H1B story. I was contracting as a middleware software engineer a while back. They posted job descriptions for two senior-level programmers, both positions req

H1B story. I was contracting as a middleware software engineer a while back. They posted job descriptions for two senior-level programmers, both positions requiring Masters degrees. These two 'job opening' announcements were placed in the break room so everyone saw them. The pay? $65,000 a year. The steps to hire an HIB require: - the employer make a documented effort to hire a U.S. national first - by posting a 'Job opening' - by interviewing A lot of times, tech firms are hiring H1Bs from India etc. Right? Just take a look at the over-representation of foreign nationals, compared to U.S. college grads/citizens, at the tech firms you've worked at. When I saw "$65,000 annual salary" well my goodness. Do you think they'll find someone, a U.S. national, to take that position? No. It's an unhappy truth, but if you know you're qualified, not too old, and felt a lot of rapport with the interviewers, and did well on the tech part of the interview, and don't get an offer, the firm my not WANT to even be doing that interview but they must before hiring an H1B.