MikeTheRocker

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by MikeTheRocker 5y ago
Does anyone have authoritative data indicating how common long-covid is? Anecdotally, I was triple vaccinated (2x Moderna + booster), but I still caught covid twice (Aug 2021 and Jan 2022). Both times I had mild brain fog and cold-like symp
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by MikeTheRocker 5y ago
I'm currently about 2/3 through an online Master's degree: Georgia Tech OMSCS. Same as you? For me it's been a drastically different experience compared to my in-person undergrad. Whereas my Bachelor's degree was fu
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by MikeTheRocker 5y ago
As an example, IC5 engineers (~5+ years of experience) can realistically earn $350-450k USD per year at Meta these days. Disclaimer: I work at Meta
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by MikeTheRocker 5y ago
Wish I knew
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by MikeTheRocker 6y ago
Even if they were making $250k CAD total compensation in Toronto, as a senior engineer at top companies in the Bay Area, Seattle, NYC, etc. you can make $350-$400k USD ($470-530k CAD). We're talking about earning $150-$200k more. Worki
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by MikeTheRocker 6y ago
I'm saving over $100k USD per year after rent, food, phone, entertainment, etc. at age 24. This is impossible in Canada or most other parts of the world. My situation is not unique either, I know dozens of young engineers working at mi
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by MikeTheRocker 6y ago
You're right that this is achievable only by a small percentage of people at the upper end of incomes, but I am comparing the same category of companies across both regions. Microsoft in Seattle vs Microsoft in Vancouver can be a 1.5-2
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by MikeTheRocker 6y ago
At the risk of sounding like I'm boasting, I'll share concrete figures. I earn about $285k USD (~$380k CAD) as an L4 SWE at a FANG company. My top earning friends in BC work at companies like Microsoft, Amazon, and Juul and earn a
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by MikeTheRocker 6y ago
I'm a Canadian software that moved from Victoria, BC to San Francisco, CA to begin my career two years ago. My top earning friends in Canada of the same experience level earn 2 - 4 times less than me and my peers here. I'm saving
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by MikeTheRocker 7y ago
The reason I asked October is because historically that's when things become current again due to the new fiscal year starting
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by MikeTheRocker 7y ago
As a follow up, suppose I don't become current for many years and my TN Visa expires. Would I be able to keep renewing EAD/AP every year in order to keep working in the US until my I-485 is processed?
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by MikeTheRocker 7y ago
I'm a Canadian applying for a green card under EB-3. My priority date of January 2020 was current, but in March it retrogressed to January 2017. How likely do you think it is I will become current again in October?