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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Be aware that we have over a million foreign workers temporarily in the US doing IT work.

Any it keeps growing.   Anyone waiting for a green card can stay forever so the
Numbers grow and grow.

They are all desperate for a green card and with this huge supply they suppress wages and allow ageism to be rampant in IT field

It is not a career anymore but a 5 to 15
Year job path before you will be fired and replaced with an HXXXb[/quote]

This person has no idea what they are talking about.

I’m a 56 year old US born development manager and was just hired for a new role. Also, I’m actively hiring developers and happy to talk with people of any age. The reality is that 95% of the applicants we get are not US born, and those that do apply are often wildly unqualified (e.g. can’t answer the question “what’s a relational database”).  [/quote]

Been building software since 1983.  Cut my teeth on 360 assembler , Fortran and c

And it is factual that we have over a million foreign workers taking entry level jobs from US citizens

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This.  And not only entry level jobs. Outsourcing is still a thing too, all 500 companies have offshore offices for IT work.  It's no longer India only, there are now outsourcing companies in South America to provide services during our business hours.  This isn't going away.  I still think you can get a career out of it, but it's harder as a lot of the work had been commoditized. You have to keep up and grow your skills and stand out like in many other fields, I suppose.  [/quote]

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