You can read here all the post that are the tea leaves of big ACTs to come. Intel in for a can of whoop A$$ in the coming two years!
Of course if you are technically savvy you can find them elsewhere.
Do t believe that Circuit B$ is all I can tell you
Not ruined, just no big layoffs right now. If you scroll trough the old posts you can easily notice the trend - quality of the posts here rises with the layoffs' probability.
OP. I find you completely perplexing and laughable. Here you are with your high nose about "Deadwood" thinking you are really better than them... But then at the same time, you cry like a baby about H1Bs potentially stealing your job.
No ACT in 2017! That is just a myth and urban legend.