This has come up before: the high-tech 'shortage' is bogus. Baloney. B.S. There is not really a shortage of high-tech workers. There is a shortage of Americans willing to work at reduced rates, just as there is a shortage of employers willing to pay a fair salary for this expertise. Why are the salaries down? (or, at least, have not risen in several years) Why? It's because tech employers have opted to recruit cheaper workers from other countries. They are willing to work for less, and I don't blame them. I blame the employers who choose to manipulate the market by manipulating job-seekers.

From the Newshour website:

<<Studies find a decrease in the intensity of firms' recruitment efforts since the recession and an increase in pickiness about whom they are willing to hire. ...the inference seems obvious: the supply of potential workers is already plentiful relative to employer demand. So why are stories about the need for guest workers and the U.S. falling behind in the global high-tech talent search dominating the discussion?>>
<<Currently, U.S. colleges graduate far more scientists and engineers than find employment in those fields every year -- about 200,000 more -- while the IT industry fills about two-thirds of its entry-level positions with guest workers.>>