This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Tanush Sharanarthi, a 26-year-old software engineer based in the Bay Area. It has been edited for length and clarity. I work at IBM as a software engineer.I joined three years ago and have been applying for an H-1B visa ever since. The process was rough for me because I wasn't picked all three times. The H-1B lottery system isn't merit-based. Each year, there's one lottery where applicants are put into a pool, and around 85,000 people are picked random ...