> Is H1B abuse real or are are American HN's commenters way overplaying it? Yes and yes. The long and short of it is that many companies don't want to pay mar

> Is H1B abuse real or are are American HN's commenters way overplaying it? Yes and yes. The long and short of it is that many companies don't want to pay market salaries, or have unreasonable expectations, and the H1B system basically lets a company hire at a lower salary than market salary. The H1B system also impacts immigrants' job portability. An H1B employee is less likely to leave a bad job for a better job, thus H1B employees are more desirable because of the lock-in. Edit: The other half is that a lot of people "age out" of tech for various reasons and like to point a finger. Working in tech at 40+ years old is very different in an industry that typically hires people in their 20s and 30s.