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and industry lounge. - H1B woes! I am in my last 3 years of H1B and recently a recruiter from Arista Networks has reached out to me and the first question he asked was about my visa status and when I said I was on H1, he said he got instructions from his management to not to proceed with H1s coz of the current immigrations policy m
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- Salary in Germany Hi guys, I've resent got an offer in Germany. But I don't know if the embassy will be able to approve me the Visa or not. How about also the cost of living in Germany? yoe: 1 year How much can I expect for network Engineer position in Rheinberg? The range of salaries.
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- vote Landing a top-tier PM job in the US. Long-term plan Hey blinders, is it the right place to ask for career advice? My goal is to relocate to the US and get a Product Management job at a top-tier company, and I am not sure how to achieve it. I'm an entrepreneur who launched two relatively successful IT businesses in Russia, working there both as CEO
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- Ireland Critical Skills Visa in IT/Security Greetings, I see a lot of info/data about software developers/programmers who've been able to get jobs under the 213 ICT Professionals critical skills category in Ireland, but I'm curious to learn how many people from the US have landed a job, and what type, that falls under the 2139 category of "A
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