An H1-B is something that is seemingly impossible for a foreigner to get unless they're from that 'sort of culture' where they're generally applied to, at least thats the way it seems to me. I've been going to the East Coast of the US for nearly 2 years now, getting in touch with as many companies as possible, networking, all the usual things. I have yet to have a single positive result, even anything close, of *over* 2 years of applications.
I'm a recent british university graduate, who, (hopefully, and certainly my current/past employers have said) is well skilled above and beyond the norm...but all that does me no good it seems in my desire to work in the US for the start of my career.
As for cheap labour? Yes, I don't believe I need $60k/yr to live. I've applied for jobs that pay $60k/yr in the US, where the equivalent pay in the UK would be half that, and you'd still be relatively happy. The whole 'poverty line' aspect of it all amuses me, what america would call poverty other people in developed countries would call normal. But, I guess if I want to work in the US, and the only way I can is via an H1-B - I have to get the median wage. I can't sell myself cheaply to help get a job...
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An H1-B is something that is seemingly impossible for a foreigner to get unless they're from that 'sort of culture' where they're generally applied to, at least thats the way it seems to me. I've been going to the East Coast of the US for nearly 2 years now, getting in touch with as many companies as possible, networking, all the usual things. I have yet to have a single positive result, even anything close, of *over* 2 years of applications. I'm a recent british university graduate, who, (hopefully, and certainly my current/past employers have said) is well skilled above and beyond the norm...but all that does me no good it seems in my desire to work in the US for the start of my career. As for cheap labour? Yes, I don't believe I need $60k/yr to live. I've applied for jobs that pay $60k/yr in the US, where the equivalent pay in the UK would be half that, and you'd still be relatively happy. The whole 'poverty line' aspect of it all amuses me, what america would call poverty other people in developed countries would call normal. But, I guess if I want to work in the US, and the only way I can is via an H1-B - I have to get the median wage. I can't sell myself cheaply to help get a job...