victorhn (u/victorhn)

victorhn commented on I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA · Posted by u/proberts

victorhn · 3 years ago

1. Do you have some estimate about the time it takes to go from a TN Visa (Mexican Citizen) to obtain a green card?

2. If, for some reason (layoffs, company dissapears, etc.) the whole green card process is not finished, then it means that i will not be able to get a new TN visa correct?

victorhn commented on Ask HN: How can I make classes taught over Zoom fun? · Posted by u/closetkantian

tmaly · 4 years ago

I had this same challenge teaching Scratch programming over Zoom during the 2020 pandemic.

I found one lady that had some good videos on techniques.

Here are the two I found most useful.

I would ask a question like, which character should we choose for the program. Kids loved being able to offer their opinion. Engagement was through the roof.

The other thing I did was add a little humor into anything I was presenting on the screen. Screens full of text were a turnoff. But when I had funny but related pictures and videos, that really increased retention of the material.

victorhn · 4 years ago

Do you have the links for the lady's videos?

victorhn commented on Meta Rescinding Offers Now linkedin.com/posts/zhuozh... · Posted by u/thereare5lights

anon97657 · 4 years ago

This could be unrelated: I was interviewing with them recently, had a technical interview scheduled, and then out of the blue last week they emailed me and told me they were discontinuing the process as they had now filled all positions... this was not the result of an interview, a had already "passed" the previous one and scheduled the next.

I assumed it must have been something about me (and it still could be), but the timing of this is interesting.

I am also in Canada which is where the person was told the hiring situation had changed.

victorhn · 4 years ago

Same scenario for me. I am on the USA. It looks like there is hiring freeze going on.

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hn_go_brrrrr · 4 years ago

What is this referring to?

victorhn · 4 years ago

Greta Thunberg

victorhn commented on Arkansas waitress fired after getting $4,400 tip washingtonpost.com/nation... · Posted by u/0xedb

hnrodey · 4 years ago

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/restaurant-owners-comm...

victorhn · 4 years ago

As if they are going to come out and say, yeah we fire her because of the tipping event.

Even if they don't admit to themselves, that probably was the reason of the firing, or some quarrel about it, we humans are petty.

victorhn commented on Ask HN: I feel so shallow and dumb when I see what other smart people are doing · Posted by u/cdahmedeh

xiphias2 · 4 years ago

,,Also going to the gym is pretty easy, so if you know “the path to happiness” why not just take it?''

I'm doing it but I'm 40 and the gains are not the same...my girlfriend left me for a younger and much stronger guy (and no, just younger wasn't enough in itself). Also in the 90s whenever I asked a girl if she likes muscular guys, they usually answered ,,not that much''. They are much more open nowdays about what they want from a man than 20 years ago.

victorhn · 4 years ago

You are smart, seems to be well off financially and still relatively young, so the future should not look that bad, probably you can get a younger girl too.

victorhn commented on I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA · Posted by u/proberts

victorhn · 4 years ago

I am currently working on a TN2 visa (Mexican citizen), my company wants to sponsor me my H1B and then, if i got it, sponsor my GC. I heard that there is a route where you can go from TN2 visa directly to GC, but that the process is risky if not handled carefully. What is your view on this?

victorhn commented on Ask HN: Is the Great Resignation in tech real? If so, why? · Posted by u/noobhacker

Saleshooman · 4 years ago

Ever since I graduated I have worked in technology, SAAS (B2B) specifically I am 27 year old- Male, SAAS (B2B) specifically. I just accepted an offer to leave one of the hottest companies in the Bay (Went from 400 mil (2.5 Years ago, when I started) to 6 Billion today), I work in sales and have now been a part of 3 unicorns in the last 5 years. (All of them I started as an employee when they were small, 1 is worth 1.3B another worth 8B)

Here is Why I believe this trend is likely to continue and why:

Economic climate: the money being ploughed into tech startups and co's has not only grown but grown by 100% YoY see here: https://news.crunchbase.com/news/global-vc-funding-h1-2021-m... -Tech companies are the predominant receipent of these VC $$$.

Mindfulness/Actualization: I would say I am satisfied with my current job but the past 18 months brought about the perfect storm, I moved from SanFran to a small town in WA with no friends or family close by- so I had a lot of time to think and introspect. Secondly, I lost ever $ I saved since I started working ($392k to be precise)... this loss, helped me understand the real value of money- what it is worth and what it isn't, having some money saved aside- will no bring you happiness but losing it- will definitely lead to a reduction in happiness. - This leads me my hypothesis on why, this trend is happening at large and now, people introspect their lives and realized "good enough" is really not good enough- it made them yearn for more, more in some cases meant money or a higher title- like it did for me.

Emptiness Syndrome: This is my own coinage, the way I would describe this as is trying to understand the meaning of life, what is it- just getting paid enough to stay fed, to afford rent and then what? A lot of folks started to search for a meaning to their lives... See google trends on "meaning of life" and "Suicide hotline number".

These 3 powerful forces, created the perfect amalgamation for the "great resignation" - Companies with a shit ton of money, -People having time to introspect, and the Emptiness syndrome.

PS. These are the ramblings of a 27 year old, single guy with nothing to watch on netflix and nothing better to do at 2.31am at night on a Saturday.

victorhn · 4 years ago

Can we get the story about how you lost 392k?

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luffapi · 5 years ago

The US has the 4th highest wealth inequality of any nation:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_wealth_...

The #1 rate of incarceration (by far):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarcera...

The #1 healthcare costs (by far):

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_h...

There are a lot of problems here that you are glossing over.

victorhn · 5 years ago

- Why is wealth inequality a problem? If average people is relatively wealthy (which i think is the case for USA), why does it matter that some people are very wealthy? This is different than some 3rd world countries where average people is poor and some very small percentage have wealth (and mostly due to corruption / crime / political influence)

- Rate of incarceration may also mean that USA does a good job of imparting justice / catch criminals.

- Healthcare costs looks like an issue, but socialized systems also have their problems (bad quality, wrong economic incentives for doctors to improve their practice, etc.)

victorhn commented on I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA · Posted by u/proberts

victorhn · 5 years ago

I am from Mexico and am currently employed on a TN visa, if my company intends to start working remotely, is it valid to keep working under this visa if i won't be physically living on the USA (i would live in Mexico, but maybe travel to US some days per year to US) or should i switch to another schema (like working as a contractor)?

Also, what about working for some months on USA and other months on Mexico? Does the visa allow this scenario or are there chances the custom agent get more inquisitive about these frequent trips?