I’m 19, a software dev working full-time on-site in Europe.
I visited the USA and SF in January. There was a conference in Vegas, and then I moved to SF and worked from there for a month. I can say this is the place where I need to live.
I think there is a moment in everyone's life when you’re constantly searching for your place, and I can say this is what I found. SF/LA or somewhere near is the place I would really relocate to.
I didn’t go to College, as I have been working since I was 14, and now I’m searching for ways to relocate to SF.
I know my full-time job can’t do it, so I’m free for everything else. What can I do? Are there any study programs near me that I could apply to?
For those who have a question about why I need it, I don’t like how the EU works, startup life, or everything else that is very complicated. I love how free the United States is. they know the value of justice. It really fits in my mind.
So. yeah, please tell me if there’s any way to do that. As a dev, I can create great things there. I’m working on AI, and this can be a top level area for me to improve.
I would appreciate any feedback, Thank you!
- L1 visa: Get an internal transfer from a company that has offices both in the EU and the US
- H1B visa: Get hired by a US company and enter into a queue/lottery type of thing
- Green card lottery: Enter the annual lottery to get a Green Card to enter the US
- OPT visa + extensions: Graduate from an accredited college/university in the US
- O1 / EB-1 visas etc: Convince the immigration office that you have some extraordinary ability that would greatly benefit the US
- E2 visa and similar: Start a business in the US and invest a substantial amount of money into it
- New "Gold Card": Buy your way into the US with 5 million
Some of these also have different variations with slightly different requirements
H1-B without a degree and 19 y.o.? Not gonna happen
I'd believe the same for O-1 (and very few 19 y.o. have "extraordinary ability" without a degree. Very, very few.)
Easiest way would be to go get a degree in the US (of course, you need $ for this)
Definitely get out from behind your computer and read the news.
It’s hard for me to sleep when new stuff launches there in the meantime. Everything is delayed for me, and I'm struggling to move forward.
I need to improve myself, and here I have to work on a full-time job, +4 different side projects that are none of mine ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Everything seems good from X(Twitter), but not as much as I thought I guess there, too.
I’m not sure if it is worse than in my country.
Thanks a lot for replying. I appreciate.
A lot of tech comes from US / China, but it's also a tech based on control and enslavement...
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It seems as if we're quickly losing the freedom to have the wrong ideas. This was certainly a thing when Dems were in office, but now it has been amplified into an Orwellian form. And as far as immigration goes, if you don't have the right aesthetic or your social media doesn't look right, you may have a problem here as well.
Good luck.
The fact that Europe has some aspects "worse" from your perspective is immaterial. I'm responding to a change in my environment not a change in the European environment. Having the president threatening schools and libraries for having certain books, and organizations for using certain terms when things weren't like that before is a rather jarring change and to pretend that it isn't indicates intellectual dishonesty or a lack of paying attention.
I was just listening to a story about immigrants with student visas being hunted down by ICE while they still have student status (even if you visa expires your legal status is maintained with your student status normally). The fact that this person is trying to immigrate from Europe means he/she may very well have an issue depending on background.
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even slightly criticizing their president is enough for them to feel triggered like little snowflakes