One of the most encouraging developments related to the ongoing fraud and abuse afflicting the H-1B visa program is the boots-on-the ground approach being taken by the administration to solve the pro... More >
There’s probably no more hotly contested or controversial issue in IT than the question of whether there’s an IT skills shortage in the U.S. One side claims adamantly that while we have plenty of IT ... More >
In my post, “The American Dream Need Not Be Realized in America,” last week, I suggested that unemployed and underemployed U.S. IT pros should look at opportunities overseas in their pursuit of a r... More >
The IT executives who will be gathered at the IT Business Edge Midmarket CIO Forum in Orlando in March probably won’t have anything higher on their agendas than figuring out ways to cut costs. Someti... More >
It’s obvious that there’s a great deal of resentment among many IT professionals who are either unemployed or underemployed and who are watching as growing numbers of people from other countries fill... More >
The compulsion of some people to say things online that they would never dream of saying in a physical setting gets more mystifying by the day, especially given that the practice can have very seriou... More >
Google’s threat to pull up stakes and leave China following a major hack attack from within the country has rekindled controversy over its decision four years ago to enter the China market even thoug... More >
Scenario: You’re an IT professional who was laid off eight months ago, and you’re getting desperate. You’ve applied for dozens of jobs, but you’ve received responses from only 25 companies, and you’v... More >
It was bound to happen. It’s understandable that someone could be so deeply angered by H-1B fraud and abuse, and the resultant suffering of U.S. workers, that he’s driven to make defamatory and libel... More >
In my “Age Discrimination in IT: At Least the Pain Is Shared” post last week, I wrote about how this injurious practice occurs across career fields, including the IT profession. My observation that... More >
One of the things I’ve found as I write about the controversy surrounding the H-1B visa program is that there appears to be something of an urban legend that the CEOs of technology companies, many of... More >
A blog post last week, May 2010 Be the Year That Charles Wang Is Brought to Justice , touched a nerve in a reader who commented on the performance bonus of over $600 million that software vendor CA ... More >

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