[Bulk] Re: [Novalug] sysadmin positions -- Yay, more cheap labor!!

[Miguel Gonzalez Castaños]

Paul,

  This is the second time that you mention this. I'm not waste my time 
with you. Thank you for calling me cheap labor. I really appreciate it.

  Miguel


Paul D. Bain escribió:
> Miguel Gonzalez Castaños wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Anyone know of sysadmin positions in the MD/DC area? It's for someone
>>  that needs visa sponsorship.
>
>     Yes, let us import still _more_ cheap labor into the USA! The 
> corporations and politicians are screaming for more cheap labor. 
> "Cheap labor, cheap labor, cheap labor," they cry, "We must have more 
> cheap labor!! And that labor must be easily exploited, too!"
>
>     Folks, the shortage of cheap, exploitable IT labor threatens our 
> entire economy. We have _got_ to furnish the corporations with more 
> cheap labor. They simply do not have enough. Do NOT believe the 
> G_ddamned nonsense that JLG posted to the list a few days ago:
>
> > jlg wrote:
>
>> The IT market is doing OK compared to the bad years of 2001-2004, but
>>  there is no shortage of skilled folks.  Duh.
>>
>> Also the piece talks of "level of risk" associated with an IT career 
>> - few other practitioners of a profession are obsolete at age 40 the 
>> way we can be (female actors and models are others that come to my 
>> mind).  The author claims this is a major reason for the shortfall in
>>  CS graduates.
>>
>> See:  http://tinyurl.com/2ofa2e
>
>     Furthermore, do NOT believe the nonsense in this article:
>
> http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/12/28/52FE-underreported-visas_1.html
>
>     Folks, virtually every IT periodical that I have read in recent 
> years (except for the obviously ludicrous articles cited above) 
> assures me that there is a profound shortage of IT labor in this 
> country. So it _must_ be so. Please join me in urging your Congressman 
> and Senators to flood this country with as much cheap labor as 
> possible. We simply do not have enough.
>
>     Furthermore, I urge all of you to join me in supporting the 
> Presidential candidates who favor increased quotas for the H-1B visa. 
> I shall now identify those candidates. Those candidates are, uh,  
> let's see, actually, uh  .  .  .  _ALL_ of them! Yes, that is right, 
> even Romney, who fancies himself a hardliner on immigration, is in 
> favor of more H-1B's.
>
>     Folks, if you think the IT employment situation is bad now, then 
> you need only wait a few more years, when the economy is in full 
> recession (if it is not in a recession already) and there a few 
> million more L-1's and H-1B's in this country. At that point, things 
> will be _much_ worse. I do NOT intend to remain in IT that long. I can 
> see the IT employment disaster that looms ahead. I know that I will be 
> working for minimum wage if I stay in IT much longer.
>
> --Paul Bain
>
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