I map:nohl to the escape key: :map <esc>:nohl<cr>
Leaving "search highlight mode" seems analogous to leaving insert mode.
I used to type/asdf<CR> to reset the highlighting. However, I found this jarring because I also use incremental search.
From my experience and those of others, I'll try to answer your questions about wages and applying for jobs.
I am Canadian. My undergraduate engineering degree requires that I complete six internships. I have done two in the United States and I am moving to California in September to do my sixth. The majority of my classmates have done internships in the United States as well. I have also worked with an intern from Germany (although he attended university in England) whose employment and visa experiences were similar.
The minimum internship duration is typically 3 months.
Salaries range from $4000 to $6000 per month. Some companies subsidize living and travel expenses to the tune of $500 to $1600 per month. Expect to pay approximately 30% of your income in taxes to state and federal United States governments (few deductions apply to foreigners). However, you will be refunded approximately half of the tax you pay when you file your taxes the subsequent year. Note that you will probably also be taxed by your own government (e.g., I had to pay the Canada Revenue Agency a few hundred dollars).
As some posters have mentioned, you will need to have enough money to subsist until your first paycheque. Most companies will not pay you (neither your salary nor living subsidies) until you're granted a Social Security Number (SSN). Getting a SSN can take up to two months. Hence you should have enough resources to last two months without pay.
The job-application process goes as follows:
1. You submit an unsolicited resume to an American company through my university's job-recruiting Website, or you use the company's "we're hiring interns" website. I estimate that 2/3 get their jobs through my school, the other 1/3 through companies' Websites.
2. A company decides to hire you.
3. The company arranges for your J-1 visa. The company uses a visa sponsorship agency. The companies that hired me and most of my classmates use CDS International (http://www.cdsintl.org/).
The companies that I have described include Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Morgan Stanley, NVIDIA, Yahoo, and others.
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I map :nohl to the escape key:
:map <esc> :nohl<cr>
/asdf<CR> to reset the highlighting. However, I found this jarring because I also use incremental search.
Leaving "search highlight mode" seems analogous to leaving insert mode. I used to type
From my experience and those of others, I'll try to answer your questions about wages and applying for jobs.
I am Canadian. My undergraduate engineering degree requires that I complete six internships. I have done two in the United States and I am moving to California in September to do my sixth. The majority of my classmates have done internships in the United States as well. I have also worked with an intern from Germany (although he attended university in England) whose employment and visa experiences were similar.
The minimum internship duration is typically 3 months.
Salaries range from $4000 to $6000 per month. Some companies subsidize living and travel expenses to the tune of $500 to $1600 per month. Expect to pay approximately 30% of your income in taxes to state and federal United States governments (few deductions apply to foreigners). However, you will be refunded approximately half of the tax you pay when you file your taxes the subsequent year. Note that you will probably also be taxed by your own government (e.g., I had to pay the Canada Revenue Agency a few hundred dollars).
As some posters have mentioned, you will need to have enough money to subsist until your first paycheque. Most companies will not pay you (neither your salary nor living subsidies) until you're granted a Social Security Number (SSN). Getting a SSN can take up to two months. Hence you should have enough resources to last two months without pay.
The job-application process goes as follows:
1. You submit an unsolicited resume to an American company through my university's job-recruiting Website, or you use the company's "we're hiring interns" website. I estimate that 2/3 get their jobs through my school, the other 1/3 through companies' Websites.
2. A company decides to hire you.
3. The company arranges for your J-1 visa. The company uses a visa sponsorship agency. The companies that hired me and most of my classmates use CDS International (http://www.cdsintl.org/).
The companies that I have described include Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Morgan Stanley, NVIDIA, Yahoo, and others.
Good luck!