Surely an off topic question.
I am programmer.I just want to emigrate in USA.I just want to know if it is difficult to find out a job out in USA, as programmer (C/C++,Java/C#,Linux/Windows)
How is paid?Selections?stuff like that.
Thanks in advance.

I guess you will see this down in General section soon.

If you want an American job, you should move to India or China as that is where they have been sent.
The last computer job I had melted when Thinkpads went to China.
I have given up on finding a steady computer job and now, I'm doing house renovation which makes a joke of my studies.

Everyone outsources to India, great for all of our economies.

Huh..? What..? NO I DON'T WANT A NEW PHONE!!!!


stupid telemarketers.

you could of course start your own business. i might be mistaken but i think as of now if you do start a biz you dont pay taxes for 5 or 7 years.
check out some american online application sites. carrernetwork monster.

computers arent an easy job in america anymore. you could write software and sell it to windoze users but then give it to linux users for free

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What gave you that idea? The only way to avoid paying taxes is to not make any money. Believe me, the IRS will pay attention to a startup from day 1. Now if you have a good accountant, they can probably find ways to help you minimize the money you make, but there is no grace period from the IRS.

Depending on what exactly you want to do - write new code, fix existing code, work in a outsourcing mode - there are literally thousands of jobs. I don't know if it is as easy to get a J1/H1 visa for work anymore, but I'm sure they're still around.

Look at companies in your country which do contract work with US companies.

Better yet, start your own business.

With your skill set, you could easily find a job in America. But the pay would probably be way below scale. The outsourcing of development continues apace and I don't see that trend reversing itself any time soon. If you really want practical advice on how to go about this, you should look east, not west. It seems every other programmer I meet is either from Russia, Belorus, or Ukraine.

Lot's of stuff here on outsourcing. My impression (without benefit of actually knowing the subject... ) is that outsourcing is most attractive for tasks that can be very clearly defined, so that training and performance tracking are straightforward. The obvious example is the call-center people working from scripts.

Applying this logic to programming, I think a distinction is needed: There is **coding** and there is Software (Application) Design. The latter is much more difficult that the former.

The traditional ways to appeal to employers include: 1) Broad skill set--ability to see the big picture, 2) Specialized skills that are in constant demand. Coding in C does not fit either one.

And what that means paid low ? $10 per hour means below the scale? What is that scale anyway?How much money earns a good programmer in USA (I mean if he has a job)?
Also
Wow.Is that true?
In my country if you start you own biz you should pay lots of taxes.... lots lots of them till you give up with up biz.

I make 22$/h as an intern at a embedded software company. (Note: I am a 3rd year Electrical Engineering Student) Granted this is in Canadian dollars. Really though emigrating the USA atm is probably not the easiest or best thing to do since the economy is about to take a nose dive due to the insane debt being racked up by the goverment. Then again i don't think it is easy to emigrate to Canada either. The Canadian economy is booming at the moment and there is no lack of developer positions for people who are skilled and have a good mastery of the english language.

Moved: This thread is more suitable in General and has been moved accordingly to help your thread/question get the exposure it deserves.

whatever people think that there are no programming jobs in the U.S. are just plain ignorant(probably don't live here) the programming business is booming in the U.S. and there are starting to be many U.S. companies that send their reps to other countries to help them! I know several that do this. I havn't gotten a programming job yet as I am still going for my degree, but I know a lot of programmers, and they all tell me their companies need a lot of people. The reason people may think that there are no job openings is that it requires you having at least a bs for most jobs. Most people are too lazy to do this, so of course they won't find a programming job. Don't tell me about "all us poor people" because I am definitely not wealthy. I just study and work hard.

Yes, there is a huge boom in software engineering job availability. (It's a different story for hardware engineering, however.)

LOL, heck, I'm an American thinking of moving to India or China to get work. If only we could outsource our politicians (whatever it is they do) the way they outsource our port security.