The H1B Thread

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budoslavic

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I am about to vent so...

Last weekend, an internet modem stopped working. Online light status was not blinking; computer showed no internet connection. In the meantime, I used my mobile phone's internet hotspot temporarily.

Yesterday, I went to a local Internet-TV store to exchange an old modem equipment for a new one, which was wrapped in plastic with a power adapter. No instructions were provided.

I set up the modem, plugged in the AC adapter, hooked in the Ethernet cable into one end of the modem's Ethernet port and the other in the computer's Ethernet port.

Turned on the computer and modem. Waited for a few minutes for the computer to recognize a new Ethernet connection and modem hardware. Nothing was showing.

WTF...

I was baffled by what I noticed; I had a bad feeling the activation process was going to be a pain in the a**.

Fired up a browser to see if an activation screen popped up. Sure enough, it did. Followed the screen's activation instructions.

I entered a username and password to log in plus I entered the code number* that was sent to me via text message. (Other options were email and phone number.)

*This went on non-stop every time I had to log in and entered a new code.

It took me to the main customer dashboard: billing, products, status, support, etc. I updated the data information accordingly to ensure everything was up-to-date. I hit the Load button to activate, which started its activation process where it showed 0% to 100% loading status.

But wait...why is my computer not recognizing the new hardware modem and ethenet cable?

WTF...I was confused. "Is this the new way of activating?"

Waited and waited and waited........what the heck?

Back to the dashboard, I clicked on the Help link for troubleshooting information.

"You must be connected to the internet."

Tried clicking on Support link.

"You must be connected to the internet."

Frustrated, I had to put on my nearly 30 years experience in IT (hardware, software, web, network, user experience, etc.) to figure out the issues.

Based on my summary/findings:
* no instructions were provided
* no error or status messages were given during activation process to tell the user what happened
* hardware modem driver wasn't installed - why?
* no new Ethernet cable was provided with the new modem - why?
* I used my own ethernet cables and went thru all 8 cables -- only one worked that my computer finally was able to connect to the modem
* I ran several command prompts to resolve networking issues (i.e
, ipconfig /flushdns)
* on and on...

I spent over 5 hours trying to diagnose and troubleshoot the activation, Ethernet cable connection and internet connection issues. Throughout that whole process, there was no errors or status shown except "Please try again later" or "You must be connected to the internet" or "You must log on to use the internet".

I gave up and have decided to return the modem equipment and cancel the billing. I don't watch TV so I'm about to cut out internet completely.

I am utterly disgusted by the whole experience.

What does the above story has to do with H1B? Well, my first thought when I noticed a lot of things were broken was:

"Who developed and built the internet modem activation process for this local internet-TV business?"

I went to https://h1bdata.info/ and entered the name of the company that bought the local cable company. Sure enough...there are over 80 high paying jobs for H1B workers: Network Engineers, Software Engineers, Project Managers, etc.

Internet modem activation process used to take 15 minutes due to easy instructions, error handling messages, etc. It was built by American workers.

What a sh*tshow.

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My old employer hired some guy from Sri Lanka, he had a bachelor’s degree in engineering and many years experience as a technician and they paid him a paltry $25/hour. He was smart and good at his job, he even complained about how expensive everything was here in the US.

I can only imagine how low they pay the crappy H1-Bs if they’re paying the good ones chump change. (Also lowering everyone’s wages).

The game has changed completely, one needs a higher education degree and a trade just to get by anymore. The elites are progressively lowering barriers to entry for entry-level jobs for foreigners but creating more barriers for small-business owners. It’s a lose-lose situation.
 
The more I think about it, the more I feel the H1B thing is actually part of Elon's masterplan ( with Trump's support):

1. Elon has realized that he is being screwed over by the CCP chi-nazis. It's the usual bait & switch the china-nese use to bring in high-tech know-how into the country, steal the tech, then produce cheaper copies of whatever the white guys worked so hard for.

So, now Elon is trying to get the Indians into bed with him so that he can move most of his operations away from china....and either into India or into US.

2. It's obvious that under Biden, the CCP's lapdogs have infiltrated many parts of the government (Mitch mcconnell's chinese wife, Elaine Chao was secretary of transportation & her family owns shipping companies in china. There were reports that she outsourced ship building contracts out of US and to china). So Trump would support Elon's move away from china....and towards the Indians ( who are easier to control and less sneaky than the china-nese).

3. Indians are good at computer science. The US needs a cyber-army to fight the hoards of china-nese and North Korean keyboard warriors. At the moment, American, young, fighting age guys are too woke (the result of being brainwashed at today's American universities) to fight for their country. The patriotic ones might be too red-neck for cyber-security (but great at infrastructure and building up the nation's industrial might). Elon/Trump may need the Indians to fill the gab until the American ones are weaned off the wokeness and ready to fight for America again.

Just my theory.
 
Dusty said:
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On second thought, you're right. I should have said they are "perceived" to be good at CS :LOL:

But really, what's the alternative to fight the chinazis and the NK hackers? During the cold war, we had lots of white guys who were willing to go toe-to-toe with Russian hackers. Who do we have now? Soy boys who are good at CS but not willing to stand up for anything.

The Indians don't like the china-nese ( traditionally they've been at war with each other since the 1960s and now the Ladakh territory thing). So if Elon/Trump gives them the resources & the chance to go at the chinazis, why not?
 
Eagle3 said:
On second thought, you're right. I should have said they are "perceived" to be good at CS :LOL:

But really, what's the alternative to fight the chinazis and the NK hackers? During the cold war, we had lots of white guys who were willing to go toe-to-toe with Russian hackers. Who do we have now? Soy boys who are good at CS but not willing to stand up for anything.

The Indians don't like the china-nese ( traditionally they've been at war with each other since the 1960s and now the Ladakh territory thing). So if Elon/Trump gives them the resources & the chance to go at the chinazis, why not?
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You sound like a Reddit troll dude. This entire schtick about Asians and Indians being better and smarter is another psyop to promote mass immigration.

I mean you too can score really high in math and science if your parents force you into a room to study 12 hours a day with repetitive tasks. You also become a mindless drone, that companies love.

If these civilizations were / are so great then why has the world been dominated by European civilizations or their descendants for centuries?

If China is so great, why don’t they ever innovate things themselves but instead just steal stuff from everyone else?

Where is the great civilization in India that’s been thousands of years in the making it a current superpower?
 
My dudes. I think there's been some misunderstanding. I wasn't making excuses for the Indians/Asians/whatever to be in the US. I wasn't trying to justify their presence in the Western hemisphere.

I was merely theorizing why ELON might be doing the H1B thing.
 
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On second thought, you're right. I should have said they are "perceived" to be good at CS :LOL:
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No. They are known for being dishonest and lying a lot.

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But really, what's the alternative to fight the chinazis and the NK hackers? During the cold war, we had lots of white guys who were willing to go toe-to-toe with Russian hackers. Who do we have now? Soy boys who are good at CS but not willing to stand up for anything.
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Explain to us why all entry level tech jobs are given to H1B Indians over Americans who graduated with STEM degrees. Aren't H1Bs soy boys too?

Eagle3 said:
The Indians don't like the china-nese ( traditionally they've been at war with each other since the 1960s and now the Ladakh territory thing). So if Elon/Trump gives them the resources & the chance to go at the chinazis, why not?
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"...chance..."? This is trolling to rub American STEM workers in their face. American STEM workers aren't given a chance, but hey...you'd rather see white Americans enlist in the military to fight China and Russia in order to die for Indian H1B workers.
 
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budoslavic said:
No. They are known for being dishonest and lying a lot.
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Agreed.
budoslavic said:
Explain to us why all entry level tech jobs are given to H1B Indians over Americans who graduated with STEM degrees. Aren't H1Bs soy boys too?
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Cheaper. Aren't H1Bs soy boys too? - Yes, they are.
budoslavic said:
"...chance..."? This is trolling to rub American STEM workers in their face.
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Wasn't my intention to troll American STEM folks. I was only theorizing why Elon & Trump might want them here. Maybe to build a cyber-army against the chinazis. Yes, I know, it's better to do that with Americans ( who have quality STEM education) but what about quantity ( the numbers needed to fight the china-nese and NK hackers?)

Look folks, I'll say this again. I wasn't trolling Americans or taking a dig at them. I was merely theorizing why Elon might be doing the H1B thing.
 
When you have a deracinated country that has been stripped of its culture and heritage, this is what you’re going to get. People are simply commodities to be traded in and out, and the bottom dollar is what matters to the people doing the trading. It’s just like all the junk sold by the businesses these people run: Indians are the human manifestation of the cheaper, poorly constructed, disposable crap that has replaced more durable, better quality products that were more expensive but would last you a lifetime.

Even if these people were brilliant and highly skilled, I wouldn’t want them here. Why? Because they’re foreigners and I have nothing in common with them. I don’t want my country to become like their country. I have more love for my own people than some aliens who just showed up to collect a check.

That being said, Indians are repulsive. I’ve been to the mall twice in the past two months and I always take my kid to get an Orange Julius when I’m there, because that’s what my mom always did for me. There aren’t any teenagers working there anymore, as in years past. Instead, it’s a bunch of slovenly, potbellied Indians with sweat stains on their pits and bellybuttons who can barely speak intelligible English. There goes that little tradition.
 
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When you have a deracinated country that has been stripped of its culture and heritage, this is what you’re going to get. People are simply commodities to be traded in and out, and the bottom dollar is what matters to the people doing the trading. It’s just like all the junk sold by the businesses these people run: Indians are the human manifestation of the cheaper, poorly constructed, disposable crap that has replaced more durable, better quality products that were more expensive but would last you a lifetime.

Even if these people were brilliant and highly skilled, I wouldn’t want them here. Why? Because they’re foreigners and I have nothing in common with them. I don’t want my country to become like their country. I have more love for my own people than some aliens who just showed up to collect a check.

That being said, Indians are repulsive. I’ve been to the mall twice in the past two months and I always take my kid to get an Orange Julius when I’m there, because that’s what my mom always did for me. There aren’t any teenagers working there anymore, as in years past. Instead, it’s a bunch of slovenly, potbellied Indians with sweat stains on their pits and bellybuttons who can barely speak intelligible English. There goes that little tradition.
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Also the smell. The ones that are more Americanized usually have better hygiene, but others don’t. I was in the super market checking out and was smelling massive BO. I looked around and there was an Indian cashier a register down stinking up the entire place.
 
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