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I'd come and visit first and see what area might suit you best. The Bay Area is very different throughout. Go back home and formulate a plan to actually move.
by jason_slack 13y ago
I'd come and visit first and see what area might suit you best. The Bay Area is very different throughout. Go back home and formulate a plan to actually move.
I moved from very upstate NY to the Bay Area in 2007 and that alone was a huge adjustment for me.
let me know when you are coming. I am in Cupertino and would be happy to show you all the tech companies or whatever you want to see :-)
- matthiasb 13y agoMake sure you come and leave the country legally. You cannot come to the US with a tourist VISA and look for a job. If you get caught, you may just no be able to ever come back.
- argonaut 13y agoYou won't get caught, though. That's the point. People abuse tourist visas all the time. Even people in YC.
- eshvk 13y agoThis is incredibly bad advice. There are enough people who get screwed badly for silly offences. And yeah, once you get a ten year ban, it doesn't matter if you write a cute article on medium and get it on the front page of HN, INS doesn't fucking care.
- argonaut 13y agoYou are seriously overexagerrating. I worked for a YC company for a time, and quite a few founders I met stayed in the US on a tourist visa.
- zerr 13y agoIn Germany, looking for a job and doing actual interviews is legal for 3rd party country citizens (non-EU) - you only need to get back to your country and change the visa when you'll get an offer. Isn't this similar in USA? I mean, looking for a job and doing interviews don't need work permits, thus can be done with a tourist visa.
- eshvk 13y ago> Isn't this similar in USA? I mean, looking for a job and doing interviews don't need work permits, thus can be done with a tourist visa. I think you should be on a B1 visa. The tourist visa is specifically meant for tourism.