I am a software developer with over 8 years of actual commercial experience. I have worked for a number of very large companies and in the last couple of years for two startups. Both of those failed (though they were NOT.coms and they have dealt with some very good technology).
I have an actual B.Sc degree in computer science, i can come up with a better algorithm then anyone. I am not just an average coder. I have participated in some open source projects and some well known code has my name on it.
Yet since the last company went out of business i had trouble even getting to interviews.
Why? Because of all the H1B "speciallists" and their likes that flood the industry. Indians, chinese and my countrymen russians that used to clean floors for living all went to become "programmers". In fact just last week i had a recruiter that was actually surprised to learn that i have a degree. She told me that "many are programmers after they take a course, you know".
So here we go - in the pile of liar resumes with pseudo achievements mine will not even be visible to employers. And those that do talk to me try to pay little because they know what a mess i am in. 2 interviews in 2 months. Granted this is New York, hardly a mecca for
software developers.
Moreover, i cannot even feel proud about what i do - saying "software engineer" brings in everyone's mind a face of the golddigger hardly speaking english.
A little story to this end: back in 97 when the whole tech boom has just began, i was offered a job by a little company in a northern VA. I am sure they know who they are. The job was to quickly teach their newly brought in from *one foreign country* (take a guess) consultants ALL I KNOW ABOUT UNIX (thats the official title) so that then they could "sell" those people with fake degrees and fake resumes to unsuspecting client companies. Needless to say, i didn't take the job - but i am sure someone did.
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I am a software developer with over 8 years of actual commercial experience. I have worked for a number of very large companies and in the last couple of years for two startups. Both of those failed (though they were NOT .coms and they have dealt with some very good technology).
I have an actual B.Sc degree in computer science, i can come up with a better algorithm then anyone. I am not just an average coder. I have participated in some open source projects and some well known code has my name on it.
Yet since the last company went out of business i had trouble even getting to interviews.
Why? Because of all the H1B "speciallists" and their likes that flood the industry. Indians, chinese and my countrymen russians that used to clean floors for living all went to become "programmers". In fact just last week i had a recruiter that was actually surprised to learn that i have a degree. She told me that "many are programmers after they take a course, you know".
So here we go - in the pile of liar resumes with pseudo achievements mine will not even be visible to employers. And those that do talk to me try to pay little because they know what a mess i am in. 2 interviews in 2 months. Granted this is New York, hardly a mecca for
software developers.
Moreover, i cannot even feel proud about what i do - saying "software engineer" brings in everyone's mind a face of the golddigger hardly speaking english.
A little story to this end: back in 97 when the whole tech boom has just began, i was offered a job by a little company in a northern VA. I am sure they know who they are. The job was to quickly teach their newly brought in from *one foreign country* (take a guess) consultants ALL I KNOW ABOUT UNIX (thats the official title) so that then they could "sell" those people with fake degrees and fake resumes to unsuspecting client companies. Needless to say, i didn't take the job - but i am sure someone did.
So here you go - make your own conclusions...