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John Miano

The Programmers Guild

4 weeks ago

www.theregister.co.uk/2017/05/30/ibm_ceo_rometty_tries_to_erase_the/ ...

IBM marketeers rub out chopper after visit from CEO Ginni

theregister.co.uk

Not a good fit. Apparently

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The Programmers Guild

2 months ago

This column by Shelly Palmer epitmizes the "Catch-22" of you can't get the job without the skills, and can't get the skills without the job.

This employer does not want to hire employees to learn on the job, because once skilled they might leave to work at a top-tier company like Facebook or Google or Apple. The author concedes that "these skills are not taught in college" - so "simply" getting an MS in computer science from Stanford is not sufficient to getting hired these days. (Unless you are an OPT of course, where Congress gives the 8% FICA exemption.)

Oddly, I don't see any job openings on their website: www.shellypalmer.com/

ARTICLE QUOTES:

We Run a Business, Not a School: In practice, we could train these workers, but not at market prices with added recruiter vigor. We just can't get enough value out of B-team players while they are in training, and by the time we help them become A-team players, their GitHub accounts and contributions will reflect their learning. At that point, they will be firmly on the radar of top-tier tech. And we would have played the role of pre-school for Facebook, Google or Apple. Great for Zuck, Larry or Tim, but not so great for us.

There is somewhere to learn this stuff. You learn it by doing it every day and communicating with the community that is doing it every day. It's not taught in schools and it is constantly evolving.

I can't wait to pay you $500,000 per year. You just have to be an awesome and insane engineer with enough skills and work ethic to keep the work we do for our clients as good as the work at the biggest and best tech companies in the world.

www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/id-pay-you-dollar500000-a-year-if-only-you-could-do-t... ...

Shelly Palmer

shellypalmer.com

Shelly Palmer is a strategic advisory, business development and creative services firm. We help companies and startups succeed in a connected world.

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The Programmers Guild

3 months ago

Full 60 Minutes H-1b segment - share it.

www.cbsnews.com/videos/youre-fired/ ...

You're Fired

cbsnews.com

60 Minutes investigates how some businesses have fired American workers and replaced them with cheaper labor: temporary, foreign workers with H-1B visas. Bill Whitaker reports.

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The Programmers Guild

4 months ago

Programmers Guild making at difference! This article features the "Cohen & Grigsby" (How to NOT hire qualified Americans) video, and the PG project website HireAmericansFirst.

How can industry lobbyists refute these?

www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/05/29/secrecy-zucks-silicon-valley-scared-death-trump-part-2/ ...

Secrecy Zucks: Why Silicon Valley Is Scared of Donald Trump, Part 2 - Breitbart

breitbart.com

Secrecy Zucks: Why Silicon Valley Is Scared of Donald Trump, Part 2

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The Programmers Guild

4 months ago

Senator Durbin has been our ally against H-1b abuse for the past decade. It's excellent that he's keeping the pressure on even if that means supporting the goals of a Republican President.

www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-03-03/a-major-proponent-of-h-1b-visa-reform-loses-patience-w... ...

A Major Proponent of H-1B Visa Reform Loses Patience With Trump

bloomberg.com

The White House says reform of controversial guest worker program 'is an issue we are closely and carefully looking at'

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