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Several in my current circle and I followed that path.

I came to the US earning $63K per year at an outsourcing firm.

I am currently in a SaaS co with sales at $800K / year and 3 employees including me, growing and we will at least double our sales next year.

Thanks to my work (and trying not to brag here), earlier start-ups I've worked at (building their marquee products, pre-fundraising) have raised several millions and employeed 10s - 100s of people.

I don't think that it has to be a startup. What I'd like to hear from actually high skilled people with skills beyond that found in the US. I think that the H1-B program makes sense if a company need nuclear scientist, etc.

The skill that they possess is the ability to work for 1/2 the pay.

It can not as there are ample start up opportunities for talented individuals in india.