See this other comment for an explanation of why you might not have worked with any decent engineers who were on H1B: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17615

See this other comment for an explanation of why you might not have worked with any decent engineers who were on H1B: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17615528 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17615528 Your experience doesn't mean that good engineers on H1B don't exist in large numbers. You just haven't encountered any.