You're response is just. I believe it is a scam just to get more foreign workers here. I've been in the I.T. field for the past 12 years in varied positions from PC Tech to Unix Admin and one thing that I've seen is many of these foreign workers are not as skilled as we are led to believe. I base a lot of that on the ones that I've personally worked around, but if you don't believe me, take a look at the various I.T. forums online. Take a close look at the names of the posters. I actually took a position from a Indian contractor once (which seems to be unheard of these days), because as it turned out the guy wasn't doing anything. His own manager had no clue what he was doing on any given day. Many of these foreigners are indeed qualified, but many aren't, and are getting the positions because of their nationality. It angers me when I see that they're saying they can't find any talent here. I believe the correct phrase is we can't find anyone who'll take less money and do whatever we tell them to do without incident.
Racism definitely does exist in the I.T. field. As a Black male working in the I.T. field for the past 10 years I know for a fact that I've been denied opportunities based on the color of my skin. These were opportunities that I was more than qualified for, but apparently with many companies the thought of having a non-caucasian individual responsible for there technology seems to be blashphemy. This is something that in the last 10 years I've noticed exists in many industries from educational and/or state to corporate. Its ok for us to be performing monkeys, but God forbid we want to work in such a field where we use our intellect.
Also as one of the other posts pointed out, if a company does hire a non-caucausian into the I.T. department, their pay scale is indeed significantly lower. Over the past 10 years I've noticed that most foreign-based companies are much more receptive to non-caucasian I.T. workers. Having worked for two such companies their concern was more on my ability to perform the job, not the color of my skin. Having been born and raised here in the U.S, that's pretty sad.
My advice to any non-caucasian individuals currently, or pursuing opportunities in the I.T. field is to continually hone your skills to be better than the other guy, because when going for that opportunity, you already have one strike against you so your skills will definitely have to standout.
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You're response is just. I believe it is a scam just to get more foreign workers here. I've been in the I.T. field for the past 12 years in varied positions from PC Tech to Unix Admin and one thing that I've seen is many of these foreign workers are not as skilled as we are led to believe. I base a lot of that on the ones that I've personally worked around, but if you don't believe me, take a look at the various I.T. forums online. Take a close look at the names of the posters. I actually took a position from a Indian contractor once (which seems to be unheard of these days), because as it turned out the guy wasn't doing anything. His own manager had no clue what he was doing on any given day. Many of these foreigners are indeed qualified, but many aren't, and are getting the positions because of their nationality. It angers me when I see that they're saying they can't find any talent here. I believe the correct phrase is we can't find anyone who'll take less money and do whatever we tell them to do without incident.
Racism definitely does exist in the I.T. field. As a Black male working in the I.T. field for the past 10 years I know for a fact that I've been denied opportunities based on the color of my skin. These were opportunities that I was more than qualified for, but apparently with many companies the thought of having a non-caucasian individual responsible for there technology seems to be blashphemy. This is something that in the last 10 years I've noticed exists in many industries from educational and/or state to corporate. Its ok for us to be performing monkeys, but God forbid we want to work in such a field where we use our intellect. Also as one of the other posts pointed out, if a company does hire a non-caucausian into the I.T. department, their pay scale is indeed significantly lower. Over the past 10 years I've noticed that most foreign-based companies are much more receptive to non-caucasian I.T. workers. Having worked for two such companies their concern was more on my ability to perform the job, not the color of my skin. Having been born and raised here in the U.S, that's pretty sad. My advice to any non-caucasian individuals currently, or pursuing opportunities in the I.T. field is to continually hone your skills to be better than the other guy, because when going for that opportunity, you already have one strike against you so your skills will definitely have to standout.