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I do, referring you via your email address on your HN profile. In return, I think I'll take you up on > If you have ANY (literally ANY) sort of problem that yo
by underyx 7y ago
I do, referring you via your email address on your HN profile. In return, I think I'll take you up on
> If you have ANY (literally ANY) sort of problem that you need solved, contact me. I mean seriously, literally any problem, even the one you think I can't help you with. The harder the better.
How do I work at a Silicon Valley startup that wants to hire me, if I'm an EU citizen with no degree and 5 years of work experience?
- foxya 7y agoAny chance I could snag a referral as well?
- underyx 7y agoSorry, I'm worried about getting a bad rep with Superhuman if I refer low quality users, and you have a day old account :( I think I'll refer only above 500 HN karma. And I'm honestly sorry, I really don't mean to be elitist or anything.
- adamnemecek 7y agoThanks for the invite. I contacted you over linkedin. We can talk about visa.
- scotth 7y agoI'd love one, if you would be so kind. Email in my profile.
- underyx 7y agoAnd off the invite went. Enjoy!
- scotth 7y agoThank you :)
- slyv 7y agoHey underyx! Would you mind referring me as well? (Email in profile). I'd love to give Superhuman a try! Way too many emails, and always looking for more efficient & effective ways to communicate well with everyone. (Happy to return the favor in any way!) Thanks!
- underyx 7y agoHey, sorry, but I'll keep the 500+ karma rule I committed to above. Apologies!
- liamcardenas 7y agoLol I hope you are joking... They are making their customers scared to share their product with people?
- underyx 7y agoNothing from them suggested I should be scared. This feeling comes more from other referral based systems.
- jwilliams 7y ago> How do I work at a Silicon Valley startup that wants to hire me, if I'm an EU citizen with no degree and 5 years of work experience? It'll be tough for sure. And depends on what the startup is prepared to do. Have you spoken to an immigration attorney? https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=proberts https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=proberts does AMAs on here regularly and it might be worth contacting his firm for advice (also take a look through his AMAs). Things I've seen work: - Work remote, visit SV regularly for work. To be frank, I think that can be the best of both worlds. But YMMV. - If you work for an overseas subsidiary for over a year, you can try for L-1 to transfer to the US. Generally the "startup" needs to be big (big) for this to be practical. You don't outright need a degree, but 5-years experience is probably on the lower end. If SV is your dream, it might be a case of finding a bigco startup that is prepared to do this. A stepping stone might be working for one of them in the EU first (e.g. Dublin in particular has plenty of satellite offices for SV companies). - There are other options like the O-1 and H1-B, but these are extremely competitive. Again, immigration lawyer would have a better idea. In all cases I'd probably give Peter a try first.
- underyx 7y agoThanks a lot! I did talk with lawyers but somehow adam already helped me via Twitter DMs a lot more :D Remote work with visits is a great option in the meantime. L-1 I'm not too comfortable with as I'd be entirely tied to that company. O-1 seems like the easiest path, I'll try to find a book deal to start out with.