[quote=kev374]I’m surprised at all these high salaries considering it is extremely difficult to get a job in Software Engineering right now. A friend of mine has been searching for over 2 months in the Bay Area and hasn’t found anything yet. His skills are in Informatica and MicroStrategy. Another one I know is Sr. Java with 15 years and can’t find anything, a hiring manager mentioned that there were 50 resumes from Indian temp workers (who have creatively circumvented H1b laws) on his desk within a day for 1 open position…that’s where this competition is coming from.
Yea, that’s a game that’s catching on leveraging h-2bs too. You take a guy from India, pay him top of India pay, fly him over, pay per diem him for hotel and food and cut the on shore rate a little bit. The contract house goes from a 20-30% margin to an 70-80% margin and the client sees 20-30%contract rate reduction. One hour a day covers expenses and the rest is gravy. The India person is making $20/hr but shipping it all home and it’s better money and better conditions than working there.
Plus creative resume writing. But no one cares, they’re disposable, if they don’t work out you kick’em out, send them home and bring in indentured servant 156,007 of 1,200,000,009.
