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Sep 13, 2021 12 Comments

I am in the middle of interviewing about to start all the onsites. However I got a notice from our attorney my pd is current and is eligible for filing i485. I also started my eb2 downgrade a month ago, still haven’t received notice. Overall I will need to wait for at least 6 months to be able to switch job without losing my greencard progress. Meanwhile, I feel my growth is getting slower due to lack of projects and team being stable and mature. Currently L4, looking to promote maybe in 1-2 years, my manager told me I’m definitely SEE on my ladder but not there yet in terms of influence on others, and my cliff will not come till next year, I do like people here but also not foreseeing many mentorship opportunities.

I just feel desperate to leave right now given I’ve been putting a lot of efforts in preparing and having a high chance of acing the interviews + L+1 bump and larger scope better growth, I don’t care too much about my greencard being delay by a year or so. Curious anyone with similar dilemma before and what’s the best move for me.

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  • Netflix / Eng
    p41

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    Humana, Infosys
    p41
    If you are Indian, stick it out.
    If not, you’ll be back on track for your gc in a year.
    Sep 13, 2021 0
  • New
    piudh

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    piudh
    Better to stick it out for GC, solving immigrant status is top priority for any immigrant. And you have a dream job of making 450k as L4 lol… even if you manage to get senior offers it won’t get close to 450k. Just chill and prepare interviews in the meantime. No one’s chasing you
    Sep 13, 2021 8
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      bnEA57

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      bnEA57
      OP
      Good to know, did you interview roblox? How’s their offer look like
      Sep 13, 2021
    • New
      piudh

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      piudh
      I didn’t. Don’t know much about them
      Sep 13, 2021
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    rehire

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    rehire
    i-485 sounds like a freeway in SoCal
    Sep 13, 2021 0
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    matchaLtte

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    matchaLtte
    Is it really hard to change teams in Google? I'm very curious a out this.
    Sep 13, 2021 0