Georgia Tech Offers Online Master of Science in Analytics Degree for Under $10K

Re:Georgia Tech Offers Online Master of Science in Analytics... by hiram112 on Thursday January 12, 2017 @01:51PM (#13384976)

Indians have a stigma for a very good reason: the 5% top engineers are drowned out by the 95% posers used by body shops (Infy, TCS, etc.) that have literally taken over numerous industries in the US tech market.

I worked in India for one of these BPO companies and know what I'm talking about. If the good engineers from India want to reclaim their status, they need to push back against the flood of H1Bs from these companies.

But instead, the majority of HN (or at least the guys who do more hiring, less coding) keeps pushing for more and more visas when we should be urging Congress to reform the system to allow the talent to come in (with Green Card), while disallowing US companies from using it to lower wages for all US engineers.

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Re:Georgia Tech Offers Online Master of Science in Analytics... by agentgt on Thursday January 12, 2017 @01:57PM (#13385036)

I have no doubt about the stigma... but one should be careful about letting stereotypes into their decision process particularly when it comes to hiring and race. It is not just morally wrong it is against the law (at least in the US).

I'm sure the hiring manager who posted earlier will say it doesn't affect the decision but the subconscious bias is a real thing.

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Re:Georgia Tech Offers Online Master of Science in Analytics... by kapilkaisare on Thursday January 12, 2017 @03:35PM (#13385855)

I concur, but I'd rephrase it like so: It's not just against the law, it is morally wrong.

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