vxbush 10/14/2026 6:14:59 AM

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vxbush 10/14/2026 6:18:15 AM

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Someone forgot how friendly he became with Trump: DOJ Uncovers North Korean Network Stealing Jobs and Money From Americans

These are remote IT positions, which is potentially a really stupid thing for a company to do--but many people are so clueless about IT that they willingly throw money at it to not have to deal with it. 

vxbush 10/14/2026 6:23:52 AM

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JCM 10/14/2026 7:44:28 AM

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Reply to vxbush in 2:

Not just Korea, but China and to a lesser extent Iran is my observation. News in Seattle is that Microsoft is cracking down on H1B visas. My guess is a DoJ representative paid the C-Suite a visit. E-verify was set up for a reason. I hope a major crack down is coming on employers who hire illegally.

JCM 10/14/2026 7:46:34 AM

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Reply to vxbush in 3:

Only one way to get to "equity".

JCM 10/14/2026 7:46:59 AM

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Over on LinkedIn.

JCM 10/14/2026 8:13:27 AM

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Context matters.

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— conny (@BlvckJxsus) August 22, 2026

vxbush 10/14/2026 8:39:41 AM

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In #4 JCM said: News in Seattle is that Microsoft is cracking down on H1B visas.

Oh, they were absolutely visited by the Administration because they claimed they couldn't find US workers and had to invite people from outside the country, when they very loudly told people they were cutting positions right before they went looking at H1B candidates. Microsoft is in deep water, and there are several others that should join them, such as Oracle. 

vxbush 10/14/2026 8:40:56 AM

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Reply to JCM in 7:

Play stupid games, reap stupid rewards. Rinse, recycle, repeat. 

JCM 10/14/2026 9:40:06 AM

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Reply to vxbush in 8:

The way some tech companies do is open an office in India. That avoids the visa scam.

vxbush 10/14/2026 12:22:49 PM

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In #10 JCM said: The way some tech companies do is open an office in India. That avoids the visa scam.

I have first-hand knowledge of what one company does, not the entire field. But the news articles on Microsoft's behavior has been out for over a week, so I have two data points. The games the big companies play seem intended to keep quarterly profits high, stock prices higher, and C-suite personnel heavily compensated. 

JCM 10/14/2026 12:30:00 PM

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Reply to vxbush in 11:

I wouldn't call it data points. I would say observations over time. Being in Seattle and spending a great deal of time working as a supplier to big tech companies from MS to Boeing. Seeing how many foreign workers are hired, and who in the circles I know were qualified for the same roles.

It's all about the bottom line. I after I was effectively RIFed at Amazon, I did a little research Amazon routinely and very intentional culls senior engineering staff before 5 years to keep payroll lower. At the cost of having experienced, skilled and knowledgeable teams.  

Kosh's Shadow 10/14/2026 12:50:54 PM

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Reply to JCM in 12:

Many companies get rid of experienced people to save money, then wonder why software has bugs that software engineers have learned how not to make or how to find and fix quickly. Maybe if they hired exerienced people? 

I'd love to see a standard that if proper engineering practices are not follwed, the company is liable. But that would not be something a jury or judge would be able to understand.

Maybe with some stupid security errors like storing passwords in plaintext or leaving public access to systems that don't need it.

I could find a lot of bugs in a short time. Some others took a long time (like a buffer size set several layers down in the software, that would cause communication to fail without indicating an error)

One time I overheard some engineers that had been trying to get a system to work for days. System A would send a message to B, B would reply, but the message wasn't received. 5 seconds to say "Check the firewall" and that was it.

Kosh's Shadow 10/14/2026 12:51:40 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 13:

And the reason I knew to check the firewall was because I had seen the same error elsewhere.

JCM 10/14/2026 1:09:41 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 13:

I my particular rabbit hole, PCB Design and component CAD libraries. I have seen so many companies treat the whole thing like annoying trivia. While proper process controls, standards, etc... get in the while it all prevents costly errors downstream in the production process.

Kosh's Shadow 10/14/2026 1:12:03 PM

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Reply to JCM in 15:

Get it quick and cheap but it turns out to take longer and be more expensive to fix the bugs later.

Occasional Reader 10/14/2026 9:10:06 PM

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So I just finished watching episodes seven and eight of Fauda, which depict the October 7 atrocity.

Pave over Gaza. Leave nothing.