yogin

There is another visa you can use to work legally in the US for 18 months, it's the J visa. It's suppose to be a "training/internship" visa, and is a good way to wait for other chances at an H1B, or a GC lottery (you never know). The US has a 2 year clause that prevent some countries from staying in the US at the end of their 18 months, but I was lucky it didn't apply to me.

I was lucky to get my H1B last year right at the end of my J1 visa, my application arrived on April 1st, and considering the number of applications they received, they flipped a coin to see if I was going to be considered... luckily I won the toss!

There's definitely a need for a change somewhere, increased quota, new immigration laws...

I also agree that it's about talent, every company is looking to hire talent, unless they're cheaping out (fortunately I haven't met any of these companies). Most companies I know (mostly startups) are actually looking at the local markets first, but are willing to consider foreigners if they are worth it. They don't mind the cost.

I have my domains hooked up with google apps (there was a time when it was free, still is if you got in early), and they allow you to have a catch-all for email addresses that you can redirect to one of your user accounts. So each time I need an email for a site, I just put <site_name>@some_domain.com.

This way there's no need for the +alias in the user part, and some site tend to block this because they know it's used for aliases.

Doing this, I know exactly where this email was used. Been doing this for years, and works great.

Thank you for this, I have to admit I've been quite confused about this for some time. Great explanation, it finally makes a lot more sense to me!

very nice work! I can definitely see adding links to other Life. Linking parent, child, partner, friends, .. you can even have companies ... would create an interesting graph of your life