[clamper1797]

It took me 8 months to find a job after getting laid off. The new job is only vaguely related to what I used to do and I had to take a 20% pay cut. Being out of work SUCKS. BTW my mortgage is $4200 a month. Try paying that on $1330 a month unemployment. I literally came within days of forclosure. I had 88 count them ... 88 ... recruiters looking for jobs for me. I flew to Washington, Idaho, Texas and Boston for interviews Virtually NO ONE is hiring in Silicon valley. Most of the ads on the job boards are fake and the one that are not fake have the bar so high that the worlds expect in any particular field would have a hard time passing the interview.

Bottomline ... if your are an American born engineer you have very little chance of getting a job in Silicon Valley right now

[SauronOfMordor]

Most of the ads on the job boards are fake and the one that are not fake have the bar so high that the worlds expect in any particular field would have a hard time passing the interview.

They want to hire an H1B, so they have to rig it so that "they can't find a qualified American to do the work"

[palmer]

Hah! I only took a 19% cut. I see the unrelatedness of my new job as a plus, it's motivating to learn something new. But on the mortgage side I sold the expensive house, moved to a much cheaper area and am toughing out the commute (75 miles each way). I'll save my money and move closer someday.

[ComputationalComplexity]

Not true, an american engineer can still get a great job, but only if he has an IVY league or elite engineering school's diploma.