In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
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on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:09:09 +0100
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> The Worst Jobs in Science 2007
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> | Our annual bottom-10 list, in which we salute the men and women who do what
> | no salary can adequately reward
> |
> | [...]
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> | Meanwhile, faith in Microsoft security is ever-shakier?according to one
> | estimate, 30 percent of corporate chief information officers have moved away
> | from some Windows platforms in recent years.
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> http://www.popsci.com/popsci/science/0203101256a23110vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html
#10: Whale feces researcher (aka poo gatherer/sifter)
#9: Forensic entomologist (aka corpse maggot counter)
#8: Olympic drug tester (aka no-win situation)
#7: Gravity research subject (aka no showers and one gets to get
strapped head downward for two weeks)
#6: Microsoft Security Grunt (aka Oh goody, Yet Another Virus)
#5: Coursework Carcass Preparer (aka frog/rat killers/picklers/bottlers)
#4: Garbologist (aka dumpster diving for pay)
#3: Element Vasectomist (aka 12 inch testicles, on an animal that
might weigh 8 or more tons -- and they're *inside* the bull)
#2: Oceanographer (aka majorly depressing news regarding collapsing
reefs, overfishing, deoxygenated dead zones, plastic crap,
global warming, acidity, ...)
and of course
#1: Hazmat Diver (aka imagine diving into a pool full of
pig urine, liquid pig feces, *and* injection needles --
on a more or less regular basis!)
Yuck. I suppose someone's got to do them, though, so
my hat's off to them. At least an oceanographer doesn't
have to worry too much about a breach in his hazmat suit,
though he might encounter some whale crap.
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> One-third of Microsoft's U.S. employees are on H-1B
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> | For years, big tech employers have lobbied Congress to raise the cap on
> | H-1B visas, the ones most commonly used to hire foreign tech workers,
> | letting them work in the United States up to six years.
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> http://www.informationweek.com/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=5BO1IKD1G5KSGQSNDLRSKH0CJUNN2JVN?articleID=199702388&queryText=h-1b
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> Related:
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> Study: There Is No Shortage of U.S. Engineers
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> | ...a new study from Duke University calls this argument bunk, stating
> | that there is no shortage of engineers in the United States, and
> | that offshoring is all about cost savings.
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> http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2111347,00.asp
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> Is There a Shortage of U.S. Tech Workers?
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> | Speaking before a Senate committee earlier this month, Gates said
> | that America is facing a critical shortage of tech workers. He
> | recommended boosting the number of H-1B visas to allow more foreign
> | tech workers into the U.S.
> |
> | [...]
> |
> | "I think that has created an environment where the population of advanced
> | skill workers has shrunk a lot in the U.S., because we just haven't created
> | a fair system," he says. "Where if you go to other countries, you'll find
> | national policy around broadband deployment, which creates a much more even
> | playing field for people of all income levels to learn by and work by."
> |
> | "We did it to ourselves," he says.
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> http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/career/article.php/3667376
Would it behoove our analysists to make up their minds? :-)
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> Bill Gates to address Senate panel
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> | Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates is scheduled to descend on Capitol Hill
> | next week to pepper a U.S. Senate committee with his suggestions for
> | boosting American competitiveness.
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> http://news.com.com/2061-10796_3-6163930.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
Anyone else reminded of GM's "what's good for GM is good for American"
of days gone by? :-)
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