I have a student, recent graduate, who’s looking for a software development job and is up against the US visa deadline. Any advice on where he should be looking? Know of companies, or even industries, a bit removed from the fallout of Big Tech’s layoffs?

This student could be a •great• help to some not-tech org struggling to hold together their web site or some internal system that’s a bit beyond their maintenance capacity.

The software job market is bizarre right now. Any tips welcome!

I know this student isn’t the only one. So many students who could be great junior developers, good-natured, smart, tenacious, and we just kick them out of the country on a regular basis because they graduated at the wrong point in some investors’ growth/extraction cycle. It’s a stupid self-inflicted wound, by businesses and by the United States.

Whole lot of people think US dominance of the tech industry is a law of nature. Fools.

Tech titans, politicians: you could kill this goose that lays golden eggs with terrifying speed. Keep this shit up, and in a generation US citizens could be the ones begging other countries for visas to work in tech. If you don’t let tech workers stay who want to stay, they •will• take their skills elsewhere.

@inthehands The Germans inflict themselves the same wound plus another one: If you are not Aryan-looking and/or from the wrong country, don't even think about getting a work permit!
Also, if you are not Aryan-looking your well-being and life is in real danger because of the free-roaming nazis on the streets. They do not get checked by law-enforcement.
I said what I said.

@carl
Sadly the US is not doing well on either one of those fronts.

@inthehands as an outsider (Brit) I do find the visa system ridiculously harsh. Of course I think the UK has something similar sadly though with a longer time limit I believe.

Of course the thing that puts me off ever working in the USA despite it being a wonderful country with lovely people and some truly stunning landscapes is the healthcare situation.

I suspect there are many (and indeed many vastly more skilled than myself) workers who might consider a move who would equally be put off by that.

Wishing best of luck to your student.

@inthehands we're hiring.

We are particularly interested in candidates based in Seattle, San Francisco, or New York, but we consider candidates who live anywhere in the US, Canada, or Mexico (I am in Iowa). We are willing to sponsor US work authorization if needed.

https://jobs.lever.co/regrello?team=Engineering

@ojensen Thanks for the tip! The positions all say “2-5 years experience;” would you still consider a new college grad?

@inthehands I've never seen us reject someone who impressed us for not having a requisite number of years. I would still apply.