[NTLUG:Discuss] It must be true that IT is back...

[Chris Cox]

Steve Baker wrote:
> brian at pongonova.net wrote:
>> I've noticed the same phenomenon in the teaching field, that there's
>> this mysterious "shortage" of teachers.  Yet, schools in the Dallas
>> area appear to be flush enough that they can specify X years of
>> teaching experience.  Obviously, if they can set those types of
>> constraints, the school districts aren't hurting that badly. 
> 
> You just have cause and effect switched around!  Perhaps because
> they are requiring those qualifications, the shortage of teachers
> isn't mysterious at all!
> 
> As for H1B's - I'm seeing jobs simply going overseas.  That's
> even worse than foreign workers coming here because they can
> live even more cheaply in their own countries as the do here -
> and we aren't getting the benefits of their money feeding back
> into the retail economy or in taxes.

A member of my own family is an expatriate.  He has been living
outside the US for many, many years now.  And he likes it.

The pay is extreme.

Where he is at now he gets an additional $3000/mos. on top
of his normal pay.  Difficult to say no to that.  Especially
since he has 3 kids to put through college.

So... economically, it's like you have said.. and even more
than what you have said.