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Re:H1B rejected – builds unicorn back home by anukin on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @03:46PM (#32570410)
Its an extremely isolated data point. He was born rich. Had the money and privilege to do coaching to go to an elite Indian engineering college. Went to US from there. When he came back his buddies from college where VCs. They funded him. His startup collapsed terribly even after so much of luck, privilege and funding. So now he gives outdated gyaan(wisdom) in Twitter.
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Re:H1B rejected – builds unicorn back home by jitix on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @05:24PM (#32571743)
This is true everywhere tbh. Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos all came from families that were upper-middle class or rich.

It's not a bad thing imo since families should strive to improve their situation with every generation, but it's important to highlight that rags-to-riches stories are extremely rare.

There are probably many who also got their visa rejected and were stuck with huge loans for their studies and an Indian salary, or had to move to EU/CANZUK countries as a second option.

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Re:H1B rejected – builds unicorn back home by preommr on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @07:06PM (#32572769)
> upper-middle class or rich.

Upper middle class covers a lot of commonplace jobs like dentists, accountants, engineers, etc.

Also you're leaving out lots of people that do come from even more humble origins like Steve Jobs, Oprah, Jay Z, Soros, etc.

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Re:H1B rejected – builds unicorn back home by noufalibrahim on Wednesday August 24, 2022 @01:12AM (#32575228)
True about the people you mentioned but there were several others in that same group (upper middle class) who wasted their opportunities and didn't get anywhere. These people you mentioned are an exception and there are lessons to take away from that.
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Re:H1B rejected – builds unicorn back home by redox99 on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @04:33PM (#32571105)
Doesn't that make his point stronger? If you are well connected, rich, and went to an elite college, it would make even more sense for the US to give you the visa.
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Re:H1B rejected – builds unicorn back home by quickthrower2 on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @06:04PM (#32572201)
If you are that rich maybe go there on an investment type of visa. Buy a farm, then do tech.
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