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by saffer 13y ago
As a non-CS grad, I may be biased, but I think fields like math/CS/physics/engineering are closely enough related that good skills in one make it much easier to learn another. The idea that you have to have a bachelors in CS to get good use
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by saffer 13y ago
Same in South Africa. BSc honours is required if you want to do a masters or anything further. In the sciences, a BSc on its own only qualifies you to be a lab tech.
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by saffer 13y ago
Due to a combination of long processing times for green cards, and the legal notion of "immigrant intent", H1-B is commonly used as a bridge to a green card. Any US visa which isn't a green card (e.g. tourist visas, student visas) is consid
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by saffer 13y ago
Discontented people within your borders are a much bigger problem then discontented people outside your borders though. Also, as a potential future immigrant (native English speaker, doing a PhD in the US, not very culturally distant from A
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by saffer 13y ago
What size companies were you applying to? I've heard that smaller corps tend to put emphasis on CS education, while the big ones (big enough to have research divisions, like Google and Microsoft) are happy to consider people from other quan
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by saffer 13y ago
Yeah ... I guess I'm lucky I'm still in school, so if this fails I can still work on OPT for a year and apply again. Otherwise I'd be asking my employer how difficult it is to transfer to their Canadian office...
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by saffer 13y ago
That cap was also exceeded (by how much, I'm not sure). So chances are better but not certain.
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by saffer 13y ago
> Hint: If you're an English speaking American with more than 5 years of work experience or a bachelors degree you have enough points As an English speaking South-African finishing a PhD at an American university, it's good to know ther