Category Archives: Software Development

There is no shortage of engineers?

Some joker prof in Stanford is saying there is a shortage of engineers and we need to bring more in. OK in Silicon Valley, there is ALWAYS a shortage, but if those companies started looking around the country, you will … Continue reading

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IBM axes 3,000 STEM workers in CA/USA

IBM is slashing there R&D workers, 3,000 of them in Canada and USA this week.  Guess IBM is just a services company now. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/06/25/ibm_axes_2930_north_america/

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Indian Firms not happy with the new US Immigration proposals

Guess the new proposals will limit more on the H1B visas the US will hand out, and the Indian outsourcing firms and complaining that it will kill their business and we will looks tax revenue, costs will go up. etc … Continue reading

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IBM laying off A BILLION dollars worth of people.

Wow, how the mighty have fallen.  The good news is its worldwide (not just US/Canada), bad news, they are letting go hundreds here anyways (look out NC, your un-employment is about to go up). http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/06/13/ibm_layoffs_us_canada/

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Google working on HTML5 kit with ad integration

This could be very interesting.  HTML5 is starting to finally make inroads into websites.  And more interesting, phones.  So a good kit could become handy, and if it has ad support built in for revenue, even better. http://www.engadget.com/2013/06/05/google-web-designer/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget

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GitHub announces new API Octokit

Interesting how GitHub has grown over the years.  Its a nice kit from the looks of it to build interfaces into github. http://techcrunch.com/2013/05/31/github-announces-octokit-the-official-way-to-build-using-the-github-api/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29

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See its worth keeping old engineers

Interesting article that basically sums up that “experience” can be very useful. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/05/02/older_programmers_skills_research/

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Study suggests outsourcing used to depress wages in US

Gee I could have told you this one.  Its still a good article to read.  Basically the authors point out that if there was such a demand for STEM based folks in the USA, why are kids graduating in these … Continue reading

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US to hand out wads of green (cards) in bid to staff tech industry • The Register.

I am a little mixed on this myself.   The good is not upping the outsource visas.  But……I know of several out of work engineers that are good workers.  They just need some skills upgraded.  The direction now seems to … Continue reading

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H1B visas out in 5 days

Sigh…amazing how fast the outsource visa goes in the US. http://m.techcrunch.com/2013/04/06/high-skilled-visa-quota/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29

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