Comments on The IT Entrepreneur: A rant to: Finding a Job in America

OK.. I'll agree with your disagreement. To re-phra...

2007-10-19T16:59:00.000-04:00

OK.. I'll agree with your disagreement.

To re-phrase, let me say H1B visas are a tool the pathetically corrupt politicians and bureaucrats use to provide big business with a labor pool of CHEAPER FOREIGN LABOR they can use to fill openings in jobs that require highly skilled workers (Although sometimes they may not be as skilled as their American counterpart…I'm speaking in terms of the Information Technology industry as I have 1st hand knowledge of this, although this is probably happening in other industries that require highly skill labor as well) and can exploit at the expense of native born Americans in exchange for financial support for their election campaigns so they can hold on to their political positions.

Scott, thanks for the suggestion for a future rant...

2007-10-19T16:01:00.000-04:00

Scott, thanks for the suggestion for a future rant. I disagree with your statement "highly skilled", as often this is not the case. It has been my observation that they are sold this way, only later to learn OJT at the client company's expense. By Mr. Gates, I assume you mean Bill...

I will schedule this as a future rant.
JMK

Why don't you rant about the H1B visas and how the...

2007-10-19T15:33:00.000-04:00

Why don't you rant about the H1B visas and how the pathetically corrupt politicians and bureaucrats use this as a tool to provide big business with a labor pool of highly skilled CHEAPER FOREIGN LABOR in exchange for financial support for their election campaigns so they can hold on to their political positions. Furthermore, while holding hands with Mr. Gates ,the politicians are declaring we need foreigners to fill the labor gap because we don't have enough talent in this country, all the while government stats showing the growth in the job market for the jobs these people are filling is flat.....