It seems there's generally a Ruby developer shortage - NYC, Chicago, London, Melbourne, Sydney... at what point does such an unbalanced employment market become a liability?
-- Pat On 16/02/2011, at 10:31 AM, Warren Seen wrote: > This is most likely a clear sign that there's a shortage of competent Ruby > devs in NY as well as Chicago (see: > http://nuts.redsquirrel.com/post/2680658687/chicagos-ruby-developer-crisis) - > time to raise my hourly rate again! > > All jokes aside, maybe it's because E3 visas are easier to deal with than > H1-B visas from an employer's perspective? The E3 is exclusive to > Australians, and from what I've read, only a fraction of them are taken up > each year, compared to H1-B's which are oversubscribed. > > Cheaper doesn't factor into it, as my understanding is that an employer will > need to offer the equivalent of what a US worker would make anyway, i.e. you > can't import labour at below market rate. Factor in relo costs, etc, plus the > real risk that some people may pack it in and come back home, it's probably > significantly more expensive than hiring locally. > > (Also, as far as I'm aware, Pivotal pair ATFT or close to it, so if they > hired you, they'd want to pair with you regardless of where you're from. :P) > > > On 16/02/2011, at 9:53 AM, Tim McEwan wrote: > >> At first I thought they must be so keen to employ us because we're cheaper >> (are we?). But they want to pair. I wonder why they're so keen to pair >> with Aussies... Maybe there's just no American devs left - maybe @github >> has finally succeeded. >> >> -- >> Tim McEwan >> >> On Wednesday, 16 February 2011 at 00:01, Rich@thelogicbox wrote: >> >>> Sure you couldn't be tempted stateside? >>> Targeted recruitment for Aussie Rail's devs. >>> http://www.seek.com.au/Job/move-to-new-york-10-x-aussie-software-engineers-asap-with-pivotal-labs/in/melbourne/18983303 >>> >>> Good to see to new found pivotal revenue stream is being put to good >>> use. >>> Rich >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en.
