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Are American Engineers in Short Supply?
Sd_engineer, Once again you are just reading one sentence without whole view. You look at fresh graduate but than you don't look at that person already has few patents on his name which number may be more than any another person on this forum!!! Why would I let go that kind of talent!!! I guess you just want understand!!! I am signing off from this thread!!! Keep your fight alive!!!— March 20, 2011 12:46 p.m.
Are American Engineers in Short Supply?
Sd_Engineer, I never said I disagree your count of 6200 something H1B over last 10 years but My point was at point of time there has been not more than 5% H1B in Qualcomm. As you easily ignored the fact that any employer with more than 10% H1B employees is considered " H1 Dependent Employer" and Qualcomm is not one of them that proves the point!!! As i posted before gradually those who received H1B received green card via working from Qualcomm so they are not H1B anymore. Also, your post seems to suggest that all H1B hired are earning money on innovation done 10-15 years ago in Qualcomm and they are doing no work or some dirty work at cheap rate. Please go and check the patents filed by Qualcomm Engineers and those are proof that they are working some innovative work. Also, Qualcomm is able to enter new areas in market and get lead into it in last 10 years speak of it workforce. It is anything but your stereotype H1B which are not competent. Also, the Mindlance posting you keep referring to is by some 3rd party consultant trying to dupe local people rather than direct Qualcomm posting. Now it may be true Qualcomm uses 3rd party contractor but those contacting companies are paid highly and it is not Qualcomm's problem what they are paid by contacting company. And if those contracting company got H1B sponsored with those low salary's than there is something totally wrong in system. And forgetting about Qualcomm, you are totally unwilling to consider suggestions like abolishing H1B and giving green cards to foreign students who are intelligent and become pillar of innovations in USA.— March 20, 2011 12:39 p.m.
Are American Engineers in Short Supply?
Sd_engineer But don said him self he doesn't know that means he was not aware of any article. That was the reason of my outrage!!!— March 20, 2011 12:19 p.m.
Are American Engineers in Short Supply?
Sd_engineer ====== If this is indeed cause and effect, it's really disingenuous to make the claims as Qualcomm has in Don's article that: "Qualcomm utilizes the H-1B program as necessary to recruit and retain the best talent in the world .... ================ You are connecting dots which doesn't connect. Qualcomm has interest in Indian market and they wanted to get spectrum in that auction just for reason of keeping wimax ( and so intel) at bay in Indian market for 4G technology. As you know just due to huge population and possibility of huge market with even small % of that becoming 4G consumer it was important for Qualcomm that technology with their backing gets deployed. If you look at auction not only Qualcomm but all other companies (by the way those are Indian companies) paid high price for spectrum. Qualcomm just made sure anyone wanted to have PAN Indian presence has to rely on them by getting 4 big markets. I don't see connection with H1B there. And there were enough company in that race there even without Qualcomm spectrum would have been sold!! Also, in one of your previous post you said that Qualcomm sponsored 6200 H1B in last 10 years and total Qualcomm US full time employees are close to 13000. But you don't consider that in industry there is always high turnover rate people switch jobs and you don't retain all employees. Another factor to consider is , out of those 6200( Majority of them) many who stayed @ Qualcomm got their green card via Qualcomm . If theory of Qualcomm paying H1B less compare to others would have been true, those employees would have ran away to other places on their Green card arrivals. But that's not the case. They remained Qualcomm employee till date and most of them must be happy. Another common factor I found in this discussions is assumption that Citizens don't get hired in Qualcomm because ethnicity of hiring manager for some reason comes into play and favors foreigners compare to citizens and green card holder. Let me tell you Qualcomm has division called Qualcomm government solution which works with US government as name suggests and they just hire Citizens and green card holder. Right now they have few major projects in dire needs of people and they can't find any suitable candidates!!! how you explain that... and i can assure you there are no managers of Asian ethnicity!!! Where are those experience engineers crying for jobs @ Qualcomm!!! And to everyone here , my group just hired 3 new people out of that 2 are american citizen (1 fresh graduate and 1 experience candidate). Another person is fresh graduate with masters from top California grade school but would require H1B visa. I know people are going to Question me why we hired one fresh graduate who require H1B but that person had internship experience working at two top technology company in USA during his masters degree and few patents. Only point here is We do hire people on merit rather than anything else.— March 15, 2011 8:42 p.m.
Are American Engineers in Short Supply?
Mr. Bauder, It seems like you like to write on topics which ignites people wrong way without knowing any facts and make comments which is totally irresponsible!!! At least do you homework before you make controversial statements!!— March 14, 2011 11:50 a.m.
Are American Engineers in Short Supply?
"What makes you think that Qualcomm intends to sponsor the foreign nationals for green cards? Qualcomm like most technology companies (Microsoft, for example, only sponsors a tiny percentage of the H-1Bs who work for them) want to exploit the foreign nationals while they on the H-1Bs and then discard them mercilessly when their visas expire. Most of these people do not leave the U.S and instead become illegals afterward. Indian has become the fastest-growing group of illegals in the U.S." Show the proof!!! Don't talk nonsense!!— March 14, 2011 11:49 a.m.
Are American Engineers in Short Supply?
Sd_engineer ... You tell me borderline racist but you haven't given me reason !! i never said that all foreign engineers/students are better than US engineers/students!!! As far as I remember in my Previous post I already mentioned that I am all for H1B number reduction but don't blame those foreign students for hardships!!! I believe they are big part of American Innovation machine. American government should just give them Green cards with that STEM degrees with merit. That would make field level playing!!! You talk about protectionism but you have to remember other countries would reciprocate with protectionism and US companies from whom you are looking for job won't have business in those countries!!! Weather we like it or not , all Multinational companies majority of earning is coming from overseas rather than USA!!! Only way out is not discourage people to come to this country but improve our immigration system which would make it level playing field and than things would play out in right manner.— March 14, 2011 7:14 a.m.
Are American Engineers in Short Supply?
FedUpAmerican and sd_engineer, Here are few Facts about US Universities!! Not all graduates are funded by US Universities and that means those non-funded International Students pay hefty fees. Good source of revenues for University. Education is business for all this university remember that!!! Those who gets some kind of funding they work their butts for professors and university research which brings money to university from different US government funded research programs. Why american students doesn't compete for those research positions ??? As far as this International students going back.. that is already happening. Reverse Brain Drain ( accepted not all of them are going back) . They are establishing companies or working for R&D centers of same multinational companies in in their own countries. And I think it is in US interest that those students come here and study and contribute. Weather you like it or not but they are big part of US innovation machine. To get rid of H1B issues why don't we ask government to give those STEM graduates Green cards and make it level playing fields!!! As far as Qualcomm making deal for H1B hires for deploying their technologies in developing countries like China/India..Let's assume that's the case. Let'a also assume all 12000 employees of Qualcomm in USA are H1B holder ( Remember this is wrong wrong assumption as only less than 5% are H1Bs). Would it make sense for any foreign government to allow Qualcomm to earn billion in return of 12000 H1Bs.. Rather ask Qualcomm to open R&D center in their own country and get people employed there!!!— March 14, 2011 7:07 a.m.
Are American Engineers in Short Supply?
That's weird way of thinking!!! As far as I remember still very very small % of Qualcomm earning is from India. China is far larger base for CDMA technology. Truth is China and india are 2 largest country population wise and peopler study STEM there to get respected. And 10% of that graduating STEM students from india/china can flood US universities because they are good and also they pay good tuitions to US Universities compare to US Citizens. And when those students graduates from USA they are going to compete with locals for job!!! Go to any graduate school and find out how many US Citizens are enrolled in STEM degrees?— March 13, 2011 5:16 p.m.
Are American Engineers in Short Supply?
I agree with "ImJustABill ". Only solutions to that would be start stapling Green cards for STEM graduates from TOP US universities and allowing them freedom you all talk about. I was making one and only one point in my all post, that it is wrong to blame QCOM and for that matter any technology company without knowing all facts. As i mentioned that H1B system has loopholes and country needs political will to close those. QCOM for any reason is not one who is exploiting those.— March 13, 2011 10:50 a.m.