jobs have been sent overseas to the workers willing to work for pennies, workers from overseas will be coming hear to get middle management positions and be willing to work 70-80 hr. weeks for a $30,000.00 salary.
It's going to be strange seeing all these white collar workers standing in line for the gub-mint cheese handouts. But hey......it's good for the bottom line, right? ow long before someone undercuts YOUR job?

Indeed, this is the flip side of free trade. "free trade" means cheap labor gets to be imported as well.

But, this is great for the corporations, so full steam ahead! (Just kidding)

On the other hand, what is the quality of these H1B workers? A libertarian would argue that US citizens would beat them due to better schooling, etc. (oh, wait, libertarians don't want public universities).

But I think the whole H1B flap is just something that distracts angry, unemployed workers from where the blame really lies in the tech downturn: Millions upon millions of dollars down the drain on harebrained dot-com insanity.

Blame immigrants? Blame the CEOs that swindled their workers and investors out of some serious cash.

Nobody seems to want to remember what "everyone" thought in 1999: The sky was the limit on the internet, "year 2000" companies were a good investment, etc. etc.

I think the tech industry has largely made their own bed. They can lie in it.

I'm predicting in the near future, just as our manufacturing jobs have been sent overseas to the workers willing to work for pennies, workers from overseas will be coming hear to get middle management positions and be willing to work 70-80 hr. weeks for a $30,000.00 salary.

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Incidently, I've flat left the software deveolpment industry after 30 years. . .