All of this information is well absorbing and fundamentally sound. However, the real problem facing US graduates is global competition. CIO's and mangers don't care how well the portfolio of projects the student accumulates, the bottom line is the 5 for 1 deal you get in India. Financially, one can get 5 programmers for the price of one US programmer and the skill set is comparable or better. Until the US Government passes laws eliminating the open source H1 and L1 visa programs and start taxing corporation going outside the US for slave labor (also known as cheap labor force, outsourcing or offshore) the life of a US graduate in CS programming is a waste of money.
All of this information is well absorbing and fundamentally sound. However, the real problem facing US graduates is global competition. CIO's and mangers don't care how well the portfolio of projects the student accumulates, the bottom line is the 5 for 1 deal you get in India. Financially, one can get 5 programmers for the price of one US programmer and the skill set is comparable or better. Until the US Government passes laws eliminating the open source H1 and L1 visa programs and start taxing corporation going outside the US for slave labor (also known as cheap labor force, outsourcing or offshore) the life of a US graduate in CS programming is a waste of money.