How Do European Techies Go America?

CousinBob asks: "I'm about to finish my European MSc degree and want to work abroad (US or Canada) for a while. Some of my friends in the same position would like to move together to the same location/company just to give social life a boost. I was invited to a company once (they payed for everyting), but turned their offer down as they wanted to put me in Dilbertland. So just how do skilled and creative people find jobs across the pond? I'm just not ready to fill in my CV on a company's web page and hope they'r not locking me up in a cubicle. "