Dag nabbit good stuff you whnpeersiappprs!

Actually the ratio of productivity of relaly superstar to average coders can be as much as 100:1. Richard Stallman in his salad days taking on the Lisp Machine commercial development teams is a well documented example. But raw coding prowess isn't what makes or breaks commercial software development. They can afford to have a hundred average Joes in most cases. It's programming management that counts. H-1B jacks everything up for American programmers because they are indentured servants willing to live ten-up in a one room apartment. Even if Americans did that they still couldn't meet the tax advantages. So kids that would be good programmers go into other professions. Meanwhile each H-1B who stays (roughly half) brings in five to ten relatives, many of which will be stupid, statistically speaking.