I will never believe there are not enough qualified software engineers coming out of American colleges and universities that we need to import a hoard of Indian engineers.
Posted on 10/02/2025 4:53:23 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
The H-1B visa, introduced by the United States in 1990, has long been a pathway for highly skilled professionals from across the globe to contribute to America’s technology sector. Many of today’s tech leaders, including Elon Musk, Sundar Pichai, and Satya Nadella, entered the US through this programme, allowing them to innovate, lead companies, and create global impact.
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Sundar Pichai
Pichai came to the US as an international student before transitioning to an H-1B visa, which allowed him to join Google in product management roles. Over the years, he rose to become CEO of Alphabet, overseeing key innovations in AI, Google Cloud, and hardware like Pixel phones and Nest devices.
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Satya Nadella
Nadella moved to the US in the early 1990s and obtained an H-1B visa to work at Microsoft. Rising through the ranks, he became CEO in 2014, leading Microsoft’s transformation through cloud computing, AI, and enterprise solutions. Nadella emphasises the critical role of skilled immigrants in fostering innovation and growth, highlighting that many of Microsoft’s most transformative projects have been driven by talent brought to the US through H-1B.
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I will never believe there are not enough qualified software engineers coming out of American colleges and universities that we need to import a hoard of Indian engineers.
After being a student, he got an H1B to stay on and work
And Microsoft and Google laid off left leaning sales and HR folks (not only, but a large chunk of those fired were these)
They NEVER explain that most H1B success stories involve a majority partnership with native born American citizens.
There are some brilliant H1B and OPT exceptions to that general rule.
But, NOT enough to justify millions of foreign workers.
Fact is, at least 80% of the most brilliant foreign students in the USA come from northern Europe, Japan, the oil rich Persian Gulf, or the English speaking countries.
After graduation, most of those students return to their home country, because the pay checks and the standard of living are equal to, or better than, the USA.
Elon came on a J-1, and transitioned to an H1-B. Although there would be other options open to him as he had Canadian citizenship.
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