[FormerLurker]

you're off in never-never land here. It just simply does not make sense to apply for TEN times as many H1B programmer analysts as you've got engineers in your entire opperation. Doesn't make sense, won't make sense, can't make sense, must be somebody elses' screw-up.

Of COURSE it doesn't make sense, that's why DCM should be investigated. If all is well, then fine, move on. If not, then we've just nabbed ourselves a bunch of crooks.

And second your site doesn't HAVE software engineer listed, it has "computer: programmer/analyst" which in most places is the same thing with the same salary.

First off, it's not MY site. I've simply have brought attention to its existance.

Secondly, although the search criteria list at the site doesn't include a software engineer in its list doesn't mean that it isn't a job title.

For example, do a search on COMPUWARE for the year 2001. You'll see that they've filed applications for SOFTWARE ENGINEERS, PROJECT MANAGERS, AND PROGRAMMER ANALYSTS.

Next, do a search on RAYTHEON for 2001 and see what you come up with. Sort of a scary thought that indentured servants from China and elsewhere are developing US DEFENSE SYSTEMS!!

[discostu]

Calm down dude, you're screaming all over the place.

Again I go back to my first position, DCM isn't even close to the only company showing up this way on the site. The most likely explanation is that there's something wrong with either the data or how it's being massaged. Especially when you factor in the multiple identical listings in the same city.

I never said "software engineer" wasn't a title. I said it's not a title SEARCHABLE in this database (and I'm guessing not a title that DOL considers to be distinct for H1B purposes. You made a big deal out of the jobs being listed as programmer/analysts rather than the supposed more profitable software engineer. I was simply pointing out that, at least within the limitations of that site, it's not possible to list jobs as software engineer. Whether or not it's a valid job title out in the rest of the world has zero bearing on a discussion of the data on your site (and I say "your site" because you pointed it out, I'm afraid readers might think "this site" refers to FR and I can't remember the name of the site in question and am too damn lazy to look it up... let me re-emphasise that to everybody I am NOT implying in any way the FormerLurker has anymore association to the site he linked to than the link itself indicates).