Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting

Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by koakuma-chan on Friday February 28, 2025 @07:19PM (#43213876)

There are pros and cons. I live in Canada now, and one major downside is that, because technically I would be an international student, I cannot afford a university. The tuition fee for international students is through the roof. But, ultimately, leaving Ukraine was a correct decision, because otherwise I would have ended up fighting Russia. In summary, it sucks but could have been worse.

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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by blast on Friday February 28, 2025 @07:28PM (#43213967)

Yes, that sucks. What would you like to study at university if you get the chance?

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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by koakuma-chan on Friday February 28, 2025 @07:34PM (#43214030)

That would be Computer Science.

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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by blast on Friday February 28, 2025 @07:43PM (#43214127)

I was hoping you would say that, because it's the technical field most possible to succeed in without a university degree.

I don't mean to minimize your loss, but I cheer for you to succeed despite it.

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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by koakuma-chan on Friday February 28, 2025 @07:54PM (#43214229)

You are correct. But, ironically, unlike in Ukraine, in Canada and probably in the US, entry-level jobs (also known as internships) are reserved for undergraduate students. You could call this is another downside of leaving Ukraine.

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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by Natsu on Friday February 28, 2025 @09:32PM (#43215017)

At least in the US, you can just make something complicated enough to show some skill and get a real job. That's what I did, anyway. I used to work in a factory.

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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by koakuma-chan on Friday February 28, 2025 @10:54PM (#43215683)

Yeah, that's what I think too. I have been working on a project[0] to do just that, would you mind commenting if my project is something that can be considered complicated enough? In your experience, were you not blocked by the fact that companies are looking for "years of professional experience"?

[0]: https://github.com/mayo-dayo/app

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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by Natsu on Saturday March 01, 2025 @12:48AM (#43216368)

That's plenty complicated. There are people out there who can't even fizzbuzz.

Tomorrow there will be the two monthly threads for who's hiring & who wants to be hired on HN. Use those.

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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by koakuma-chan on Saturday March 01, 2025 @02:59AM (#43217068)

Thanks.

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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by Natsu on Monday March 03, 2025 @12:39PM (#43244418)

Sorry for getting the day wrong, the two threads are up today, I guess they wait for the first weekday:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43243024 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43243022

Try both. Hope that helps.

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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by koakuma-chan on Thursday March 06, 2025 @02:05PM (#43283924)

Yeah no worries, I was wondering why the threads didn't show up and found the bot profile where it said it's actually the first weekday of the month, so it's all good.

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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by dang on Saturday March 01, 2025 @10:30PM (#43226955)

I just randomly saw this—the hiring threads go out on the first weekday of the month, so it'll be Monday March 3.

https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=whoishiring

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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by Natsu on Sunday March 02, 2025 @01:33AM (#43227958)

My bad, I thought it used to be the 1st? Or maybe I just saw too many months that started on weekdays and got the pattern wrong.

I appreciate the clarification, because I had wondered why I hadn't seen it yet.

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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by k12sosse on Saturday March 01, 2025 @01:08AM (#43216449)

Yeah, the USA is a giant free market for immigrant labour in tech.

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