tl;dr: "They're all using H1-B visas to take jobs away from citizens! Well, except for me, that is. My case was special. But the rest of them are all job thieves!"
He's british though, movement of college educated professionals from london to new york creates very little (if any) downward pressure on wages, working conditions etc. Movement from Bangalore to New york, on the other hand, might.
He stated that he was conflicted on the subject. He also explained that he came during an enormous boom period (1980s Wall Street), and definitely did not take a job away from an American.
How can he say he didn't displace an American who would otherwise have gotten the job? Or that he didn't help his company outcompete another one, causing them to lay off Americans?
Because, again, as he said, he came during an enormous boom. Following relaxation of regulations, Wall Street was hiring every developer it could find, and there just were not that many around at the time. It's not reasonable to compare 80's Wall Street with modern, recession-hampered America.
