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Re:Hunting For A Tech Job In Silicon Valley by donall on Saturday November 19, 2011 @03:30PM (#3256153)
I actually have a pretty similar situation. I am Irish, living in California after just finishing up in Dublin City University (I was probably one of Mervyn's lab tutors at some point!) and I'm also on the J1 visa.

The difference is that I found a job before I left Ireland (made the visa application a lot easier). I responded to a post on the "Who's Hiring?" thread here on HN a few months back and landed a gig in an awesome startup in Los Angeles called Factual.

HN is a truly invaluable resource for job hunting.

Re:Hunting For A Tech Job In Silicon Valley by MervynSF on Sunday November 20, 2011 @05:28PM (#3259204)
That's very interesting. I reckon I might have benifited from your tutelage at some point. I am definitely going to use HN as a resource for job seeking. Appreciate the feedback. How are you enjoying life in LA?