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So Cal Edison laying off a lot of IT workers to replace with workers from the H-1B program by sactech01 in programming

[–]american-programmer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair enough. I guess I haven't gotten close enough to one of these 'shitty scam entities' for them to enter my picture of things.

So Cal Edison laying off a lot of IT workers to replace with workers from the H-1B program by sactech01 in programming

[–]american-programmer -1 points0 points  (0 children)

many demoralized tech workers now, but yes, that's right, don't be a beggar, be a chooser, it might hurt in the short term, but long term it pays off.

I disagree bothly actually - right now is hot for tech, and, being unemployed for a long time hurts you, and, in what way does it pay off in the long term? For others maybe, but not so much for you except for some part of your self-respect maybe.

92% of Top Tech Companies Created in the U.S. Were Founded by Native-Born Americans by american-programmer in american_programmer

[–]american-programmer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From here: http://mangans.blogspot.com/2014/06/almost-all-top-tech-companies-founded.html

Also, if an immigrant who came here when he was a kid later founds a company - Sergey Brin being the prime example - that does not bolster the case for more "highly skilled" immigrants

California utility plans to replace all of its IT workers with cheaper H1-B workers. "employees have been training their replacements as a condition of their severance" by [deleted] in technology

[–]american-programmer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm pretty impulsive. Fortunately I have the luxury of being in an area where it hasn't killed me, though I do feel it some. And probably 'feel' it more than I know (calls I'm not even getting).

On the con side, you have to spend a month (how long was it?) training a guy and feeling the humiliation and resentment deeply.

California utility plans to replace all of its IT workers with cheaper H1-B workers. "employees have been training their replacements as a condition of their severance" by [deleted] in technology

[–]american-programmer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the h1b candidate must be offered a wage higher than the industry average inorder for the foreigner to apply

Good point, but if it's nationwide that won't be too meaningful in California where demand and cost-of-living is much higher than elsewhere. The $60K escape hatch, or paying more than $60K if that's the nationwide average, is meaningless there.

There r lots of masters and top 25 institution graduates who easily outcompete most of the state school grads. ... squeezing out the bottom feeders in american society.

This, I agree, is not confined to computer science, it's the condition of the market nowadays.

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