H-1B Models Strut Into U.S. as Programmers Pray for Help

Re:H-1B Models Strut Into U.S. as Programmers Pray for Help by fatjokes on Monday May 20, 2013 @02:58AM (#5736298)

I think this article is horribly written. I get that the main point is to point out the absurdity of grouping fashion models with tech workers under a single visa class, but the whole prayer thing is really stretching it.

There's also this quote that comes from nowhere: '“As a single man, would you prefer to look at a beautiful woman or a high-tech worker?” he asked.' I still don't understand the context.

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Re:H-1B Models Strut Into U.S. as Programmers Pray for Help by opinali on Monday May 20, 2013 @09:51AM (#5737689)

The "whole prayer thing" was the most amusing to me; maybe because I'm a stereotypical atheist hacker, but I fail to understand that people in high-tech fields such as computer science can be sufficiently credulous (of any religion) to... pray to some deity for a visa. This isn't just a mostly-cultural religiosity or spiritual veneer; it's full "long-beard guy in the sky listening and answering to personal wishes" kind of belief...

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Re:H-1B Models Strut Into U.S. as Programmers Pray for Help by hkmurakami on Monday May 20, 2013 @03:17AM (#5736343)

Even as the submitter of this article, I completely agree that this article is pretty poorly written (much like most Bloomberg news articles) but I thought the info was interesting and noteworthy (it was news to me!).

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