H1B? No I don't care about that. I just think it's a bit concerning that the only things keeping this cornucopia full are the circumstances of a language barrier that's only relevant because foreign software companies largely aren't yet competitive with those in the US, and that no-one's fully cracked making remote work a thing on a large scale. That's a tissue-paper thin barrier protecting the wages of 95+% of the people employed as software developers in the US who aren't doing anything remarkable.

My job security's fine as long as all these dumb "Facebook for Dogs", mid-sized software company doing nothing all that amazing (so: 99% of mid sized software companies), and "Non-software-company software division" jobs that comprise a giant percentage (almost certainly the vast majority) of US development jobs remain in the US (or other expensive OECD states). I'm just not certain why they would remain here, in the medium-term. It's not paranoia so much as "gee, why the hell am I paid so much?" The reasons seem pretty weak, which... isn't comforting. It's not like I'm curled up shaking in the corner over it, though.