Umm, no. If you&#x27;ve worked at Facebook&#x2F;Amazon&#x2F;Google, you&#x27;d know that is not true. They do not prefer H1-Bs over citizens. They simply hire people who pass interviews. Also, what makes you think the industry&#x27;s smartest people aren&#x27;t working at these companies? I&#x27;d say on the contrary, they have the smartest folk in the CS industry at these companies.