Comment Re:What's good for Bill Gates... (Score 1) 696
I'm sorry, but with so many experienced American programmers and engineers unemployed or underemployed, I don't see the benefit of bringing many more permanent workers into the pool from abroad.
The U.S. deliberately produces way too many technical PhDs, with the result that graduates spend years as relatively low-payed post-docs, and have extreme difficulty getting suitable permanent positions.
I think qualified Americans, many of whom are ethnically Chinese or Indian, should have first shot at what jobs exist.
It's just amazing that the lawyer-politicians who set up all these visa programs somehow always forget to bring in foreign lawyers along with the techies. Salaries for lawyers have sky-rocketed, and I would advise any young person to look at a career there before any technical field.
I'm also unclear on the value of transferring our most valuable technical knowledge to China, surely our number one potential enemy in the future. Bill Gates is certainly keen on it, and of course just had the Chinese premier over for a nice dinner.
Doc
The U.S. deliberately produces way too many technical PhDs, with the result that graduates spend years as relatively low-payed post-docs, and have extreme difficulty getting suitable permanent positions.
I think qualified Americans, many of whom are ethnically Chinese or Indian, should have first shot at what jobs exist.
It's just amazing that the lawyer-politicians who set up all these visa programs somehow always forget to bring in foreign lawyers along with the techies. Salaries for lawyers have sky-rocketed, and I would advise any young person to look at a career there before any technical field.
I'm also unclear on the value of transferring our most valuable technical knowledge to China, surely our number one potential enemy in the future. Bill Gates is certainly keen on it, and of course just had the Chinese premier over for a nice dinner.
Doc
