Ask HN: Does any company hire engineers on part-time H1Bs?
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I would imagine that holding an H1B will limit how your pet projects would go. If you're trying to build your own thing / startup etc. It seems counterproductive for anyone to look for a part time dev when there plenty willing to work full time for the same H1B opportunity.
While possible, I'd say it's highly unlikely.
While possible, I'd say it's highly unlikely.
I wouldn't have dared to think of something of the sort till I came across Gumroad's philosophy:
https://sahillavingia.com/work
> It seems counterproductive for anyone to look for a part time dev when there plenty willing to work full time for the same H1B opportunity.
If you're a small company, you're going to have a lot of difficulty hiring a senior engineer who's had experience building highly scalable systems or systems with similar unique characteristics. Being open to a part-time position could give you leverage & result in a win-win situation.
> It seems counterproductive for anyone to look for a part time dev when there plenty willing to work full time for the same H1B opportunity.
If you're a small company, you're going to have a lot of difficulty hiring a senior engineer who's had experience building highly scalable systems or systems with similar unique characteristics. Being open to a part-time position could give you leverage & result in a win-win situation.
I'd still like to be able to do the same while living in the US, and if I could find someone to hire me on a part-time H1B that would work wonderfully for me.
I wasn't even sure if this was possible and I'm mainly going by articles like this one: https://www.immihelp.com/part-time-h-1b-visa/
I've not heard of anyone be hired on a part-time H1B ever though. Does anyone know of companies that might be open to this?
I think this could be a great way to be able to hire some engineers you normally wouldn't be able to hire, so I'm surprised companies don't try to do this more often.