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Couple of points: 1. Immigration Related: Do you have a green card or are you a U.S. Citizen? If not, working in the U.S. is going to be impossible legally unl

by eshvk 14y ago

Couple of points: 1. Immigration Related: Do you have a green card or are you a U.S. Citizen? If not, working in the U.S. is going to be impossible legally unless you have an advanced degree in Math/Science/Engineering. 2. The most I learnt in School was not from classes but from all the meta stuff around classes: Interacting with incredibly smart people, professors etc. Depending on the university you go to, it is very unlikely you will find that kind of concentration of smart, interesting people in every work place that you go to so I generally do support the idea of people going to school. On the other hand, as a person who had to do a couple of career pivots due to stupid decisions on the part of 18-year-old-me in choosing majors, I am a big fan of figuring out what you want to do in life and then going to school. So I would support taking a few years mucking about in the stuff that you are doing and then eventually figuring out where you want to go.

enduu 14y ago
1. Like I said I'm from Europe, unfortunately I do not have a green card. However, I think that if you manage get a job at a company it is possible to move to US and work even without a proper degree. For instance, Tim Van Damme ( http://maxvoltar.com/ http://maxvoltar.com/ ) moved from Belgium to work for Gowalla as a designer and from what I remember reading I don't think he even graduated high school. 2. I'm still trying to decide whether to go for a CS degree or a Graphic Design one, but I can totally see your point. College is useful indeed, I've never said that it's a complete waste of time.
- eshvk 14y ago
  > 1. Like I said I'm from Europe, unfortunately I do not have a green card. However, I think that if you manage get a job at a company it is possible to move to US and work even without a proper degree. For instance, Tim Van Damme ( http://maxvoltar.com/ http://maxvoltar.com/ ) moved from Belgium to work for Gowalla as a designer and from what I remember reading I don't think he even graduated high school. Interesting. So the only way a U.S. based company can sponsor your visa is if they offer you a job and claim that owing to the fact that you are highly skilled labor of whom there is a shortage, they absolutely need you. As part of this, you basically have to have degrees. Now, Tim Van Damme is an interesting case. As you said, I am not sure he has any of these degrees. However, I suspect he came in on a special visa called the O-1 visa (An alien with extraordinary ability) which has a long laundry list of requirements. Refer: http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=b9930b89284a3210VgnVCM100000b92ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=b9930b89284a3210VgnVCM100000b92ca60aRCRD http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b...

by eshvk 14y ago

enduu 14y ago

1. Like I said I'm from Europe, unfortunately I do not have a green card. However, I think that if you manage get a job at a company it is possible to move to US and work even without a proper degree. For instance, Tim Van Damme ( http://maxvoltar.com/ http://maxvoltar.com/ ) moved from Belgium to work for Gowalla as a designer and from what I remember reading I don't think he even graduated high school. 2. I'm still trying to decide whether to go for a CS degree or a Graphic Design one, but I can totally see your point. College is useful indeed, I've never said that it's a complete waste of time.

eshvk 14y ago
> 1. Like I said I'm from Europe, unfortunately I do not have a green card. However, I think that if you manage get a job at a company it is possible to move to US and work even without a proper degree. For instance, Tim Van Damme ( http://maxvoltar.com/ http://maxvoltar.com/ ) moved from Belgium to work for Gowalla as a designer and from what I remember reading I don't think he even graduated high school. Interesting. So the only way a U.S. based company can sponsor your visa is if they offer you a job and claim that owing to the fact that you are highly skilled labor of whom there is a shortage, they absolutely need you. As part of this, you basically have to have degrees. Now, Tim Van Damme is an interesting case. As you said, I am not sure he has any of these degrees. However, I suspect he came in on a special visa called the O-1 visa (An alien with extraordinary ability) which has a long laundry list of requirements. Refer: http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=b9930b89284a3210VgnVCM100000b92ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=b9930b89284a3210VgnVCM100000b92ca60aRCRD http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b...