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Re:USCIS Reaches 2014 H-1B Cap by toomuchtodo on Monday April 08, 2013 @06:58PM (#5515279)
Our company is staffing up a full IT department right now. We don't even look at the education section.

Oh? You went to school for 4 years for CS? Good for you. Show me what you've built/what you've done. Anyone can get a degree; doers build.

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Re:USCIS Reaches 2014 H-1B Cap by jlarocco on Monday April 08, 2013 @07:50PM (#5515507)
I'm not saying there aren't companies who do that. But you must realize your company is an exception, right? The majority of companies use a CS degree to filter candidates.

The OP made things more difficult for himself, so it makes little sense to complain about how difficult of a time he had. He could have made it 10x easier by switching majors to CS.

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Re:USCIS Reaches 2014 H-1B Cap by toomuchtodo on Monday April 08, 2013 @08:05PM (#5515576)
Why switch majors? Drop the education part, build something, show it to companies looking, profit.

Degrees are overrated.

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Re:USCIS Reaches 2014 H-1B Cap by jlarocco on Monday April 08, 2013 @08:45PM (#5515746)
I think you missed my point.
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Re:USCIS Reaches 2014 H-1B Cap by toomuchtodo on Tuesday April 09, 2013 @05:24PM (#5521502)
Probably. It happens. Apologies for not connecting on the thought.
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