[IdiocyInAction]

A new grad is not necessarily the same as a potential H1B hire. Tech workers are not fungible. A company might prefer to hire an Indian or Polish person who has won ICPC, has hard-to-acquire experience, etc. over a D-average new grad without internships from Georgia or something.

[GOD_Over_Djinn]

Do you live in the same reality as the rest of us? Most h1bs are not competitive programming champions, they are totally average in every way

[leovingi]

Anyone here can go to https://h1bgrader.com/, find their favorite tech company or two and see the entire list of positions they needed H-1B for, as well as the salaries.

Web developers, data analysts, project managers, sales analysts, support engineers - these are not highly-skilled roles that just can't be satisfied by the US market.

[Squarex]

These people are exactly what H1B is for. The problem is that most h1b hires now are not that exceptional.