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Check out the hype on the Waldorf Kyra (in prototype this was know as the Valkyrie). The Novation peak is another recent FPGA based device. Take a look at https://novationmusic.com/peak-explained for a bit more of an explanation why FPGA is necessary.

IANAL, but consider whether you can apply for transition to a B-1/2 visa today while your H-1B is still. They take 6 months to grant and allow valid stay while you're waiting. Talk to an immigration lawyer for details on whether this works for your case.

+1 I'm not doing much more different than I was when I left Australia, but went from 130K-ish AUD (inc super+bonus) to 260K-ish USD (inc bonus+stocks) = 370AUD in the last few years. The taxes are significantly lower on these amounts in the US as well (at least in Seattle where there's no income tax).

Close to this. 125K in a small city working for small company on a government project. I took a bit of time off to travel and then landed a 220K job in Seattle. Rent cost took added a bit more than $15K Taxes took another $27K.

The difference really is moving from a small co. to FANG.

CTCI and LC your way there.

I'm an Amazon SDE, fairly new to the city. Hence I'm part of the problem, according to the narrative of those on the anti-Amazon side of all this.

What is the single best thing I can do to help this problem? Volunteering my time to help a shelter? Paying money to the support it? Influencing my company to change? What are some ways that I can help solve these problems at scale?