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by ashwinaj 11y ago
> "who were at the mercy of the whims of management" With H1B you are not tied to the same employer, you are free to leave the sponsoring employer and go elsewhere. I don't know about the E-1 visa. Again, if you feel they
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by ashwinaj 11y ago
The O-1 visa is extremely difficult to obtain especially in countries which do not have R&D capacity comparable to the US to facilitate the process of obtaining this visa. What about people who develop these "superstar" skills
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by ashwinaj 11y ago
You didn't see this part of my comment: > "It's arguable there is a genuine requirement for staffing companies, but these need to be scrutinized thoroughly."
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by ashwinaj 11y ago
There are two kinds of H1B petitions: 1. Genuine candidates: I'm going to quote the extreme, people like Satya Nadella, Sundar Pichai, Vinod Khosla etc. came to the US on H1B and there are a lot of other "superstars" on H1B o
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by ashwinaj 11y ago
Amen. Or developed nations should give away clean technologies to developing nations; as I'm writing this it sounds laughable since I can totally see a CEOs saying "How do we answer our share holders for giving away technology?&q
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by ashwinaj 11y ago
> Why do they deserve to be prioritised over the millions of other species on earth? Hmm...should save a human or an animal? Wow this sub thread is shocking. Let me throw in my obnoxious hat into the ring; why not get rid of useless&#x2F
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by ashwinaj 11y ago
> If an agent were to honestly believe "Honest" or it's derivatives is the last word I would use in a sentence which includes Wall Street. Haven't Wall Street proven time and again that they are only interested in s
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by ashwinaj 11y ago
Investors are the millions of individual share holders, not just the bunch of wall street hedge funds and holding companies.
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by ashwinaj 11y ago
Well put, but I suspect large swaths of people will still be in denial since any criticism about the police (or military) is off limits. In any case, if this keeps on going the police force would be the first to be "roboticized".
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by ashwinaj 11y ago
The problem is the 24/7 news cycle. More often than not, everyday is a slow news day, but you have to fill up 24 hours since "Our advertisers demand it". So when there's worthwhile news the hyperbole increases exponentia
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by ashwinaj 11y ago
+1 for Jira. It's clean, simple and easy to understand.
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by ashwinaj 11y ago
True, but I thought that was obvious.
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by ashwinaj 11y ago
> Given that I pay taxes and am subject to immigration laws a lot longer than a person born anywhere else So? The United States or [Insert country] is under no obligation whatsoever to afford special treatment since a foreigner pays the
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by ashwinaj 11y ago
If you have an approved H1B, you can take a year off by resigning. I don't know of any employer who would you give you a sabbatical; citizen or not. You can use your remaining H1B time with the same or any other employer. As I see it,
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by ashwinaj 11y ago
Well you can change jobs if you have an I140 approved. I've been in the US for 10 years and I honestly don't care about getting a gc. The I140 from my previous employer allows me to get 3 year extensions on my H1B. The downside is
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by ashwinaj 11y ago
I wonder which group of people lobbied for capital gains to be taxed lower than ordinary income? Is it coincidence that since the law (one of Reagan's tax cuts) was passed a lot of executives are paid a lower base salary and tons of st
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by ashwinaj 11y ago
Not everyone has to be a rocket scientist. At least today some manual labor is required (handyman, janitors, construction workers, farmers and the like). The issue the author I think is pointing out is the fact that low wage workers are squ
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by ashwinaj 11y ago
> People who choose to work for the startup instead are doing it because they identify strongly with the problem or market, want to have a voice, or want equity. So very true; but if you're looking to make a quick buck you shouldn&#
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by ashwinaj 11y ago
Yes it is, amongst locals. Not expats. And sugary products in the UAE aren't as cheap as they are in the US.
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by ashwinaj 11y ago
Yup it's a US centric problem. Before coming to the US I would never consider "maintaining a healthy weight" (I've lived in the UAE and India before). The sedentary lifestyle and abundance of cheap (I mean really cheap)
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by ashwinaj 11y ago
Did you, in addition to training for the triathlon change your diet? I tried it both ways (not for a triathlon, but general fitness) 1) Not changing my diet 2) Changing my diet (less meat, minimal processed food, no coffee, etc.). There w
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by ashwinaj 11y ago
Oh please, you cannot seriously compare Saudi Arabia to the US? H1B cannot change jobs easily? I've changed 4 jobs without any issue. And what issue could arise possibly? There is no restriction in terms of changing jobs on H1B. I don&
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by ashwinaj 11y ago
Take a hypothetical example: Four guys (white, brown, Asian, black) born and brought up in the same neighborhood, they have the same physical attributes (height, weight, relative looks). Who do you think most girls are going to go for, ass
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by ashwinaj 11y ago
The Bill Cosby show/Fresh prince of Bel Air showed African Americans in the non-sterotypical manner. How did that work out? Outliers don't mean they work in all cases. Again, I point to the fact that these are societal problems, y
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by ashwinaj 11y ago
> We're not talking about the viewers of the show, we're talking about the people (Muslims, Arabs, etc) who are affected by the people who choose to watch the show -- that is, the impact on the culture that racism has. I agree,
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by ashwinaj 11y ago
I didn't literally mean replace meat with spinach. It was an example to show that vegetables are more expensive than meat.
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by ashwinaj 11y ago
> Why are the creators of the show absolved of their personal responsibility regarding the impact of their actions? Because they aren't democratically elected public officials, they're just making a TV show from private funding
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by ashwinaj 11y ago
> And matches are perfectly safe, if you don't happen to be surrounded by flammables. My point goes back to personal responsibility. Whose fault is it if you're surrounded by flammables labeled appropriately? The analogy is th
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by ashwinaj 11y ago
This. Thanks for posting this. Everyone likes to shirk personal responsibility and put the blame on others. If you are too challenged to distinguish between real life vs reel life, you should excuse yourself from such matters. EDIT: Thanks
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by ashwinaj 11y ago
Culture aside, it's an economic issue too. When someone is in a grocery shop and sees beef/chicken/pork/fish at $0.99/lb and sees a bunch of spinach (< 1 lb by weight) for $1+, what are you gonna buy?

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