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University of Illinois H-1B Scandal

The University of Illinois hired a trustee’s future son-in-law, bypassing regular university hiring practices and awarding the relative a $115,000 salary.

BofA: Train your replacement, or no severance pay for you

This is the most disgusting thing I've ever read. From a few years back, the SFGate exposes what has been going on for over a decade in high-tech America.  I cam across this after Googling "Bank of America Outsourcing", looking for amunition to send my BofA rep who is handling my mortgage:

High-Tech Hobos

A growing number of American I.T pros are being forced to expand their job searches far beyond their homes. Recently, I myself had to fly from Orange County up to Sacramento to interview for a contract at of all places, Modesto. This was earlier this year, and the market had dried up. I was prepared to live in a motel for several months, separated from my family.

JUST LIKE AN H-1B.

Getting Over Xenophobia-Phobia

There seems to be a fear in the I.T. community about dealing with the fact that the industry is starting to be dominated by one country - India. And it is not just I.T. -- it is finance, science, and education.

As I posted before, this is not an accident. An Indian economist described India's "friendly takeover of the world" in 2000:

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