So, how it works is that someone posts their resume on a job board, such as dice.com. Then they get calls, emails, and texts, sometimes over 50 PER DAY from some random dude in India who is "recruiting" for a job. He has absolutely no idea what the job is and knows nothing about web technology. Some idiots go for this, then those resumes are sent to a "project manager" who also has no idea what the job is and knows nothing about web technology. Based on key words in the resume, the person gets hired. THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME!!!
THAT is the "IT infrastructure" that everyone is so dependent on. And you wonder why airlines suddenly shut down? Why banks screw up all the time?
NO ONE stops to see: 1) Does this project really need to happen? Is it making people's lives better in some way? 2) What is the most efficient way to accomplish this goal? 3) How do we make this operation very very secure?
NO ONE.
AND, get this, this is how ALL FEDERAL GOVERNMENT "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY" IS DONE.
This also means that hiring "highly qualified" people from other countries is complete bullshit.
Ask anyone who works in this field about this.
Be thankful that all this is coming out before Trump takes office. It would have been bad news if Elon and Vivek "fixed" the government.
Also, remember, debate is part of living in a free country.
Software Engineer here!
So I am in the field.
Yes I am glad we are having this convo for sure!
Not in the field but I know many as I live in the 2nd biggest tech hub in the country.
If you are not East Indian and walking into an interview and the manager is East Indian you might as well leave. They only hire their own and stick to their own. I know Americans with CS degrees from good schools who have trouble finding work.
The H1-B East Indians don’t assimilate and become part of the community, they stink up every housing place and stain it with curry I am not kidding this is actually an issue, they price out locals and bring everyone with them. You’ll see their families out and about, why are their 70 year old parents here? Are they working and paying taxes? No.
I drafted a whole post about how this has affected my hometown and the Seattle area and how nobody I grew up with can afford to buy a house here no and how there is no sense of community here anymore. But at this point I feel like I would be beating a dead horse if I posted it.
A lot of people on this site just don’t get it cause they haven’t lived it which is why they have called people like us shills.
+1000 That's why I left Seattle for a very red state very far away from WA.
Wife and I are looking at Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia.
A brewery in Knoxville has an opening. Gonna apply. Also gonna send my resume to Jack Daniel’s and George Dickel.
Louisiana has St. George now.
Would love to hear your impressions of these 3 potential options...each are on our retirement list, which we are trying to whittle down in 2025 so we can get the hell out of DC.
I grew up in San jose and saw it go from white engineers to Indian engineers, because they "couldn't find" Americans. Meanwhile the Americans decided to retire early because tech doesn't hire anyone over 50 and everyone my age moved to somewhere we could afford to live.
Yup white Americans in the Bay Area and Seattle got bent over. The cities have the exact same issues.
It's the American tax. Companies avoid a 30,000 dollar tax hiring non American workers. It's cheaper for them to hire non American workers. Fix the tax code, this is why they avoid hiring U.S. workers.
Post it - it needs to be said. Those of us who get it, get it - this needs to become common knowledge. Pajeets are cancer to your job, your company, your town, your community, your country. Cancer.