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Is Google Dodging H-1B Limits?
By Deb Perelman | Posted: 2007-09-28
Of all the reasons that Google listed when it let slip this week that it will be hiring thousands to create an European research and development team as big as the one it has in the United States, it never mentioned that hiring in the EU would allow it to
Inventor of the Web Criticizes 'Stupid' Male Geek Culture
By Deb Perelman | Posted: 2007-09-24
It's little news that technology is predominantly a male environment. Blame for the imbalance is typically placed on a low amount of natural interest by women in STEM (science,
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5 of 10 Richest Americans are Tech Execs
By Deb Perelman | Posted: 2007-09-24
Technology executives once again dominate Forbes' list of the richest Americans, with half of the top ten coming in as tech-made billionaires.
While Microsoft top dog Bill Gates held down his No. 1 slot, with $59 billion and counting as he prepares to give up day-to-day involvement in his company to
The Newest Silicon Valley Hotshot is 12
By Deb Perelman | Posted: 2007-09-21
If you thought it was hard enough to compete with a bunch of 20-something geek brainiacs in a garage in Menlo Park, California, you probably don't want to hear about Arjun Mehta, a sixth grader who started the company PlaySpan last year in his parent's garage in Santa Clara.
Yet what
Companies Resorting to E-Mailed Pink Slips
By Deb Perelman | Posted: 2007-09-20
As if getting laid off weren't dehumanizing enough, 10 percent of U.S. employees say that their company has used e-mail to fire or lay off employees.
In the workplace equivalent of getting
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As Traffic Gets Worse, Workers Suffer
By Deb Perelman | Posted: 2007-09-19
While being allowed to telecommute is a beloved perk for some employees, among most IT professionals—for whom being "on task" means being "on-site"—working remotely is not even an option.
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The Co-ed Quotient in IT Invention
By Deb Perelman | Posted: 2007-09-14
In a week in which patent news is all over the wires, some new research presented an interesting blip on the radar screen: If you want your technology patent to create buzz, make sure you've got a co-ed team.
Research published by NCWIT (the National Center for Women & Information Technology)
Recalculating Work-Life Balance
By Deb Perelman | Posted: 2007-09-13
I recently spoke to someone who called talk of work-life balance, more or less, hooey. He felt that the topic gets a rather tired treatment in the news, often focused exclusively on the difficulties working mothers have balancing everything on their plate, while there were plenty of people who desired
Outsourcing Back to the U.S.
By Deb Perelman | Posted: 2007-09-07
Indian software firm Wipro has laid plans to open a big software development center in Atlanta, it announced Sept. 6. The Bangalore, India-based firm expects to hire more than 500 computer programmers over the next three years and set up a training center to provide technical and soft-skills training to
Microsoft Gives Workers a Lift
By Deb Perelman | Posted: 2007-09-07
As if on cue from Google, a company with such a widely-praised employee bus service, the New York Times wrote a beaming article about it in March, Microsoft announced Sept. 7 that it would be launching a free express bus service for employees to and from its Redmond headquarters later
Word of Mouth: Un-Resign
By Deb Perelman | Posted: 2007-09-06
Days after announcing his Sept. 30 resignation, news spread that Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, was reconsidering his decision after his arrest in a Minnesota airport sex sting, and may still fight for his Senate seat.
"It's not such a foregone conclusion anymore, that the only thing he could do was
Unsettled Workers on This Side of the H-1B Fence
By Deb Perelman | Posted: 2007-09-06
The last several bits of H-1B news that have trickled across the wire have seemed, at least on the surface, to be good things for IT professionals.
In late June, the immigration bill went up in flames, taking with it a provision to raise the set cap on the skilled worker
Hey Genius: Wooing Young, Hip Microserfs
By Deb Perelman | Posted: 2007-09-05
As part of an update to its college information and application site, Microsoft announced today via its JobsBlog that it has created "an AWESOME interactive site to go along with it" titled "Hey
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At IBM, Workers' Delight
By Deb Perelman | Posted: 2007-08-31
Will you be at work today until 5 p.m. or beyond while all of your buddies are already at the bar or on the road to the shore, their holiday weekends in progress while you've got hours of the grind to go?
Do you dream of working at a company that
Same IT Stereotype, Different Day
By Deb Perelman | Posted: 2007-08-29
Among the range of projects, hacks, tricks and life tips on Wired.com's new collaborative site, IT support makes the list of critical coworkers worth "sucking up to." Having these people on your side will make your life easier, the post reads; creating an enemy of them can make your life
