Dude, give us another solution for getting h1b? Direct jobs are always hard to get, isnt it better to have something than nothing? And I dont think anyone will just join some consultancy blindly, people are well educated so they know what needs to be done? I think most of our guys who have joined the consultancy must have done a hell loads of research, they must have consulted their seniors and must have joined some good consultancy. I beleive joining a good consultant is not bad for us who has no experience at all.

Even if you hunt for direct job, you will end up spending 3-4 mnths searching for it, and still not sure abt h1b and while hunting for job, u  need to prepare a lot for interview, that means no gas stations, no motels, so no pocket money, how do we pay our rents and food?

Now  joining a consultant will give u free food, free place to live, free training, and h1b(at least all my friends who went to consultant, got their h1b through it), I know they take a part of you salary, but dude if you join some company at an entry level they are going to pay less than what consultancy is going to pay, so what do we have to lose, we earn good money.  Plus, you get an actual experience too, so after a yr you can go with direct job with actual experience.

I'm not a consultant or anything, and I've a job(direct one), but i would have joined some good consultant if i wouldnt have got the job and I can understand why our friends have joined it too. That is our only option.

Well this is just my thought, i know i could be wrong too.

just pray to god that we all get selected for h1b.