6 years ago I was at a crossroads in my life...wondering if I should pursue a career in IT. Ultimately, I decided not to, since I realized that anybody anywhere in the world could learn all the programing and development skills needed to be an IT professional. Instead, I went into the health sciences and now have a shot at a decent career. I still love tech and am trying to find the time to learn LISP, hopefully I can leverage that into a new practical application in my field. I completely empathize with the frustration the author of this craigslist posting has. Unfortunately, there are so many poor and intelligent people around the world who are willing to work their butts off for relatively little. US citizens who work in tech would be helped out if the government stopped renewing H1-B Visas. It is not fair to the tech workers here to compete with third world labor. And it is not fair to developing nations who lose their biggest talents.