Re: RAIS THE RATES!!!!!!

"Daniel Morgan" <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote in message news:1066854774.209829_at_yasure...
> No_h1b_visas_ever_again wrote:
>
> >All you Oracle pros out there. We've been getting low balled for the
last 2
> >years. It's time to fight back.
> >
> >1) Raise your rates to at least $70/hr
> >
> >2) DON'T hire East Indians or Russians, or work for them
> >
> >3) Spread the word about companys that export jobs
> >
> >
> >
> 1. Force yourself into unemployement?
> 2. Most of "us" aren't employers so you can safely bet we won't be
> hiring anyone.
> 3. And accomplish precisely what?
>
> Let me suggest to you an alternative strategy:
>
> 1. Get your Oracle skills up to the point that you know as much as those
> you complain about.
>
> Here's a quick test to see if you qualify.
> Q1 Name at least two Oracle objects that allow overloading?
> Q2. Name at least six different types of Oracle index and describe
> when to use them?
> Q3. Same as Q2 but describe when not to use them and when not to use
> any index?
> Q4. Write a single line of code that will identify whether a string
> is formatted as a valid phone number?
> Q5. What is the difference between TRANSLATE and REPLACE?
> Q6. What resources in Oracle are limiting resources?
> Q7. How do you resolve a many-to-many relationship in an ERD?
> Q8. What built-in package is used with transportable tablespaces?
>
> There are thousands of these that I would expect most of those here on
> H1B Visas can answer but
> where I suspect the average US developer would be clueless. The point is
> that Americans no longer
> seem to value education.
>
> 2. Stop acting like you are entitled to a job and consider exactly how
> much actual work you have
> accomplished at the end of each day, each week, each month.
>
> 3. Add value to your project by discovering and exploring considerations
> that no East Indian or
> Russian could possibly understand or ask about your organization. Do you
> understand your
> organization's accounting procedures? distribution contracts? vendor
> relations? And do you bring
> that knowledge to what you do or are you just banging code?
>
> --
> Daniel Morgan
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>

for us Non-Americans whats an H1B visa? Is it a grren card? Received on Wed Oct 22 2003 - 18:13:30 CDT