I am currently in Brazil working in a off-shore project involving Java, Swing, JSP, Struts, Oracle, UNIX. I have an approved H1-B visa sponsored by a Software Consulting company from Dallas, TX.
I am planning to interview for opportunities in the upcoming future. And I am wondering if someone could shed some light on the software development market in the US these days. How is the market for Software Engineers, C++/Java/Developers? What technologies are hot? Are companies hiring or contracting? What skills should I be concentrating on to get a job in the US? What is expected salary/rate? I am Sun Certified Programmer for Java 2 (96%), have about 12 years total experience with software development (C/C++, Java, Visual Basic, Perl, PHP, Oracle PL/SQL). Lately, I have been working with Java (J2EE JSP/Servlets/Struts). I am also studying J2EE Web Services.
Thank you.