I have the same story with you, I also came from a small country with has nothing special in IT, and working as a Software Engineer in the US is a paranoia drea

I have the same story with you, I also came from a small country with has nothing special in IT, and working as a Software Engineer in the US is a paranoia dream for me. Except one thing (luckily for me), my family immigrated to the US and I have to follow them. If you are still looking for a job in SF (or anywhere in this Bay Area), go ahead and create an impressive profile on Angel List (https://angel.co/jobs https://angel.co/jobs), this is the website for startups company looking for developers, and I got my first job after 2 weeks in the US by this way (they found me on this site when I was in my home country, and ~1 month long phone calls/interviewing/testing/waiting...). Spending your time create/contribute to some cool project on Github should help, the people here love that. It's the best way to prove yourself as a good developer. We all have a dream to live for, and it's great to meet and sharing with people who has the same dream as I have. Good luck to you, and welcome to the Bay Area ;) Cheers, Henry Tr.