Comments on: Career Fair

By: Fred

Fred — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:31:49 +0000

@Les: Yeah, it’s sad. I read that with OS X 10.5, rather than adding support for, say, ext2 (which I would much rather use on my USB sticks than FAT!) they even dropped support for an additional file system: UFS is not a first-class citizen anymore, making HFS+ the only viable choice.

By: Fred

Fred — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:26:32 +0000

@Ryan: Thank you for the insightful comment. It is sad indeed that it is so hard to get H1B visas: Both due to the number cap as well as the considerable costs associated with it. From a monetary point of view, for most companies it doesn’t seem attractive to hire a foreigner like that, unless they are very desperate for employees, or very rich .

By: l.m.orchard

l.m.orchard — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 23:51:10 +0000

Ugh, yeah, I’ve had to install some semi-ancient EXT2/3 drivers from sourceforge to get my OS X machines to recognize a drive from *my* Slug as well. Annoying.

By: RyanVM

RyanVM — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:57:56 +0000

I’m a Drexel grad who works in the steel industry on the other side of the state, and sadly that sign is pretty common for firms hiring engineers. You can thank the US H1B situation for that. For Bachelors-level jobs, it’s nearly impossible to retain foreigners on H1Bs past 7 years, which doesn’t exactly provide the greatest return on investment. As a result, many companies have decided (the one I work for included) that it’s not even worth bothering. Sad, but if you don’t like it, write your congressman