Re:There are many different kinds of "I/T Workers" (Score 1)

I completely agree with T .y. Tso here. Being myself an H1B worker here in the US. Although I know that not all the H1B guys are really skilled people. I have worked at several companies and I have yet to find someone (a native US employee) who really knows his stuff and just doesn't like to talk about cool buzzwords. Also, things like MCSE certs have flooded the market with wannabe who don't know a RJ45 from a RJ11. As tytso said, most of them have "on the surface" knowledge of things but they don't hesitate to call themselves skilled workers. I think the reason is that most of them have not gone through the process of education a 4 yr. college degree imparts on you. Its like trying to read shakespear without first learning the language properly. While all of the H1B workers are college grads, most of them from engineering streams.

I am not trying to defend H1B and guys like me, but this notion, that the shortage of (skilled) IT workers in US is artificial, is completely false. There are a lot of morons out there and I meet with them everyday. You need someone to do the work :)

Thanks for listening.