You know this very issue popped into my mind the day I got the axe. At the company I worked at I was a minority just being an American citizen. Now, here I was shaking hands saying good bye to people who didn't get the axe, who weren't US citizens, who didn't out perform me on the job and it struck me as funny why they were staying and I wasn't.
Employers should be REQUIRED by law to let go of their H1B employees before letting go US citizens. After all, they came here to work because we had more openings than people. Now we have more qualified citizens than openings. Not only are we undercutting our own citizens in their backyards but we are having to pay unemployment to them also! Wouldn't it make a whole lot more sense to send the H1's packing and keep Americans working?
I have 6 years of experience working on cutting edge cellular data products. I've worked on both cell systems and cell phones. I have 2 patents and I'm only 27. This is supposed to be the prime of my career.
I've sent out dozens of resumes to companies with posted openings both in my state and across the US. The amount of interviews I've had in 2+ months of being unemployed? ONE! And that was from a small business in my town that's owned by my neighbor. And before you say that my resume must suck....I've been told by multiple recruiters that my resume is among the best they've seen.
Don't assume that coders aren't out of work or that if they are that they find jobs immediately. It simply isn't true. There are some areas of the country that were extremely hard hit and continue to suffer. Not only are many of us going to be changing industries (still coding yes but in a different industry) but we're also open to HUGE pay cuts just to get a job to pay the mortgage.
"President Bush calls out the National Guard to provide airport network security after alleged hack attempt from Dullas International.
Today, Mr. Bush citing the need to protect business travelers from hackers in airports called out the National Guard to aid in the inspection of network packets in airport terminals. Later today he'll be proposing a 55 billion dollar budget amendment to increase network security in airports.
Mr. Bush said at his press conference "We just need to spend more money to provide security for these Americans. The US economy is depending on it."
Better yet. Build your system with a both a wireless card and a commercial wireless modem with a range of 2 miles or so. If the system was built into an offical looking box that was screwed to the wall in some back closet you would be able to have free service as long as you don't mind living under the droning hum of airplanes taking off and landing all day/night.
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Employers should be REQUIRED by law to let go of their H1B employees before letting go US citizens. After all, they came here to work because we had more openings than people. Now we have more qualified citizens than openings. Not only are we undercutting our own citizens in their backyards but we are having to pay unemployment to them also! Wouldn't it make a whole lot more sense to send the H1's packing and keep Americans working?
I have 6 years of experience working on cutting edge cellular data products. I've worked on both cell systems and cell phones. I have 2 patents and I'm only 27. This is supposed to be the prime of my career.
I've sent out dozens of resumes to companies with posted openings both in my state and across the US. The amount of interviews I've had in 2+ months of being unemployed? ONE! And that was from a small business in my town that's owned by my neighbor. And before you say that my resume must suck....I've been told by multiple recruiters that my resume is among the best they've seen.
Don't assume that coders aren't out of work or that if they are that they find jobs immediately. It simply isn't true. There are some areas of the country that were extremely hard hit and continue to suffer. Not only are many of us going to be changing industries (still coding yes but in a different industry) but we're also open to HUGE pay cuts just to get a job to pay the mortgage.
I can see the CNN headlines now...
"President Bush calls out the National Guard to provide airport network security after alleged hack attempt from Dullas International.
Today, Mr. Bush citing the need to protect business travelers from hackers in airports called out the National Guard to aid in the inspection of network packets in airport terminals. Later today he'll be proposing a 55 billion dollar budget amendment to increase network security in airports.
Mr. Bush said at his press conference "We just need to spend more money to provide security for these Americans. The US economy is depending on it."
Better yet. Build your system with a both a wireless card and a commercial wireless modem with a range of 2 miles or so. If the system was built into an offical looking box that was screwed to the wall in some back closet you would be able to have free service as long as you don't mind living under the droning hum of airplanes taking off and landing all day/night.