I agree with you. If the H1-B program were being used properly it'd be fantastic, but I've had too many friends (three being the "too many" in my case) spend t

I agree with you. If the H1-B program were being used properly it'd be fantastic, but I've had too many friends (three being the "too many" in my case) spend their last six weeks on the job training their half-competent H1-B replacements. It may very well not be the case most of the time, but in my experience H1-B has been used as a prybar when companies have highly-versatile, highly-paid personnel they want to replace with someone who's trained to only do one job and do that job for less money. If I had the option to keep the program exactly as it is now or restrict it to only persons with doctorates, I would choose the latter.