Samuel’s HQ

At the apartment building, residents pay less than US$200 a month in rent and must buy their own alcohol.

On a recent visit to the building, a big sunny dining room was half-full of residents in various stages of intoxication. The air smelled slightly of alcohol, but there were no cans or bottles around.

http://www.canada.com/topics/news/world/story.html?id=48eddfef-b198-4c3f-b2d1-b1d969738850&k=7372 (161 hits)

Sorry it’s in french… but it’s very fun

http://desourcesure.com/politiqueaffaires/2007/06/g8_sarkozy_carrement_a_louest.php (174 hits)

The San Francisco Chronicle published several articles on the ‘US Immigration’ and the current H1B visa issue. Here are some interesting quotes from the article:

They say the basic annual quota for H-1B visas — now 65,000 — is too low. The Senate bill would increase that base to 115,000 visas per year with the potential to go to 180,000, subject to various caveats.

Next one is not really a surprise:

Meanwhile, Indian workers, who account for 4 out of 10 H-1B visa holders

Indian government is also doing ‘outsourcing’

Even the Indian government calls the H-1B visas the outsourcing visa

Some Numbers:
Top 5 National Origins
India: 49%
China: 9.1%
Canada: 3.6%
Korea: 3.3%
Philippines: 2.8%

Top 5 Occupations
Computer-related: 45.3%
Higher education: 11.2%
Architecture, engineering, surveying: 11.1%
Administrative specializations: 9.5%
Medicine and health: 6.2%

Good new for the software engineers:
Employers see razor-thin unemployment rates: (Unemployment rates from Bureau of Labor Statistics for April 2007)
Computer and mathematical occupations: 1.4%

Some mode readings about the subject:

• H1B Federal Immigration bill (83 hits)
• Visa plan angers silicon valley (82 hits)
• Guest workers in US have long history (70 hits)