If you are on H1B visa and was laid off recently, you are up against a very hard time!! Firstly, due to the market downturn there are hardly any hiring going on. Secondly, even if somebody is hiring, they don;t want H1B's since they have plenty of residents/citizens avaialble. Thirdly, Your legal status. Finally, one has to worry about unsettling environement, family, financial issues etc etc. These are hard times indeed.

Today one more dot com company, webvan, closed it operations. I wonder when we will see light at the end of the tunnel. Atleast, do we know whether the end of the tunnel is near?

Ajit: Thankd for your reply. Here are some answers to your questions: * City - Madras/Bangalore/Hyderabad * Education - MCA * Experience - Aound 9 years total IT experience. Focus on Object oriented Design/Development, C++, VC++,MFC, COM , RDBMS, multi tier client server business applications and Internet technologies(ASP, Javascript, XML etc) * Current Salary - In in US right now and so my US salary and the salalry I'll get in India are not aomparable. About the job sites, please let me know about what you know or use. I know sites like Jobsahead.com and PrizedJobs.com. Thanks in advance

Can any one in India give me an idea on the current salary levels in IT field in India. Specifically I am looking for 7 to 9 years of experienced professional.

Folks: What are the techniques that you use to estimate the time for software project development? Are there any scientific techniques that can help to estimate the time accurately? I know the intuitive way of breaking up a large project in to sub tasks and then estimating the time for individual sub tasks. However, it is depends on the individuals experience and gut feeling rather than any scientific approach?. Let me know your experience and any pointers (web sites, books etc). :)