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It is an interesting trick. Will I have to pay the school if I leave it early, and to reimburse any grants that I may have gotten? Do you know anyone who had done that?
Most STEM graduate programs will typically pay you to go to school and waive all or major portion of tuition fees. You don't need to repay anything. You might burn a few bridges at most. I have gone to graduate school where some of my classmates who came from other countries quit within one or two semesters and started working for companies full time.
Good luck getting a visa...
How about trying to contact alumni from your University who are now in the Silicon Valley?
I am in contact with some of them. It is better than nothing but still very hard just to have a Skype interview.
Out of interest, which University did you attend to? I am an alumni from ENSAE in France, from your post I was wondering if you did the same.
You could go for a 2 year master's degree at a university ideally in SV, but if you have to choose between a mediocre school in SV and a top school on the East Coast I'd go for the top school. This will get your foot in the door.
I don't want to go back to school now, I am tired of that. How about working for a US company outside of the USA, before to move within the company ?
The problem is the VISA. If you don't have extra-ordinary skills for a company to decide to get you a VISA, it's hard to get a job.
Try to spend 1 or 2 years in Europe working for a big institution and also start a submitting code to big, shinny open source projects in the area that is of your interest. Then you can build a portfolio. Also be active here, on github and on SO, will help considerably from what I've seen.
Try to spend 1 or 2 years in Europe working for a big institution and also start a submitting code to big, shinny open source projects in the area that is of your interest. Then you can build a portfolio. Also be active here, on github and on SO, will help considerably from what I've seen.
From experience, I can tell you, it's not an easy task.
If you want a job there, when you are not from the United States, you have to show some incredible background (Academics, Works, Projects), something they can't find anywhere else.
Also you should apply for the big ones, which are the ones, that will go for the hassle of the paperwork for the work visa.
I'll leave this link, so you can dig deeper.
https://hn.algolia.com/?q=work+visa#!/story/forever/prefix/0...
Also you should apply for the big ones, which are the ones, that will go for the hassle of the paperwork for the work visa.
I'll leave this link, so you can dig deeper.
https://hn.algolia.com/?q=work+visa#!/story/forever/prefix/0...
Apply for the graduate programs near valley. Once you get admitted, come over on student visa. Look for job in the valley. Quit school after you get job and transfer to work visa. If employer agrees, continue school and work part-time with permission on student visa.