[IP] more on Tech: A 'hostile environment' for US natives????

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

Lets see, programmers should come to the realiztion but farmers,  
steel companies ... should yell for and get cash/tariffs etc hmmm

Dave

Begin forwarded message:

From: Benjamin Black <ben@layer8.net>
Date: May 6, 2005 3:47:17 PM EDT
To: dave@farber.net
Cc: Ip <ip@v2.listbox.com>, shap@eros-os.org
Subject: Re: [IP] more on Tech: A 'hostile environment' for US  
natives????


> As painful as it would be in the short term, removing the cap on
> H1-B visas is the fastest way to rationalize the programmer pricing
> structure in the United States, and the only way to preserve IT jobs
> here over the long haul.

I think this hits the nail on the head: developers in the US have
unrealistic expectations of how they are to be compensated that are
based on the view that developers are scarce.  Outsourcing gives the
lie to the scarcity myth.

There are always developers far above average who will continue to
command premium compensation, but the preponderance of folks will have
to come to grips with the fact that they must compete not just on
ability, but on price.


Ben



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