RE: [ossig] (Fwd) STI News: Firm discovers good IT help hard to find

["TM Tan (aka Meng)" <tmtan@tm.net.my>]

> The biggest issue here is that despite the so-called "shortage", they
> (employers) are still paying "peanuts" but expect "world-class" support.

Agree with you there....wonder what kind of salaries Genting was offering....my bet 
is no Malaysian corporation would pay 5 figures for top notch programmers
As anyone who stated working as a programmer, 10-15 years into their career, 
are they still writing code ? or are they managing "programmers"

> Furthermore, I think employers are just trying to use this as an excuse to
> promote the usage of lower cost worker from say, "India". Employers are only
> using this as an excuse to lobby our govt. to increase the work permit. I
> have seen a lot of talented programmers not getting thru HR Dept.
> A lot of good programmers had been overlooked and I don't know why (probably
> bad Feng Shui) that Malaysian employers almost always put the wrong guy in
> charge.

hahah have you met truly good programmers....they probably look like drug 
addicts - red eyes and slurred speech due to lack of sleep - uncombed hair, 
unshaven, sloppy clothes, many have an attitude problem too !  They probably 
wake up 30 mins before an interview and rush there. Most  HR people do not 
understand what makes a programmer great and what motivates them.

Cheers

Meng


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