HP3000 Powerhouse Openings in India

[stewm@canada.com]

When the United States and Canada, for that matter, let
India citizens work over here fine but it should go
both ways, that's fair. HOWEVER, the biggest limitation
in all this is not the citizenship of the individual
for the India PowerHouse posting.  We know that since
it is a HP3000 enviroment that VAX/Unix/PowerHouse
professionals have no chance of getting the
job...hehehe.

Immigration may not only fill up some IT spots but also
it doesn't do the countries where these people come
from any favors either.  In Nova Scotia there is a
Doctor who can't get his license and he practiced in
Yugoslavia for 20 years, he came to Canada to excape
the troops of Slobodan Milosevic.  The war is over
there now and he is still in Nova Scotia working as a
Vet's assistant.  He could go back there and be a
doctor but it's too late I guess.

I have saw IT jobs advertised that say US citizens need
only apply.  It's up to the company. If they feel they
need people from away then they have the freedom to
choose because it's a free country.  

I worked in Chicago where there were 9 PowerHouse
professionals from Canada.  A lot of Canadians received
their training in PowerHouse 4GL in CIPS certified
colleges.  It used to be a part of the 4GL curriculum
in many  business information technology courses here
in Canada. I guess because it's a 'made in Canada'
language.  I never met an American who was trained in
PowerHouse back in college.  I think maybe that company
had no choice but to hire Canadians to do PowerHouse at
that time.  I spoke with the Director of IT there and
he asked me one day, "Are the only people who know this
Canadian?"  

American do get jobs in other countries too.  The
Botswana government hired a U.S. public relations firm
to try and convince the public that most diamonds are
not blood diamonds and that Botswana population is safe
from rebels and corruption.  They are an affluent
nation like Blue said so they can afford it.

Blue, the United States has dozens of highly
specialized Canadians (non citizens) working within the
highest ranks of their defense department.  They also
work closely at NORAD http://www.norad.mil/.

Couldn't help jumping into this one, Jon and Blue,
ex-DTEers.  Nice discussion. Tried to add a PowerHouse
spin to it, to not got too far of the topic of
discussion.

Mark

Consultants Club Corp.
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