[justlurking]

Been in the technology field for 20+ years and have never had a problem finding a high-paying job for any reason, much less H1-Bs.

I haven't either. But, I work directly for customers, and I've seen entire departments wiped out and replaced with H1B visa holders. They are large telecommunications and financial companies that you would recognize.

I can also tell you that as a group, the quality is much lower. While there are good people, there are many that simply don't have the problem-solving and analytical skills that are necessary to be effective.

If I had been the hiring manager, I wouldn't have hired them. If I had interviewed them, I would have explicitly said: no, they aren't qualified.

I'll leave it to you to guess why they were hired anyway.

[SoConPubbie]

I haven't either. But, I work directly for customers, and I've seen entire departments wiped out and replaced with H1B visa holders. They are large telecommunications and financial companies that you would recognize.

I've never seen that in my experience, and I have worked for Fortune 50 companies all the way down to mom & pop operations in 4 different states.