By anomaly on 4/25/2005 9:16 AM

Biased Opinion AlertIn late April, Micro$oft urged lawmakers to ease restrictions on H1-B work visa issuance in hopes to increase it's already substantial overseas hiring trend.

reference link:http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D89NV0H00.htm?campaign_id=apn_home_down

Those of you who know me, know that I am about as big of a Micro$oft zealot as they come.  I have made a career out of Micro$oft products and truly believe much of their technology to be empowering, from a developer perspective.    With that said, I can see absolutely no good side to this event and I am hoping one of you could possibly persuade me otherwise.

Obviously, I have a biased opinion on this topic - being an American born software developer with dwindling employment options in a largely non-technical community.    This is a sensitive topic because if you take the stance that "America's largest software company...

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By anomaly on 4/10/2005 9:24 PM

Put yourself in my shoes.

 

Scenario 1

Standing at the casket of my Great Aunt Suzie, I stare fondly at her warm smile and ponder quietly childhood memories playing board games and enjoying home-made cookies and lemonade in the summertime.   Just then, I’m jolted back to reality by my untactful 2nd-cousin Jed, who hopefully asks in a country accent “You werk wit computers, riiight? My computers’ doin’ the darn’d’est thing…”

 

Scenario 2

After working 80 hours on a software release and returning from a 6 hour flight, I stumble tiredly into my house.  With my laptop and garment bag sitting on floor where I dropped them upon entering the house I check my voicemail.    1 telemarketer, 2 calls from Mediacom stating they are ready to install my new TiVO, anytime between 8-5 Monday through Friday and 4 calls from a cousin-in-law about the new DVD Writer they bought, asking how to install it.

 

Scenario 3

After successfully lobbying to keep Star Trek:...

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By anomaly on 4/4/2005 4:30 PM

The point of this blog is to share experiences and events with the public, family and friends, usually - but not always related to software development.

Not that I feel what I have to say is any more important than the millions of experts on the internet - it is nice to reference problems and solutions as well as experiences that my professional peers can share.

I appreciate the fact that you have taken the time to visit this site and I hope that I can provide an occasionally useful and always entertaining look at Software Development and other technical matters.

Bill Dodd
mcp, mcsd, mcad, mcdba