Again, you are completely, totally, and UTTERLY FULL OF SHIT.
In 2000, the INS discovered that, on average, H1B's are paid 13k less per year (around 53k) than American workers. So, if you're an H1B indentured servant, you're hardly making a higher wage.
Furthermore, there was some guy who filed an H1B application (for shits and giggles) asking the government to approve a bunch of imported coders with a per-hour rate LESS than minimum wage. It was rubber stamped and sailed right through. You'd be naive to think that corporations aren't taking advantage of this to bolster their bottom line.
If you were willing to investigate the issue in ANY kind of detail, you'd discover that your answers have absolutely no truth propping them up.
1) The majority of tech companies hire a piddly _2%_ of all applicants. If an IT worker shortage DID in fact exist on the scale that ITAA members claim, then they have no business hiring a mere 2% of those who submit resumes. Nor do foreign workers possess any more brilliance or aptitude for programming than the U.S. born ones, so do NOT argue that Indians by virtue of birth are superior software engineers. This is complete and total bullshit. There is a LOT of fraud that goes on in places like India -- falsified credentials, presenting candidates who've had nothing more than a 2 week crash course in Java and touting them as experts, etc.
2) The "overseas outsourcing" threat is nothing more than that -- a threat. The majority of companies who've tried it will readily admit that the outsource projects were exercises in headaches and fuck-ups. The language barrier is a huge problem, as is the need for geographical proximity to ensure the project is managed well. Most companies will outsource bits and pieces, but NOT entire projects. I wish congress would call their bluff.
I could go on, but you're obviously too ill-informed to argue with.
...This dude [owensfitness.com] is hardcore -- he's probably the top male fitness model out there right now...
THAT dude is a fucking pussy. Lee Labrada could tear Owen's arms off and beat him to death with them. Seriously, if you're going to lift, you might as well lift to get BIG and STRONG -- not to look like some cheeseball with that self-important i-smell-something-funny grimmace perpetually plastered on your mug.
The sole motivation for getting buff is to be able to pummel the living shit out of guys like Owen when they heckle you for being a computer geek. Plus, you'll always get the girlies because you're both brainy and buff. For some bizarre reason, women get all freaked out when their stereotypes are challenged. Present them with a software engineer who also has a washboard stomach and huge guns and you're totally in there.
If you're interested in learning how to get results (and Owen's advice is at best misguided), check out http://www.cyberpump.com. THESE guys are hardcore and they cut through the crap. Short, intense workouts stressing compound movements are the only way to go.
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Again, you are completely, totally, and UTTERLY FULL OF SHIT. In 2000, the INS discovered that, on average, H1B's are paid 13k less per year (around 53k) than American workers. So, if you're an H1B indentured servant, you're hardly making a higher wage. Furthermore, there was some guy who filed an H1B application (for shits and giggles) asking the government to approve a bunch of imported coders with a per-hour rate LESS than minimum wage. It was rubber stamped and sailed right through. You'd be naive to think that corporations aren't taking advantage of this to bolster their bottom line.
If you were willing to investigate the issue in ANY kind of detail, you'd discover that your answers have absolutely no truth propping them up.
1) The majority of tech companies hire a piddly _2%_ of all applicants. If an IT worker shortage DID in fact exist on the scale that ITAA members claim, then they have no business hiring a mere 2% of those who submit resumes. Nor do foreign workers possess any more brilliance or aptitude for programming than the U.S. born ones, so do NOT argue that Indians by virtue of birth are superior software engineers. This is complete and total bullshit. There is a LOT of fraud that goes on in places like India -- falsified credentials, presenting candidates who've had nothing more than a 2 week crash course in Java and touting them as experts, etc.
2) The "overseas outsourcing" threat is nothing more than that -- a threat. The majority of companies who've tried it will readily admit that the outsource projects were exercises in headaches and fuck-ups. The language barrier is a huge problem, as is the need for geographical proximity to ensure the project is managed well. Most companies will outsource bits and pieces, but NOT entire projects. I wish congress would call their bluff.
I could go on, but you're obviously too ill-informed to argue with.
The sole motivation for getting buff is to be able to pummel the living shit out of guys like Owen when they heckle you for being a computer geek. Plus, you'll always get the girlies because you're both brainy and buff. For some bizarre reason, women get all freaked out when their stereotypes are challenged. Present them with a software engineer who also has a washboard stomach and huge guns and you're totally in there.
If you're interested in learning how to get results (and Owen's advice is at best misguided), check out http://www.cyberpump.com. THESE guys are hardcore and they cut through the crap. Short, intense workouts stressing compound movements are the only way to go.