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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (12213)	8/11/2003 12:44:48 AM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

Average software programmer makes... In US $63k In Canada $28k In India $5.8k

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (12213)	8/11/2003 1:38:07 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 306849

As an unemployed software engineer, I sympathize with BOTH the people replaced by H1-b's ( such as myself ) and the H1-B's themselves. I worked with quite a few H1-b's, and they were invariably paid less than me for the same work. The corporations use them like indentured servants, as they can kick them out with a plane ticket home and a week to find another job. This also impacts native engineers, as you find yourself working 70-80 hour weeks to keep up with the H1'bs, only to be laid off anyway! Who's going to keep buying these expensive houses?