Re: So I guess MIT is not good enough anymore?

From: JavaJunkie (javajunkie_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 01/25/04 

Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 23:53:57 GMT

Let me tell you something. I live in Florida and when I see people picking
oranges and strawberries, I notice they are all exclusively Central-American
immigrants (Mexicans etc). Not because these are jobs American don't want,
it's because these immigrants will work harder for less money and are
exclusively hired for these jobs.

In IT, I see the same trend, except they are H1-B Indians. I have nothing
against them as I have nothing against any culture, but it bothers me when
the last 8 java programmers hired at my job are all exclusively H-1B
Indians. And all the candidates I saw come in to interview were ALL INDIANS!
Never did I see any locals interviewed. Where are the American programmers?

So when I see headhunters looking exclusively for candidates who studied at
Indian Inst. of technology, I can't keep quiet. Employers like these people
because the work late into the night, weekends and work hard to send their
money back to family in India. Yet I try to interview for these jobs and I
get shot down because I'm an American who questions and objects, and
probably won't work late at night and weekends.

As a programmer I guess I have no choice then to go to ITT, get a degree so
an American company can hire me. Hey I may even change my name to an Indian
sounding one so my resume get considered more.

"JavaJunkie" <javajunkie@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:8ZoQb.102002$I05.1972551@twister.tampabay.rr.com...
> When I got the following posting on Monster.com I almost puked.
> See http://jobsearch.monster.com/getjob.asp?JobID=20663147
>
> They want candidates from IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) / REC
> (Regional Engineering College). So I guess MIT is not good enough anymore?
>
> ------------------------
>
> Job Description
>
> 5+ years in C++, Unix, Java, Swing, JSP, Servlets, RDBMS (Oracle or
> Informix) development
> Candidates from IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) / REC (Regional
> Engineering College) would be preferred!!
> Telecom Background is a MUST
> Excellent Communication Skills
>
> Interested candidates please send their resumes immediately.
>
>
>

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