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> vegan crap no one is interested in but vegans And SF has a large populace of vegans like me, who have a choice of dozens of innovative restaurants with mind boggling vegan food, …

I am a data scientist working at a big firm in the San Francisco Bay Area. I have a PhD in CS with a specialization in AI / Machine Learning / NLP from a US university. I am from I…

I agree with the principle of your comments but not with the wealth aspect. My experiences have told me that the world of traveling is restricted to those with the right passports,…

They are. But it's drowned in the noise about undocumented immigrants, which is a much more emotional issue and more in the consciousness of the general public. If a politician say…

Again you are technically right. But in practice this is of no help. The AC21 allows you to change employer when you have filed the I-485. That is step 3 of the 4-step green card p…

Technically yes. But the poster's employer has probably applied for a green card. Since the poster is Indian, that is a 10+ years process (4 for China and 1 for everyone else). If …

Brainfuck. Because it's fun. My favorite Brainfuck interpreters. http://brainfuck.tk http://copy.sh/brainfuck/ http://www.iamcal.com/misc/bf_debug/ This is a good IDE for Brainfuck…

I feel this is a common situation for many people.

Uh.. H-1B visas are used to for mechanical engineers, nurses, doctors, and MBA grads all the time. The reason you don't know them is because this is a tech-focussed forum and the a…

Only for fungible types of workers. Programmers, software engineers, data scientists, product managers, designers, etc aren't like farm or construction laborers. These skills aren'…

Except this will only help large employers like Google and completely screw startups. How do you compute wages when it is paid in terms of equity? 1% of Google was worth nothing in…

It is simply because the contribution of a musician, a model, and an athlete is more easily understood by peers in other fields. The value of a 10X engineer is not that well unders…

7 is not satisfied by a letter from any company CEO. The person writing the letter has to be a distinguished individual in their own capacity. A startup CEO, irrespective of potent…

Except talented graduates of the American higher education systems have to leave the country if they don't get selected in the H-1B lottery. Last year, there were 45,000 applicants…

O-1 is also tied to the sponsoring company. The standards set by the government for the O-1 visa are more geared towards pure research scientist or professor kind of positions. A P…

I am sold. Is anyone in Vancouver hiring? Perhaps there needs to be a "Who's hiring in Vancouver" thread, along with information on whether they will hire non-Canadians / non-Ameri…

Is there a Big Data / NLP / Machine Learning scene in Vancouver? I rarely see any Data Scientist positions being advertised in Vancouver? I am a foreigner with a PhD in applied NLP…

That's nice to know. Do you work for a Berlin big data startup too?

What is the Big Data startup scene like in Berlin? I am about to graduate with a PhD in Machine Learning from a US university. I have talked to several Big Data startups in the val…

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Always wanted to do this. But my inferior passport makes it infeasible. To even spend a weekend in most countries, I would have to document every detail of my life, and every detai…

The solution is a non-partisan blanket primary. It keeps decisions in the hands of the voters, and also insulates against extremists being nominated. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N…

In a political climate where a major state's dominant political party's platform wants to ban critical thinking skills because they "challenge a student's fixed beliefs" and "under…