Microsoft bad mouths US IT Programmers
Redmond giant has been chastised for failing to take the lead when new
technology rears its head or for being ‘out of touch’ in general. On that note,
Microsoft took a bit of a hit earlier this week, when the company’s general
counsel lamented the shortage of good IT workers. His solution? Petition the
U.S. congress to raise cap on green cards so it can import more high-tech
help.
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That caused a kneejerk reaction among programmers, who contend that Microsoft
can’t find people to fill their apparent 4,551 job openings because they limit
their searches to younger, less expensive workers. The idea that older
programmers lack modern skill sets (in cloud and mobility for example) has
tempers flaring as well, with many doubting that their younger counterparts
wield them either. “I doubt the ones they are bringing over on H-1B visas
necessarily have those skills,” said the communications director for WashTech,
an affiliate of the Communications Workers of America, “They give them a
three-week crash course and then call them a Java programmer.”
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