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235,000 Software Engineers Can't Be Wrong, Right?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the well-maybe-they-can-be-wrong dept.

jgeelan writes "The Boston Globe has carried a report on how 235,000 engineers and computer scientistsl are calling on Congress to study the impact of the country's H1-B visa program, the recession, and the outsourcing of jobs overseas on the unemployment rate of engineers and other information technology professionals. It's an issue that's bubbling on discussion sites all over America too, though in one case developers (Java developers in this instance) seem completely unable to agree on whether H1-B is really a contributing factor or not."

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  1. What a terrible choice to have to make. by captain_craptacular · · Score: 2, Flamebait

    Feed your own?

    Or deny another the opportunity to better their life by a huge order of magnitude?

    --
    They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty nor security
  2. That's shameful by sllort · · Score: 2, Flamebait

    So now that the economy sucks, and we have terrorism to cover our tracks, we're going to make a huge petition to throw a bunch of foreigners out of the country?

    Mask it any way you want, but racism sucks.