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Post #122,400
by deSitter
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10/22/03 3:21:39 PM
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New As I've so often said..
..the H1B's I met were no better than the average local IT worker, and often worse.

I never met one who was on the level of the people here.

I did meet a woman at IBM who was significantly above average.

Many of the H1Bs I met at Mastercard were plain awful. High school kids could have done a better job.

The idea of Indian "super-IT-men" is utterly bogus.
-drl
Post #122,439
by gdaustin
10/22/03 10:08:41 PM
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New Thoughts....
I had a thought. I'm working for a small company that seems to always be 2-3 months from running out of money.

There's always a deadline, an ask to work a weekend, late night or something.

But, then they grumble when I need a vacation day, sick day, etc.

My thought was that if this company doesn't keep me, then I'm going to start going after EDI and enterprise vendors that are hiring all this foreign labor. The likes of EDS/Sterling/etc.

If I can't get hired by them, then I'll just prevent them from being able to make sales, by creating the same software they sell as open-source.

Open source ANSI X.12, EDI, HL/7, NCPDP parsers. Open source data mapping tools from parser tools to databases. Open source ERP, Supply Chain, etc. interfaces. The point is that if you're good, you just need to keep doing what you're doing.

Eventually, companies will start using your open-source, find your name in the comments, and need to hire you to make modifications.

The sweetest victory would be one where your open source became the standard and the big companies were all struggling to stay afloat while you end up with more contracts (and money) than you can do.

I can dream.

Glen Austin
     How Offshore Outsourcing Failed Us - (lincoln) - (39) - Oct. 22, 2003, 03:09:19 PM EDT
         As I've so often said.. - (deSitter) - (1) - Oct. 22, 2003, 03:21:39 PM EDT
             Thoughts.... - (gdaustin) - Oct. 22, 2003, 10:08:41 PM EDT
         I wonder if all who could code/manage to US standards - (Arkadiy) - (22) - Oct. 22, 2003, 03:53:22 PM EDT
             Not even close - (deSitter) - (21) - Oct. 22, 2003, 04:44:37 PM EDT
                 It was more than the Java that was bad. - (admin) - (3) - Oct. 22, 2003, 05:13:30 PM EDT
                     Seen it before - (tuberculosis) - (2) - Oct. 23, 2003, 12:50:32 PM EDT
                         How long before PHBs get burned? -NT - (Arkadiy) - (1) - Oct. 23, 2003, 01:00:26 PM EDT
                             Re: How long before PHBs get burned? - (deSitter) - Oct. 23, 2003, 08:33:04 PM EDT
                 Question: - (jb4) - (16) - Oct. 24, 2003, 12:39:20 PM EDT
                     Well, there's also . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (15) - Oct. 24, 2003, 12:51:28 PM EDT
                         'zacly - (deSitter) - Oct. 25, 2003, 03:38:58 PM EDT
                         How widespread? - (Ashton) - (13) - Oct. 26, 2003, 05:37:27 PM EST
                             Go look in the trash - (scoenye) - (4) - Oct. 27, 2003, 10:16:30 AM EST
                                 ***farkinboggle*** -NT - (deSitter) - Oct. 27, 2003, 10:17:53 AM EST
                                 Seconded - (drewk) - (2) - Oct. 27, 2003, 10:27:35 AM EST
                                     Send that one in to Shark Tank. -NT - (admin) - (1) - Oct. 27, 2003, 10:29:24 AM EST
                                         Good call, will do -NT - (drewk) - Oct. 27, 2003, 10:48:00 AM EST
                             Very - (Andrew Grygus) - (7) - Oct. 27, 2003, 11:15:34 AM EST
                                 So, given your experience, can it be fixed? - (Arkadiy) - (4) - Oct. 27, 2003, 11:36:29 AM EST
                                     The success of the "My Documents" folder . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (3) - Oct. 27, 2003, 11:55:48 AM EST
                                         Abstractions - and *Bob*/Linux - (Ashton) - (2) - Oct. 27, 2003, 01:57:53 PM EST
                                             Not just a rumor... - (inthane-chan) - (1) - Oct. 27, 2003, 02:02:07 PM EST
                                                 Re: Not just a rumor... - (deSitter) - Oct. 27, 2003, 03:56:19 PM EST
                                 Related article on security . . - (Andrew Grygus) - Oct. 27, 2003, 11:41:29 AM EST
                                 This isn't a computer-only issue - (drewk) - Oct. 27, 2003, 02:47:40 PM EST
         My favorite part... - (mmoffitt) - (7) - Oct. 22, 2003, 05:40:51 PM EDT
             Mine: - (imric) - Oct. 22, 2003, 07:13:41 PM EDT
             re "Team" - (Ashton) - (5) - Oct. 23, 2003, 04:09:40 AM EDT
                 Re: re "Team" - (deSitter) - (1) - Oct. 23, 2003, 05:15:08 AM EDT
                     Re: re "Team" - (andread) - Oct. 23, 2003, 09:27:48 AM EDT
                 Not alone. - (mmoffitt) - (2) - Oct. 24, 2003, 09:33:47 AM EDT
                     Human Resources and the Cult Mentality - (orion) - (1) - Oct. 24, 2003, 09:51:17 AM EDT
                         It's hard for me to tell - (Ashton) - Oct. 25, 2003, 12:30:58 AM EDT
         Been there - done that - tried to pick up the pieces - (dlevitt) - (5) - Oct. 27, 2003, 04:47:09 PM EST
             Don't know about India, but - (Arkadiy) - (4) - Oct. 28, 2003, 10:14:01 AM EST
                 The Russian Way? - (deSitter) - (3) - Oct. 28, 2003, 10:49:00 AM EST
                     Inside out works better for small outsides - (Arkadiy) - (2) - Oct. 28, 2003, 11:17:10 AM EST
                         You just perfectly described someone I knew - (ben_tilly) - (1) - Oct. 28, 2003, 09:57:04 PM EST
                             We Russians programmed in 60s up until 90s :) -NT - (Arkadiy) - Oct. 29, 2003, 10:46:33 AM EST

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