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Sorry to hear it. What country are you in?
by verteu 1y ago
Sorry to hear it. What country are you in?
- pluc 1y agoCanada, but I'm a rare case that I'm open to relocate anywhere (except the US) and have been working remotely since before it was made popular by the pandemic. So I've been applying literally all over the world for two years (though it's been mostly Europe due to personal preference and desire to relocate there).
- mgh95 1y agoWhy not the US? Anecdotally, I'm beginning to see the US market pick up again and a TN visa should see you employed pretty quickly.
- greyb 1y agoCan managers/directors of engineering even qualify for a TN under the recent renewed scrutiny?
- mgh95 1y agoYeah. That's actually the only way to get a TN -- to oversee technical work in a managerial capacity. Technical managers of software engineers are 100% able to enter under TN.
- bananalychee 1y agoWhat do you mean it's the only way? Computer engineering is a valid TN employment category, among many others.
- mgh95 1y agoSorry - I mean the "only way" as a manager, not as a software/technical professional. You can't for example, use manager of a McDonalds to qualify as a manager under a TN as far as I understand it. If you are a manager, you need to be technical in nature.
- pluc 1y agoBecause I'm Canadian. There's three places I won't go, the US, Israel and Russia. Happy to work remotely for US, but won't set foot in the place.
- mgh95 1y agoWell, that's a personal decision. And personal decisions can have financial costs.
- pluc 1y agoThe dilemma to relocate to the US hasn't come up regardless.
- mgh95 1y agoThe CV info you posted basically says upper management. I'm seeing increasingly that companies centralize management in an office (either city satellites or a hq) and permit developers to either work remote within the geographic region with occasional onsites. I don't know of anybody that would permit a manager (much less someone that is a sr. manager) to be remote which is why I asked.
- richardlblair 1y agoThe fact you're being questioned about this is insane. There used to be a 0% chance of being tossed on a plane and deported somewhere else in the world when visiting the US. That chance is now non-zero, which is an unacceptable level of risk for many. That and everything else going on. There's a reason Canadians have stopped traveling down south...
- mgh95 1y agoBusiness travel from CAN to US has remained stable (see: https://globalnews.ca/video/11436758/business-travel-to-u-s-remains-stable-despite-dip-in-leisurely-visits-data-shows/ https://globalnews.ca/video/11436758/business-travel-to-u-s-...). It's leisure that is declining. Meanwhile, total spending in the US from int'l visitor tourism is up in the US (see: https://www.hotel-online.com/press_releases/release/international-visitor-spending-in-u-s-up-nearly-2-ytd/ https://www.hotel-online.com/press_releases/release/internat...). Honestly, I think macro factors -- namely, poor Canadian household finances due to increasing cost of living and declining real incomes in Canada coupled with a strengthening US dollar against the Loonie -- are what are killing tourism from CAN to US right now.
- rc5150 1y agoDo you really need additional clarification on why non-American citizen might choose not to travel to the US for literally any reason? If you do need examples, let me just gesture broadly to the entire US society.
- mgh95 1y agoNot really. I even live in one of the cities that is "under siege". It's basically another day. People read headlines, lock themselves in a cage of their own making, and assume the world is on fire. People would do better trusting their own eyes and ears.
- jonasdegendt 1y agoSeconding what the other commenter is saying. I’m in CA vacationing right now for a month, flew in last week. Literally the same experience getting in, and on the daily, as it’s been for the last decade of visiting annually. I was talking to my +1 at work before I left, he’s just gotten back from living in OH for the last couple of years for his wife’s job. As much as stuff is seemingly a shit show at the highest levels (which we can all agree on, I reckon), the day to day hasn’t changed all that much. At least not for us privileged techies. But hey, that’s just two datapoints, so what do I know really.
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