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Hate to tell ya brother ... but the capital of laid off high tech workers is firmly in Silly-con Valley. The real estimated unemployment of these workers was put at over 33% by the Merk News back before Dec. The merky News and Channel 7 KGO reported that the number of area home mortgages at least one month in arears was 42%. I have at least a dozen high tech friends who are out of work. No jobs to be had ... not even at Micky D's for these people. 90%+ of the high tech jobs listed on the job boards are bogus and/or are H1B bait. A couple of my friends have already lost their house and a couple have moved to other locations in the USA. However, Silly-Valley is STILL knee-deep with "guest" ~~invaders~~ workers .... go figure

Do you know if anyone ever tries to sue the firms posting the H1-B bait? There are plenty of very qualified Americans out there... I'm suprised they aren't challenging firms that hire an H1-B over them. I'm employed (for now) but I fully expect to research a company's H1-B list if I get denied an interview in the future... for a job for which I'm capable. If everyone starts to be very agressive with H1-B violators perhaps the abuses can be limited.