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A creative presentation: Two Czech students looking for a summer job in SV

120 points by doh 14y ago

petrbela 14y ago
Wow! Good job! #jobinsiliconvalley TT?
jamesma 14y ago
What a great way to advertise yourself, I'd be bought if I was a recruiter.
lachyg 14y ago
how is the J-1 working out?
- ddariod 14y ago
  There are more types of J-1 visas, version I know about is to get a job offer fist, signed by US employer from some restaurant or other seasonal work. Its summer work and travel program. This is the easiest way to come and work for summer legally if you are regular student.
  - lachyg 14y ago
    Yeah, there are three types of J-1 visas. Internship, Trainee, Summer Work Travel. They're all pretty much tied to your student status. I'm curious how the OP is finding the process, whether he's managed to secure one, etc.
- divadnotrab 14y ago
  summer work and travel program, just waiting for job offer
- fitzpasd 14y ago
  I spend last summer in California on a J-1 work travel visa (Irish student). I had no job lined up before I went over and the visa was very easy to get. Agencies do all the work for you for a reasonable fee.
  - lachyg 14y ago
    Which agency do you use? I need a J-1.
divadnotrab 14y ago
#jobinsiliconvalley
astro1138 14y ago
Your XML, it's broken. Also, what is "edit"? Didn't you mean to use "$EDITOR"? tail with an uppercase "-F" is more useful with rotating logs. I also saw some JavaScript in this HTML5-only page. Hope that helps you with your endeavour.
- divadnotrab 14y ago
  thx
pippin 14y ago
As a student in a similar situation, but from Canada, I'd add the suggestion of looking for teams you would genuinely love to be apart of, and targeting them. Why? Say you find five or six places that are tackling a problem that really excites you - and a team of individuals at each of these places, that as a student you can feel welcome to work your butt off while gaining a tonne in knowledge and wisdom. Build something for each of these places - and personalize. Show that you give a shit about the problem they are solving.
- laluser 14y ago
  As a recent graduate with a few internships under my belt, I have seen plenty students come from abroad for internships. Although this was an awesome idea, I think it might only target smaller companies that do their own recruiting. Even for the smaller companies, this might not be the "best" approach. I agree with doing something more custom based for them to show that you are passionate, although it would be a much more time consuming process. On the other hand, the bigger companies will want you to apply more directly.
Mahh 14y ago
You might consider looking for companies that really interest you, and you can directly email their recruiters. As a student who has had my fair share of internship hunting, I find it more reliable to go hunting for what interests me rather than hoping something interesting happens to show up. Opportunities do just show up(linkedin recruiters sort of thing), but it's just a far lower chance that those turn out to be as interesting as companies that I scouted out on my own. Some places to start: http://news.ycombinator.com/jobs http://news.ycombinator.com/jobs Or these: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3783657 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3783657 And if you wait two days from now, it'll be May, and you'll find a fat list of companies who might want to hire you two as interns in the 'Who is Hiring, May 2012' posting.
ricardobeat 14y ago
> [this was coded using HTML5] Nope. It doesn't use any feature from HTML5, no new APIs or CSS3 that are usually bundled with the buzzword, no semantic tags, not even a doctype. Besides, it's kind of obvious that you're looking at a website ;)
pepr 14y ago
Guys, just out of curiosity, what school are you studying? I'm Petr, I did my Bachelor degree at CTU FEE (CVUT FEL) and I'm doing my Master's in US.
- peterjs 14y ago
  David is from CVUT/Open Informatics - http://oi.fel.cvut.cz/en/home http://oi.fel.cvut.cz/en/home. I'm not sure about Tomas. I met him some time ago when they were working on a web app with David. These guys are really passionate about building things on the web, that's for sure :) Would you mind getting in touch? My mail should be in my profile. It's always nice to meet people from HN in Prague :)
praba230890 14y ago
BTW, that's a good domain name (jobinsiliconvalley.com) & which itself is a start-up idea.
parlane 14y ago
"This site is using HTML5 and is compatible with Microsoft Internet Explorer" Oh really? It IS compatible? I guess I will wait for your site to load... 10 minutes later I guess you lied :( (Work has IE as default)
HistoryInAction 14y ago
I can help you get visas, and I work with lots of founders on that sort of thing. Check out these folks as an option for getting your sponsor: http://www.internationalexchangecenter.org/ http://www.internationalexchangecenter.org/ However, most startups won't be certified as a J-1 sponsor, so I can help there through working with USCIS, make sure the process works out. Have you checked to make sure that J-1 won't require you to spend two years physically in the Czech Republic before applying for another visa? http://j1visa.state.gov/participants/common-questions/ http://j1visa.state.gov/participants/common-questions/ (check tax and immigration requirements) I have an email in my profile if you want to talk more.
xrt 14y ago
Are you both wild and crazy by any chance?

120 points by doh 14y ago

petrbela 14y ago

Wow! Good job! #jobinsiliconvalley TT?

jamesma 14y ago

What a great way to advertise yourself, I'd be bought if I was a recruiter.

lachyg 14y ago

how is the J-1 working out?

ddariod 14y ago
There are more types of J-1 visas, version I know about is to get a job offer fist, signed by US employer from some restaurant or other seasonal work. Its summer work and travel program. This is the easiest way to come and work for summer legally if you are regular student.
- lachyg 14y ago
  Yeah, there are three types of J-1 visas. Internship, Trainee, Summer Work Travel. They're all pretty much tied to your student status. I'm curious how the OP is finding the process, whether he's managed to secure one, etc.
divadnotrab 14y ago
summer work and travel program, just waiting for job offer
fitzpasd 14y ago
I spend last summer in California on a J-1 work travel visa (Irish student). I had no job lined up before I went over and the visa was very easy to get. Agencies do all the work for you for a reasonable fee.
- lachyg 14y ago
  Which agency do you use? I need a J-1.

divadnotrab 14y ago

#jobinsiliconvalley

astro1138 14y ago

Your XML, it's broken. Also, what is "edit"? Didn't you mean to use "$EDITOR"? tail with an uppercase "-F" is more useful with rotating logs. I also saw some JavaScript in this HTML5-only page. Hope that helps you with your endeavour.

divadnotrab 14y ago
thx

pippin 14y ago

As a student in a similar situation, but from Canada, I'd add the suggestion of looking for teams you would genuinely love to be apart of, and targeting them. Why? Say you find five or six places that are tackling a problem that really excites you - and a team of individuals at each of these places, that as a student you can feel welcome to work your butt off while gaining a tonne in knowledge and wisdom. Build something for each of these places - and personalize. Show that you give a shit about the problem they are solving.

laluser 14y ago
As a recent graduate with a few internships under my belt, I have seen plenty students come from abroad for internships. Although this was an awesome idea, I think it might only target smaller companies that do their own recruiting. Even for the smaller companies, this might not be the "best" approach. I agree with doing something more custom based for them to show that you are passionate, although it would be a much more time consuming process. On the other hand, the bigger companies will want you to apply more directly.

Mahh 14y ago

You might consider looking for companies that really interest you, and you can directly email their recruiters. As a student who has had my fair share of internship hunting, I find it more reliable to go hunting for what interests me rather than hoping something interesting happens to show up. Opportunities do just show up(linkedin recruiters sort of thing), but it's just a far lower chance that those turn out to be as interesting as companies that I scouted out on my own. Some places to start: http://news.ycombinator.com/jobs http://news.ycombinator.com/jobs Or these: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3783657 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3783657 And if you wait two days from now, it'll be May, and you'll find a fat list of companies who might want to hire you two as interns in the 'Who is Hiring, May 2012' posting.

ricardobeat 14y ago

> [this was coded using HTML5] Nope. It doesn't use any feature from HTML5, no new APIs or CSS3 that are usually bundled with the buzzword, no semantic tags, not even a doctype. Besides, it's kind of obvious that you're looking at a website ;)

pepr 14y ago

Guys, just out of curiosity, what school are you studying? I'm Petr, I did my Bachelor degree at CTU FEE (CVUT FEL) and I'm doing my Master's in US.

peterjs 14y ago
David is from CVUT/Open Informatics - http://oi.fel.cvut.cz/en/home http://oi.fel.cvut.cz/en/home. I'm not sure about Tomas. I met him some time ago when they were working on a web app with David. These guys are really passionate about building things on the web, that's for sure :) Would you mind getting in touch? My mail should be in my profile. It's always nice to meet people from HN in Prague :)

praba230890 14y ago

BTW, that's a good domain name (jobinsiliconvalley.com) & which itself is a start-up idea.

parlane 14y ago

"This site is using HTML5 and is compatible with Microsoft Internet Explorer" Oh really? It IS compatible? I guess I will wait for your site to load... 10 minutes later I guess you lied :( (Work has IE as default)

HistoryInAction 14y ago

I can help you get visas, and I work with lots of founders on that sort of thing. Check out these folks as an option for getting your sponsor: http://www.internationalexchangecenter.org/ http://www.internationalexchangecenter.org/ However, most startups won't be certified as a J-1 sponsor, so I can help there through working with USCIS, make sure the process works out. Have you checked to make sure that J-1 won't require you to spend two years physically in the Czech Republic before applying for another visa? http://j1visa.state.gov/participants/common-questions/ http://j1visa.state.gov/participants/common-questions/ (check tax and immigration requirements) I have an email in my profile if you want to talk more.

xrt 14y ago

Are you both wild and crazy by any chance?