I could not help but notice how many posts from seeker.dice.com forums, and elsewhere, are of the same nature. Below are just a few recent examples:
(btw: dice did a relaunch of their message boards yesterday, so I am not sure if the links will work. But I promise you, these are all from 100% real posts).
“Recently I graduated from the Network Engineering program at Trios College in Ontario, Canada in September of 2008.” “It's a shame that I spent $18,000 on this college program that should have guaranteed me instant employment in a very high demanding industry, yet I can't even find even a basic entry level position to start a new career.” http://seeker.dice.com/olc/thread.jspa?threadID=11819&start=0&tstart=0
“I will graduate in 3 weeks with a AS degree in networking. and a MCP certified, I have been have trouble finding any kind of IT jobs.” http://seeker.dice.com/olc/thread.jspa?threadID=11290&tstart=0
“The problem I'm having is that no matter how many jobs I apply for, and no matter how well-written my applications are, I can't seem to get further than the first interview. For some reason it seems a lot of employers will completely overlook my degree in computer engineering . ..” http://ask.slashdot.org/askslashdot/08/09/29/1926216.shtml
“Being educated, with a 4 year bachelor's degree in engineering (non IT), I want to start a career in IT. I have been a learner all the time, educated myself on various computer subjects. I tried applying for various entry level positions, got two calls but failed to even get to the interview.” http://seeker.dice.com/olc/forum.jspa?forumID=5
I graduated from the Universty of Missouri in May of this year, with Bachelor's Degrees in CS and IT (took me 5 years). . . And now here I am, 4 months/200 or so apps in. I'm trying to find a job in the Chicago area, or here in St. Louis as a backup. I've had one phone interview . . It's like I'm not even being considered, and I have no idea why. http://seeker.dice.com/olc/thread.jspa?threadID=10251&tstart=0
“Not been able to find anything in the IT/ICT field since my graduation from Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (BS) in 2002.” http://seeker.dice.com/olc/thread.jspa?messageID=71731
“I let my now ex-wife talk me into going to UoP for my BS in IT (circa 2002/2004). What a waste. $20k of debt and the degree is virtually worthless. Dumbest thing I've ever done!” http://seeker.dice.com/olc/thread.jspa?threadID=9209&tstart=0
“B.S. Electrical Engineering, M.S. EE, and M.S. Applied Math(currently attending),last two form US University. GPA 3.55. “I came to US in 1998 , and I have been looking for the job 10 years,as you can see! Live in South New Jersey, where you cannot get a job without connection, even it is $9. Third shifts,$7-$9 they want to hire you, don't ask many questions but for everything else, it is a rocket science to get hired!!” http://seeker.dice.com/olc/thread.jspa?threadID=8949&tstart=0
“He's a pretty sharp kid, just graduated from a small liberal-arts school that has a computing program. He just got a job in Chicago, $12/hr, no benefits . . . ” http://seeker.dice.com/olc/thread.jspa?threadID=8649&tstart=0
“I have been looking for a full time job for about a year since I graduated from my college with a B.E. in computer engineering.” http://seeker.dice.com/olc/thread.jspa?threadID=8302&tstart=0
“I graduated with a B.S. in Computer Science from New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) back in January 2005. After I graduated, I was unable to find a job . . . so in order to pay bills and student loans, I had to get a temp job doing customer service, making $12 an hour” http://seeker.dice.com/olc/thread.jspa?threadID=6562&tstart=0
“I have bachelors degree in computer science. I have 10yrs of experience in softwar
1. Those slots aren't being filled by native-born US Citizens.
Bullshit. Americans are forced to train their H1B replacements all the time.
2. Those foreigners who come to fill those slots overwhelmingly become US Ciitizens.
Have a source on that? The H1B is a temporary work visa. According to experts, like Norm Matloff, and Ron Hira; H1Bs are used to help more jobs offshore.
How, by telling them to study what they don't want to study (but that everyone else in the planet wants to study)? You can't help people who do not want to help themselves and who are more than content with a) either a HS degree (and without the ability to add fractions) or 2) pursue a degree in business, law or psychology.
Bullshit. Americans would love to study for STEM careers, if Americans didn't have to compete with 3rd world wages. Americans built the computer industry, and the internet, before the flood of H1Bs. Do you think Americans just -all the sudden- lost interest in computer jobs, for no reason at all?
How many major computer companies, or internet companies, where started in China, or India?
How about the USA? Apple, Microsoft, Cisco, IBM, eBay, Google, Amazon, Intel, Dell, Oracle, and I could go on.
Before the H1B flood, Americans built the computer industry, and the internet. So don't try to give us that pure bullshit that Americans are not willing, or able, to to do STEM work.
Which of these companies started in India, or China: IBM, Apple, Microsoft, Cisco, Intel, Google, Oracle, or I could name dozens more.
Seriously, other than cheap labor, what has China, or India, ever done?
There have been some real news stories, but slashdot won't publish those. Instead slashdot posts stories about rumors - even rumors that have been proved false.
Can't wait for the next TechGuy Google smear rumor to be published on slashdot.
Slashdot not publish stories like: Apple sued for extortion, Microsoft licenses patents to LG for Android, Microsoft confirms UEFi fears and locks down ARM devices?
Why does every unconfirmed Google smear story by this "TechGuy" shill seems to be immediately published?
But why would anyone start to use this? Google has a huge problem with quickly abandoning projects. They just throw something at wall and see if it sticks
I have to agree with you on this point. Google does that all the time.
The same problem that there would be with lots of people if Microsoft started suddenly introducing their own "standards" again.
Microsoft does not just "introduce" standards, MS strong arms everybody to adopt those MS proprietary standards. MS does not do this to improve technology, but to preserve their abusive monopoly. MS does not play nice with anybody else, and never has.
There's still some issues because of all that bs 10 years ago, but now it has almost gone away.
OOXML was ten years ago? Silverlight was ten years ago?
I am glad to see MS "introduce" all they standards they want, as long as they standards are fully open; but they never are.
The iPhone was a huge success, and that's great. But it does not mean that Apple invented the smart phone. And it certainly does not mean that Apple invented every technology included in an iPhone - such as color icons.
That is something that Apple, and Apple zealots, pretend they don't understand.
I think the Menendez borthers used that excuse, successfully at their first trial.
Obama said he would veto NDAA also
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Obama also said he close gitmo, end the fighting in Afghanistan, and so many other things.
Obama says a lot of things. I see no reason to believe to word of it.
Maybe because unions don't have power?
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I think, the way it used to work is: the repubs were supported by the corporations, and the dems were supported by the unions.
But unions have diminished in the past few decades. Today practically all manufacturing has moved offshore. So now we have the both dems, and repubs, supported by corporations.
Also, don't confuse "liberals" with "Democrats." The Democrat party of today is not the party of 1950s. Dems are on the side of the corporations, not the working people.
Wrong. Dems and Repubs are the same.
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Obama was happy to sign the 2011 NDAA. And he has certainly done nothing about the patriot act, and anything like that.
If you would look at the actual evidence, instead of sticking your head in the sand, you would see there is no difference between dems and repubs. Everything you think you know about the two parties is a myth.
Corporatism is just a facet of the left wing also
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If you would take your head out of the sand, you would see that.
For example: Obama is in bed with Goldman Sachs, and Microsoft, just as much as any republican. Don't kid yourself.
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Religious types don't do reason. Something is true because somebody says it is.
What qualifications? How much pay? Where did you advertise? Can you provide a link to the job ad?
I could not help but notice how many posts from seeker.dice.com forums, and elsewhere, are of the same nature. Below are just a few recent examples:
(btw: dice did a relaunch of their message boards yesterday, so I am not sure if the links will work. But I promise you, these are all from 100% real posts).
“Recently I graduated from the Network Engineering program at Trios College in Ontario, Canada in September of 2008.”
“It's a shame that I spent $18,000 on this college program that should have guaranteed me instant employment in a very high demanding industry, yet I can't even find even a basic entry level position to start a new career.”
http://seeker.dice.com/olc/thread.jspa?threadID=11819&start=0&tstart=0
“I will graduate in 3 weeks with a AS degree in networking. and a MCP certified, I have been have trouble finding any kind of IT jobs.”
http://seeker.dice.com/olc/thread.jspa?threadID=11290&tstart=0
“The problem I'm having is that no matter how many jobs I apply for, and no matter how well-written my applications are, I can't seem to get further than the first interview. For some reason it seems a lot of employers will completely overlook my degree in computer engineering . . .”
http://ask.slashdot.org/askslashdot/08/09/29/1926216.shtml
“Being educated, with a 4 year bachelor's degree in engineering (non IT), I want to start a career in IT. I have been a learner all the time, educated myself on various computer subjects. I tried applying for various entry level positions, got two calls but failed to even get to the interview.”
http://seeker.dice.com/olc/forum.jspa?forumID=5
I graduated from the Universty of Missouri in May of this year, with Bachelor's Degrees in CS and IT (took me 5 years). . . And now here I am, 4 months/200 or so apps in. I'm trying to find a job in the Chicago area, or here in St. Louis as a backup. I've had one phone interview . . It's like I'm not even being considered, and I have no idea why.
http://seeker.dice.com/olc/thread.jspa?threadID=10251&tstart=0
“Not been able to find anything in the IT/ICT field since my graduation from Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (BS) in 2002.”
http://seeker.dice.com/olc/thread.jspa?messageID=71731
“I let my now ex-wife talk me into going to UoP for my BS in IT (circa 2002/2004). What a waste. $20k of debt and the degree is virtually worthless. Dumbest thing I've ever done!”
http://seeker.dice.com/olc/thread.jspa?threadID=9209&tstart=0
“B.S. Electrical Engineering, M.S. EE, and M.S. Applied Math(currently attending),last two form US University. GPA 3.55.
“I came to US in 1998 , and I have been looking for the job 10 years,as you can see! Live in South New Jersey, where you cannot get a job without connection, even it is $9. Third shifts,$7-$9 they want to hire you, don't ask many questions but for everything else, it is a rocket science to get hired!!”
http://seeker.dice.com/olc/thread.jspa?threadID=8949&tstart=0
“He's a pretty sharp kid, just graduated from a small liberal-arts school that has a computing program. He just got a job in Chicago, $12/hr, no benefits . . . ”
http://seeker.dice.com/olc/thread.jspa?threadID=8649&tstart=0
“I have been looking for a full time job for about a year since I graduated from my college with a B.E. in computer engineering.”
http://seeker.dice.com/olc/thread.jspa?threadID=8302&tstart=0
“I graduated with a B.S. in Computer Science from New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) back in January 2005. After I graduated, I was unable to find a job . . . so in order to pay bills and student loans, I had to get a temp job doing customer service, making $12 an hour”
http://seeker.dice.com/olc/thread.jspa?threadID=6562&tstart=0
“I have bachelors degree in computer science. I have 10yrs of experience in softwar
1. Those slots aren't being filled by native-born US Citizens.
Bullshit. Americans are forced to train their H1B replacements all the time.
2. Those foreigners who come to fill those slots overwhelmingly become US Ciitizens.
Have a source on that? The H1B is a temporary work visa. According to experts, like Norm Matloff, and Ron Hira; H1Bs are used to help more jobs offshore.
How, by telling them to study what they don't want to study (but that everyone else in the planet wants to study)? You can't help people who do not want to help themselves and who are more than content with a) either a HS degree (and without the ability to add fractions) or 2) pursue a degree in business, law or psychology.
Bullshit. Americans would love to study for STEM careers, if Americans didn't have to compete with 3rd world wages. Americans built the computer industry, and the internet, before the flood of H1Bs. Do you think Americans just -all the sudden- lost interest in computer jobs, for no reason at all?
How many major computer companies, or internet companies, where started in China, or India?
How about the USA? Apple, Microsoft, Cisco, IBM, eBay, Google, Amazon, Intel, Dell, Oracle, and I could go on.
The Asians aren't taking away anyone's jobs.
No American wants to compete with 3rd world wages. Other countries protect their workers, not the USA.
There's literally tons of American expats living and working in China these days.
Well, yeah, but since they're Americans, that's only about a dozen people.
Not all engineering jobs can or will be sent overseas.
No, the rest will be filled by H1Bs are trained by the Americans the H1B's replace. Unless you have a top-secret clearance, or something.
Why compete with 3rd world wages? Train for a job that won't be taken by a foreigner.
Before the H1B flood, Americans built the computer industry, and the internet. So don't try to give us that pure bullshit that Americans are not willing, or able, to to do STEM work.
Which of these companies started in India, or China: IBM, Apple, Microsoft, Cisco, Intel, Google, Oracle, or I could name dozens more.
Seriously, other than cheap labor, what has China, or India, ever done?
I'm not lawyer, but it seems like it could be.
Microsoft conspiring with hardware makers is no different than Standard Oil conspiring with the railroads.
What would they want to buy a company for when their only appreciable asset is their (struggling) smart phone OS?
Patents. That's just about all there is to tech these days.
There have been some real news stories, but slashdot won't publish those. Instead slashdot posts stories about rumors - even rumors that have been proved false.
Can't wait for the next TechGuy Google smear rumor to be published on slashdot.
Slashdot not publish stories like: Apple sued for extortion, Microsoft licenses patents to LG for Android, Microsoft confirms UEFi fears and locks down ARM devices?
Why does every unconfirmed Google smear story by this "TechGuy" shill seems to be immediately published?
But why would anyone start to use this? Google has a huge problem with quickly abandoning projects. They just throw something at wall and see if it sticks
I have to agree with you on this point. Google does that all the time.
The same problem that there would be with lots of people if Microsoft started suddenly introducing their own "standards" again.
Microsoft does not just "introduce" standards, MS strong arms everybody to adopt those MS proprietary standards. MS does not do this to improve technology, but to preserve their abusive monopoly. MS does not play nice with anybody else, and never has.
There's still some issues because of all that bs 10 years ago, but now it has almost gone away.
OOXML was ten years ago? Silverlight was ten years ago?
I am glad to see MS "introduce" all they standards they want, as long as they standards are fully open; but they never are.
If Apple doesn't care, then why is Apple constantly patent scamming?
BTW: I think you got the roles reversed. This is not about Apple being sued, it's about one of Apple's scam lawsuits failing.
The iPhone was a huge success, and that's great. But it does not mean that Apple invented the smart phone. And it certainly does not mean that Apple invented every technology included in an iPhone - such as color icons.
That is something that Apple, and Apple zealots, pretend they don't understand.
Apple is always right. Evidence, and logic, are irrelevant.
Suing Apple right out of business would be great. Although I'm sure that's too much to ask for.
I used to like Apple, before Apple became a thuggish, IP scam company.
I think the Menendez borthers used that excuse, successfully at their first trial.
Obama also said he close gitmo, end the fighting in Afghanistan, and so many other things.
Obama says a lot of things. I see no reason to believe to word of it.
I think, the way it used to work is: the repubs were supported by the corporations, and the dems were supported by the unions.
But unions have diminished in the past few decades. Today practically all manufacturing has moved offshore. So now we have the both dems, and repubs, supported by corporations.
Also, don't confuse "liberals" with "Democrats." The Democrat party of today is not the party of 1950s. Dems are on the side of the corporations, not the working people.
Obama was happy to sign the 2011 NDAA. And he has certainly done nothing about the patriot act, and anything like that.
If you would look at the actual evidence, instead of sticking your head in the sand, you would see there is no difference between dems and repubs. Everything you think you know about the two parties is a myth.
If you would take your head out of the sand, you would see that.
For example: Obama is in bed with Goldman Sachs, and Microsoft, just as much as any republican. Don't kid yourself.
And no problem that Obama has not kept his campaign promises?