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India has more applicants than all other countries combined times 2.5 I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of them are fraud and legitimately rejected https://www

• User23 8y ago
  Having worked with H-1B "principal engineers" who can't write a bash script, I'm thinking yes, this is true.
  • bumblebritches5 8y ago
    Is your company hiring? Edit: Americans, I mean.
  • __sr__ 8y ago
    People who work primarily on Windows have trouble writing bash scripts. That’s not exactly surprising.
    • User23 8y ago
      This was at a Linux shop.
      • __sr__ 8y ago
        That was meant as a joke. While I agree that there are many incompetent people who have abused H1B and other such systems, I prefer to judge people on their individual merits and avoid stereotyping. I have worked with both the extremes. See my longer response to the OP
        • User23 8y ago
          I've never worked with a native employee with this particular defect for any appreciable length of time. They always get let go. The H-1Bs however, in my experience, don't. Why might that be?
          • __sr__ 8y ago
            > The H-1Bs however, in my experience, don't. Why might that be? That is strange. In my experience, H1Bs are let go as quickly as natives if they are not competent. Of course, it could simply be a matter of the type of companies we have worked with. Again, see my (longer) response to the OP. I have mostly worked with Type 1 people I described there and have been fortunate enough to mostly avoid the Type 2. That said, I’ve worked with both extremes. EDIT: When I say I’ve worked with both the extremes, I mean I have worked with both highly skilled and totally incompetent foreigners as well as natives. EDIT 2: I’ve also worked with a third category — highly intelligent people (PhD level) who are more interested in spreading their intelligence (i.e. showing off) than getting actual work done. Unfortunately, I haven’t met the other extreme in this case. :-)
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          • mavelikara 8y ago
            > I've never worked with a native employee with this particular defect for any appreciable length of time Spending an evening reading stories reported at thedailywtf.com will help dispel this.
          • kamaal 8y ago
            >>The H-1Bs however, in my experience, don't. Why might that be? When given the opportunity, the learn and perform. Also they work for whatever salary you offer, do not complain, do overtime and weekends whenever demand and most importantly do not complain. Learning to write bash scripts isn't that hard. Finding people grateful enough for the opportunity offered, who work to make you and them win is hard.
  • HNNewer 8y ago
    this. I've worked with C++ "senior" engineers who weren't understanding compiler errors because they've written 2 main() [!!!] functions in code
    • __sr__ 8y ago
      So how exactly were they doing their job? Didn’t their manager have anything to say about the non-delivery of the project?
      • HNNewer 8y ago
        in fact, after that huge error and many other related to his code, he didn't get any contract renewal and was kicked out. I don't blame him because of his roots, but I've seen a common pattern in faking skills so much that they get a job, but failing after a short period, discovering the reality