Ask HN: Cities open to international grads?
I'm looking for a Jr. UI Designer role at a small or medium startup. However, with the H1B restrictions, USA is definitely off limits. What other cities can I apply to?
I'm not looking for large paychecks, just something that'd allow me to live like just another 20-something in a city.
CS grad, founded two small but profitable startups while in college, love designing and have experience working as a freelancer/intern as well.
Edit 1: I'm from India, can speak English and German, have enough coding experience but prefer UI/UX Design
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[ 3.5 ms ] story [ 48.2 ms ] thread[0] http://www.canadavisa.com/the-entrepreneur-start-up-visa-pro...
If you can save a bit of money, going to university here in such a way that it guarantees you two years of continuous full-time education is the easiest way.
In Québec, we also heavily favor people who speak adequate French, often bending over backwards to award them the provicial nominee certificate, which is the fastest way to PR in Canada.
Also, Montreal a great and burgeoning tech hub.
I'm from India, but can converse in both English and German, if that helps.
I am in the same boat as you, looking for an international position. Try Indeed too.
I'm Indian myself and came to America in 1999 on a H1B Visa. I feel your pain, that's why I slaved nights and weekend for almost a year and created http://visaok.in/
Still polishing up the search and few other details, then will do a Show HN soon. I Soft launched it in April. It's a site with curated job listings in Countries and Companies that sponsor * the Work Visa / Work Permit.
You can click "Browse" and filter by Visa, Country, Job Title, Skills etc. Outside of USA, Countries with the largest # of Jobs that are sponsoring work visas are Germany, Canada, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Denmark, Spain, Australia etc. The Australian work visa is also undergoing some radical changes like the H1B here, but it's still there to stay.
You are exactly the kind of person(s) I am trying to help. So help me help you. Any feedback on the site and content is much appreciated. Tell me what you'd like to see, and I'll build it for you.
You can contact me via email at theblogdoctor @ gmail
[ Other techies / hackers who are in a similar situation as OP, please feel free to provide me with feedback on the site, and what will help you the most. I know ya'll are tired of searching for jobs only to find "Sorry, cannot sponsor visa / H1B at this time." ]
=) Shiva
* = I contact the HR at Companies where I can and verify that they are able to Sponsor specific Visas for the Job.
As far as feedback goes: - I'd work on the UI a bit more (sorry, can't help but see it as a designer) - Your search page (from the navbar) throws an error. - I don't really see the point of user-registration (it's not there yet, but the options are visible)
And a few other UX for marketing improvements. It's a good site and you seem like you have got it covered. Best of luck. I'll check it whenever I can. If you need any help with front-end dev, let me know (shameless, I know but I'm actually good)