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SJL wrote:
Chapter 1 contains some clips from Lou Dobbs and a clip from Ron Hira.
Chapter 2 is edited with clips from Mr. Bill's speech to the House Science &
Technology committee from March 12.
Chapter 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BIvffAHsJs
Chapter 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDltU1ysQTE
I was listening to a MS exec-in-charge-of-something-about-hiring
talk about the "problem" on a radio talk show during my commute this
morning. He laid out a pretty good (sounding) argument in defense of
the pursuit of H-1B applicants for them. There weren't a lot of
holes in what he said.
Of course, if you listened for what he _didn't_ say, holes were easy
to spot.
One very particular element has been nagging at me since. I can't
quite put it into the right words, but maybe others can see what I'm
getting at and flesh this out.
MS doesn't profit from hiring H-1Bs. Yes, they might get a wider
talent pool. And, yes, they might execute hirings for lower
salaries. And, yes, there are probably various elements that affect
their bottom line during the time a H-1B holder works for them. But
it still isn't quite "profit".
However, if MS can hire a thousand H-1Bs every year, from India,
China or wherever, and if a thousand temporary employees end their
contracts and go home every year (replaced by new H-1Bs), what is
the impact in the following year on MS sales in those countries?
If I came from India and worked at MS for a couple years, absorbed
MS technologies, used MS tools, learned MS products inside and out,
what am I likely to do when I go home to India and start my own
business? Will I run it on System i?
Tom Liotta
midrange.com
