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Other than premier pure researchers and university professors, every immigrant programmer I know came here on an H1b. This includes the brightest and best progr
by screye 3y ago
Other than premier pure researchers and university professors, every immigrant programmer I know came here on an H1b. This includes the brightest and best programmers I know.
- cool_dude85 3y agoI grew up in Miami and met a great many nice people who came to the US on a boat from Cuba. But the process of coming on a boat does not in any way select for nice people. The H1b program does have some method of selecting for qualification (i.e., you must have a bachelor's degree) but no method of selecting for the "best and brightest." The fact that some of the best and brightest may come in that way is true but irrelevant if the process itself doesn't select for it at all.
- screye 3y agoOh for sure. The H1B process is completely broken and in dire need of revision. I was talking about how the O-1 is not a sufficient or even ideal visa for extraordinary STEM practitioners. It only selects for a sliver of the overall extraordinary talent pool.