Jarvis, Matthew wrote: >> Matthew: The two companies that prompted my comments are small >> companies and the only consideration was talent per dollar. I get > calls >> all the time from companies in India wanted to help with my > development >> needs. > > Ya know, this convo got me to thinking... > > Just about every place I've worked (5 jobs) in the last 14 years since > moving here to Eugene Oregon, I've had a foreign born coworker there... > > At one place we had 3 Brits (2 of the 3 very good, one not so much (all > hat and no cowboy))... one was software dev, the other in Sales... > > The next place had another Brit - very good... mechanical engineer and > production... > > Next had a fellow originally from Nigeria but grew up in England > somewhere - also very good... general IT and networking along w/ systems > admin... > > Currently have a guy from Pakistan for a coworker - how he got here > (USA) or how long he's been here I have no idea... general IT and > network support... very good... > > I've heard Eugene is something of a miniture melting pot of a place > having very liberal views on things, so maybe that's part of how these > folks gravitated here - an openness to "diversity" at least in the sense > of foreign nationality...
Hi Matthew, That's why it rains every day in Eugene, the liberals demand it. -- Regards, Pete http://pete-theisen.com/ http://elect-pete-theisen.com/ _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/4e7b62b5.8060...@verizon.net ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.