Anti-H-1B senator (R) to head immigration panel, says tech worker shortage is a 'hoax'

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36. I have to take issue with this

I read it yesterday and it has been scratching at me ever since for a number of reasons.

Your "search" for someone to fill that position resulted in no one in the USA who could do it. But the statement should have included the phrase "at that time". Perhaps 6 months before there were a number of candidates, before that there may have been even more.

Had your company advertized in the universities that such skill were needed, I'm sure that any number of potentials would have gotten the education. Believe me, what you described isn't ignored in the educational circles, it just isn't one of the mainstays because of the lack of opportunity. I learned skills in my graduate courses that had little practical application in many of my jobs but that background gave me an edge -- eg, writing a compiler from scratch.

The biggest problem I have with your argument is that you were caught flatfooted. That is ridiculous to a large IT consulting company. The first rule is if it's important, back it up. If it's real important, back up the backup.

That includes people. It especially includes people.

And then there's the fact that this person worked on a contract for a customer. I don't think that speaks very highly for the competence of your company. You weren't caught flatfooted -- they were. I wonder who your MBA management blamed.

I think your company cut corners to increase their bottom line. What did you bill this $165k out at? And how much was the H1B really paid?

I find this a very weak argument for H1Bs.