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i'm very impressed by your persistence. congratulations. nowadays, do you encourage or employ people in same situation as you were?
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Thanks. I really got lucky.
nice story! How did you get your first few clients/customers. Did you get investor funding for Datanyze?
The irony is that you can get to US if you have a million to invest (if that hasn't changed yet), but if you have already made it this far, going to US kind of defeats the purpose - "If I can make it there, I'm gonna make it anywhere".
Great story. Very impressed by your persistence and creativity, and congratulations on your success. I think the concept of employers applying for a green card for employees is fundamentally broken. It pits the interests of the employer directly against the employee, since it's in the employer's interest to drag out the process for as long as possible, and reduces job mobility (which brings down wages for everyone) b…
Nice write-up! What will your advice to someone with similar aspiration from a third world country?
Not OP but I've been on an F1 for 7 years and I'm currently applying for an H1B, but I don't think I was selected in this round. Anyways, the easiest way would to be enroll in a US university. Most grad programs in STEM will give you significant financial aid if not completely paid tuition. Another way is just applying for a job with a big international corporation and eventually they'll bring you on board. Yet anoth…
Should I finish my degree here or should I start applying to Universities in US? I was also planning to apply for internship in valley startups.
> you can always just keep applying for the Green Card lottery
Unfortunately, my country is not eligible for Greencard lottery.
To be quite honest I only knew US from the movies. Following news and recent developments I'm quite hesitant to move over there. Cops shooting people, riots, NSA tracking,...
My romantic view when I just started working in the dot com boom of US that bubble bursted. This doesn't mean I don't like the US. There are many good things also. In any country there are good and bad things. But I think there are other places maybe as good as the US which are worth exploring.
i'm very impressed by your persistence. congratulations. nowadays, do you encourage or employ people in same situation as you were?
Yes we have a couple of H-1b employees and we are starting to process their green cards now. We also look for people who are willing to take any internship opportunities just like I did back in the days.
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@sneak - you have probably been born into another illusion, the idea that you are free and independent. Now tell me -- where does the money come from?
Philosophers and Economists have battled on that question for centuries now...
This is why I ended up in London - to me it's the next best thing. Being an EU citizen I have equal rights here and employers can't lowball my salary, because they have no such leverage like they do in US with H1-B visa. There's nothing immigration-related looming over my head and working hours are better than in US (from what I hear), so I have plenty of time for starting my own gig on the side initially when I'm re…
For those with good English and tech skills without an EU passport, Dublin is a fairly good option. The work permit system is reasonable and the demand for skills is quite strong. There are also a lot of US companies with operations in Dublin, which opens the possibility for an L1 visa to get to the US.
I think UK companies should also consider setting up offices in Dublin, so they can get access to talent they can transfer to the UK using the intra company transfer visa, similar to companies in the US having offices in Canada.