I can't help but think most companies who don't give a shit would rather hire 3 shitty guys overseas for $19k each than 1 decent guy in the U.S. for $75k.
If shitty tech workers need a salary reality check, fine. But I think the H1-Bs are overdone. Or is it H-1B? I can never remember.
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I can't help but think most companies who don't give a shit would rather hire 3 shitty guys overseas for $19k each than 1 decent guy in the U.S. for $75k.
Are you one of the corporate execs where I work?
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
One the one hand, I want immigration reform and think that allowing skilled labor into the country will certainly raise the country's GDP, growth rate, etc.Vince wrote:For now. Zuckerburg is pushing hard to change that with Immigration reform. I'm really starting to hate that little prick's guts.TheCatt wrote:Actually, visas are pretty limited for those guys.Vince wrote:Yeah, too bad the jobs are going to Indians with visas.
On the other hand, more programmers = less demand for programmers, and I'm a programmer.
It's not me, it's someone else.
That's true as long as someone in the company recognizes that all coders are not created equal. For the number crunching firm like Gordo was talking about, I think they look at how many Indian workers they can get for the same amount of money.
"... and then I was forced to walk the Trail of Tears." - Elizabeth Warren
Nearly 100% of the overseas code I had to unfuck was not documented, and used poor coding practices.
Nearly 100% of the code I see is that way, overseas or otherwise.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
TPRJones wrote:Everyone thinks their code is good.
I didn't use to. Then I started paying more attention to the code from other dudes on my team and ones we were interviewing. The interview thing is stark. I would never have believed it, but there are two types -- those can code and those who can't. Period. It's not a halfway thing. I'd say at least 90% of the applicants we look at epically fail what should be ten-line programs. I'm talking shit that should be, if not second nature, not completely foreign. I've got two standard questions I give every interview candidate. They aren't difficult if you've got a legit two-year degree. I've yet to see one of the 90% bullshit their way through it, even though some look to have had the creds on paper to pull it off.
I consider them to be rather good indicators of filtering out the "you've got no hope" group from everyone else. If I've got that barometer, I'm thinking it's not a huge leap to suppose I've got one for quality.
I'll grant my code sucked for a few years, and it took some time to realize it sucked, how it sucked, and how to unsuckify it. But it sucks far less than back in the day. I don't know if it's "good" but it's been better than 90% of the people I've met through the professional or academic worlds. There are a few folk who currently work at MS in that demographic. Their programmers are outstanding. Their designers, architects, marketers, and managers all need regular whippings. But the programmers they hire are solid.
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Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
TheCatt wrote:I hear software engineers make a boatload more with nicer working conditions.
Welders don't make dick
Or maybe they do?
HOUSTON— Justin Friend ’s parents have doctoral degrees and have worked as university lecturers and researchers. So Mr. Friend might have been expected to head for a university after graduating from high school in Bryan, Texas, five years ago.
Instead, he attended Texas State Technical College in Waco, and received a two-year degree in welding. In 2013, his first full year as a welder, his income was about $130,000, more than triple the average annual wages for welders in the U.S. In 2014, Mr. Friend’s income rose to about $140,000.
That has allowed the 24-year-old to buy a $53,000 Ford F-250 pickup truck, invest in mutual funds and dabble in his hobbies, such as making jet engines, including one he attached to a golf cart.
“Not everybody needs a four-year college degree,” said Kathryn Vaughan, his mother, a retired biology lecturer who spent part of her career at Texas A&M University.
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It's not me, it's someone else.
To be fair, he works the equivalent of two jobs:Vince wrote:My burden... being right so much of the time
Mr. Friend, who is single, typically works 72 hours a week, usually including at least one day of the weekend, often on an overnight shift. His base pay is more than $25 an hour, up from about $22 when he started in 2012. He gets overtime after 40 hours a week. Pay is doubled on Sundays and tripled on holidays. He receives health insurance, a 401k retirement plan and paid vacation.
It's not me, it's someone else.
Yeah, our welding program has grown to several hundred students and for the past three years has had a 100% placement rate for graduates. Their average starting salaries for their first year after graduation are being reported as around $90k (including overtime).
The Port of Houston and the oil industry down here just can't get enough welders.
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The Port of Houston and the oil industry down here just can't get enough welders.
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