US companies need to sponsor a visa and that requires them to provide proof they weren't able to find an equivalent US citizen for the position. The visa has a

US companies need to sponsor a visa and that requires them to provide proof they weren't able to find an equivalent US citizen for the position. The visa has a cap limit per year, cost, paperwork, takes months to years. The big enterprise companies have dedicated staff and lawyers, and experience to deal with it but given equal candidates it's simply easier to hire from within the US. International students currently residin in the US also have it easier. They're already on a student visa which can be converted. Consider applying at their European offices, then after a year internal transfer with L1 visa. No cap limit, paperwork can be ready in as little as two weeks. (I thought the 20% time was long debunked. "Realistically it's hard to do your day job productively and also build a new project from scratch. You have to be willing to put in hours outside of your normal job to be successful." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6223466 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6223466)