The O-1 visa still exists for the Manhattan project geniuses.
Most IT projects today look like something run by Howard, Fine, and Howard than the Manhattan project.
I’ve had to work with H1-B & as a manager, I’ve had to work to keep a couple of H1-Bs employed. In my experience, less than 5 percent of the H1-Bs I’ve dealt with were truly worth keeping. After that, the next 15 percent of H1-Bs were cheap, compliant, & indentured servants that didn’t rock the boat. Perfect for today’s useless IT management. The remainder... I would have been better off with Howard, Fine, & Howard.
If these H1-Bs are that talented, why hasn’t the next hot internet company been created in Bangalore?
Again, all it comes down to is price.
Not long ago, a reasonably bright kid would have been hired out of college & trained by their employer for the job. This arrangement worked for a long time. Now, these kids can’t get an interview, due to the H1-B.
We need to go back to the old arrangement AND we need to get the old folks displaced by these H1-Bs working in their careers again.
There is no need for the H1-B at this point. Too many qualified Americans are out of work.
BTW, I received an e-mail for a potential position yesterday. They’re only interested if I have the appropriate visa. As a US citizen, why do I have to put up with this in my country?
Don't doubt that a bit. As far as I am concerned, they were hired under fraudulent auspices.
Not long ago, a reasonably bright kid would have been hired out of college & trained by their employer for the job. This arrangement worked for a long time. Now, these kids can't get an interview, due to the H1-B.
I know that and agree.
We need to go back to the old arrangement AND we need to get the old folks displaced by these H1-Bs working in their careers again.
No argument there either.
BTW, I received an e-mail for a potential position yesterday. They’re only interested if I have the appropriate visa. As a US citizen, why do I have to put up with this in my country?
That employer should be prosecuted for fraud as Cruz H-1B proposal intends to do.