> 2. Instead of staying in tech for their career, they work for a year in a tech firm, then go to MIT for CS grad school. They perform excellently, having many publications under their name, doing several industry internships at Microsoft/Google labs. They then get accepted to a tenure track Assistant Professor position at Columbia. What visa do they apply for?

> Still H-1B

Wait, really? I would think EB-1 would be the better route to take via the "Outstanding professors and researchers" qualifications, no?

https://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/permanent-worker...