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It isn't "more complicated", it's downright dystopian, at least if you're from India/China. Some of the smartest students in my high school went to attend top u

It isn't "more complicated", it's downright dystopian, at least if you're from India/China. Some of the smartest students in my high school went to attend top universities in the US and continued to perform brilliantly - yet, I'd still find many of them begging for any job within 60 days lest they have to leave the country and destroy everything they've worked for for virtually their entire adult life. It degrades people of their professional worth and has pretty much turned the entire US professional immigration system into a game. The fact that people still go for it proves that I'm wrong, that it perhaps isn't as dystopian, or that people just aren't as aware of the true reality of the situation.

tsycho 4y ago
You are not wrong. It is dehumanizing (for Indians in particular), and downright dystopian for some. However, people still go for it because they have significantly better career and financial prospects taking a tech job on a H1 in the US, in comparison to their home countries. It's a positive expected value bet, even if xx% of people end up with a negative outcome. Further, many people aren't aware of the negative outcomes or come from rich families who can withstand it. While others hope that even if they don't get the H1, they can at least land a good job with a neutral outcome back in their home country or in Canada/UK.