Best way to get overseas interview call? SDE. FAANGM.

May 20, 2021 45 Comments

Title says it all.
Has anybody here moved from India to UK/Canada/US as a lateral hire? (Not with internal switch).
How did you land the interview? Did you use LinkedIn, Referral, Applied on careers, How?
Do the career sites really work?
YOE matters?
Are you happy there?
How much time does it take from the time you apply till you board the flight?
What companies are the best to target (who'd sponsor visa) in UK and CAN?

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TC: 25L YOE: 2 IIT CSE

P.S: Indian SDE life is sad and full of misery. Challenge me in the replies. Or Roast me. Whatever.

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TOP 45 Comments
  • Goldman Sachs / Eng
    Gangster!

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    Gangster!
    Also, why is Indian SDE life sad and full of misery?
    May 20, 2021 12
  • Uber / Eng
    dumb gu

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    dumb gu
    I agree with you op. Only dumb people keep working in India.
    I'm in India and hate working here.
    May 20, 2021 2
  • I don’t think us is possible due to lottery system
    May 20, 2021 1
  • SAP / Eng
    mehBlahh

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    Siemens
    mehBlahh
    OP, why don’t you move to Microsoft Dublin ? Internal transfer ?
    May 20, 2021 6
    • Uber / Eng
      dumb gu

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      dumb gu
      At amazon, you have to be SDE 2 for 1 year.
      May 20, 2021
    • Amazon
      panda101

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      TESLA
      panda101
      Yes. Technically US law requires one to stay outside US for at least 1year to be qualified for L1.

      That being said, I have seen most people with less than 2 yoe in current company or less than 4/5 yoe overall get rejected by USCIS or US consulates for L1.

      Other countries might be easier.
      May 20, 2021
  • Amazon
    panda101

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    TESLA
    panda101
    I was Software dev in India for 5 years. And now in US for 6 years. I am genuinely curious to know why people think SDE life in India is so bad? I actually found it sometime harder in US due to visa issues. One bad problem I faced in India is that people in big tech had huge ego, but want to know what else u found @OP
    May 20, 2021 3
    • OP
      @panda: From the scope of India, I don't have any complaints (if I were to live, breathe and die here). The issue comes up when I see even after being one of the top-earning demographic in my country I am so poor globally.
      I can't travel without worrying about my bank balance.
      There can be a counter comment that I should invest, grow my money and all. But US pays insane for the same (or slightly more hectic in your case) work.
      Also, I don't plan to settle in US (maybe come back after 6-8 years). Don't want green card.
      I've witnessed people coming back from US having a fairly comfortable (or unachievable) financial wall.
      May 20, 2021
    • Amazon
      panda101

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      TESLA
      panda101
      Got it. I can totally understand where u are coming from. All valid points
      May 20, 2021