tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post4366870888792703119..comments2024-03-27T08:40:31.785-06:00Comments on Clayton Cramer.: PBS On "The Bogus High-Tech Worker Shortage"Clayton Cramerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03258083387204776812noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-83803016202303821482013-07-26T15:23:39.213-06:002013-07-26T15:23:39.213-06:00As much as there is to disparage about the "P...As much as there is to disparage about the "Palestinian Broadcasting System", I have to admit that once in awhile its report on something comports with impartial reality, i.e. the truth.<br />I have read about this problem before, with regard to such H-1B visa holders being paid very little and continually under threat of deportation, which is not what we expect from Americans.Windy Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01951254236693386401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-20286385572876795302013-07-26T10:58:01.900-06:002013-07-26T10:58:01.900-06:00I figure any company that gets a random H1B guy fr...I figure any company that gets a random H1B guy from China or India gets what they deserve: <i>probably someone incompetent</i>.<br /><br />By no means is everyone in China or India incompetent (I personally know a few Indians - in India - who are good programmers); but without extensive filtering effort you're getting pure luck of the draw, and China and India are both just as good at generating incompetents as the US is.<br /><br />Even worse, in a way, because one can, I'm told, get an "engineering" degree there that wouldn't pass as an Associate's in the States, and has no relation to actual ability to write a line of useful code.Sigivaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16152366541957466049noreply@blogger.com