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Tech Czar Unimpressed With US IT Workforce

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the faint-praise dept.

theodp writes, "'The IT work force is not skilled enough and almost never can be skilled enough,' said Robert Cresanti, Under Secretary of Commerce for Technology. So what does the Poli Sci grad and ex-General Counsel for the ITAA think is the answer? Open the gates to more foreign workers, urged Cresanti, including H-1B holders."

2 of 568 comments (clear)

  1. Re:like we need more h1b's in the US? by cOdEgUru · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    ...Have them bring their extended families with them into the US...

    You had me till that line.. After that, you were nothing but a bigot.

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    Rapid Nirvana
  2. Bush appointees aren't skilled enough by Animats · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    IT employees aren't the problem. The real problem is that Bush's appointees aren't skilled enough. There have been some real duds. Michael Brown, the FEMA director, was previously head judge of the Arabian Horse Association. Bush's early chief economic adviser, Lawrence Linsay, came from Enron. So did the U.S. Trade Representative, Robert B. Zoellick, and the secretary of the Army, Thomas White Jr. And then there's the Attorney General, Albert Gonzales, "Mr. Torture" himself, formerly Bush's lawyer.

    We could probably get better people from offshore. Certainly we could find better people in the financial and trade areas. Bring in some smart financial people from Singapore or Dubai as economic and trade advisers and get the country moving.