The EB1 visa exists for these "top researchers", the H1B is being used to suppress wages by increasing labor supply for basic software engineering roles a fresh college grad can easily complete.
I have worked with many very smart engineers at big tech firms. We were constantly searching, never hitting hiring goals. The H1B people were not displacing anyone and were paid top of market.
TrackerFF|7 months ago
Student -> regular dev/engineer -> promoted to lead/researcher/manager (or jump to another company for those positions).
If they didn't come to the US on a student VISA, or H1-B to begin with, they wouldn't have been able to follow the path they did.
lokar|7 months ago