5-7 years isn't that long ago and it was just as terrible back then.
Yeah, the same "leaders" now have infected other tech companies with their culture and are actively ruining the industry.
It is from a career perspective - at least at AWS, a large portion of high calibre Engineering and Product Leadership left during that time period and the backfills for those roles just plain sucked.
> same "leaders" now have infected other tech companies with their culture and are actively ruining the industry
In what way? Demanding that people who are being paid $200k-400k TC need to execute and show that they can execute is something which needed to be done in the tech industry.
> In what way? Demanding that people who are being paid $200k-400k TC need to execute and show that they can execute is something which needed to be done in the tech industry.
Where does this come from? Maybe if you're drinking whatever (toxic) koolaid Amazon gave you, but Amazon has a lower profit-per-employee than Docusign: https://www.trueup.io/revenue-per-employee
Not exactly the steward of execution you think it is.
There's no such thing as an EB-1/2/3 Visa.
These are filling classifications for green card processing. 80% of H1Bs fall into the EB-2 category when they file for PERM.
Where are you getting this information from? EB-1/2/3 are clearly visas issued to people [0]. It is true that many people may adjust status to EB-1/2/3 while already in the US in another status, but they are certainly visas still available to people. As I understand, due to the quota system it can be very difficult for folks born in certain countries to receive them (due to quotas) and they end up waiting for many years.
I know this sounds crazy, but Wikipedia is completely wrong calling it a visa. It's a "visa classification", you still need an underlying visa to enter into the country.
Most O-1 Visa holders and some H1Bs get classified under EB-1, individuals with advanced degrees, experience get classified under EB-2 but hold H1-B / L1 visas, etc.
You can be under H1-B and not have a classification (no PERM).
If you don't believe me try to find an image of an actual EB-1/2/3 visa, I'll wait.
Source : Former F-1/H1B visa holder classified under EB-2, with over a decade of experience dealing with USCIS paperwork.
I am looking here [0] and I see that almost 20,000 O visas were issued at foreign posts in 2024, and it looks like several thousand E visas in the first priority category were issued. I agree with you that for most people, currently, the way it works is that they get an H1-B and then wait for their turn to apply for EB-1 (if they are from a country subject to quotas), but it is incorrect to say that consulates do not issues O or EB-1 visas. Why this is the case I have no idea, perhaps it is easier for companies to file for H1-B?
On the link above, there is a link to "Table VI (Part II) Preference Visas Issued Fiscal Year 2024". It is broken down by the consulate/embassy issuing the visa. The grand totals have about 5000, 10000, 16000 EB-1/2/3 visas issued globally, respectively. What am I misunderstanding?
EB-1/2/3 are employment based green card categories. And being employment based means that the applicants need to be employed in the US before being able to even apply. In most cases, the applicants are holding the H1-B visa while their EB-1/2/3 green card applications are ongoing.
From the EB-1 page on USCIS [0], under "Extraordinary Ability" category:
> You must be able to demonstrate extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics through sustained national or international acclaim.
> You must meet at least 3 of the 10 criteria* below, or provide evidence of a one-time achievement (i.e., Pulitzer, Oscar, Olympic Medal) as well as evidence showing that you will be continuing to work in the area of your expertise. No offer of employment or labor certification is required.
There is also a category for professors and researchers. In this category one must have an offer of employment. No labor certification is required.
The HN generated headline turns this into clickbait.
The actual headline is really ".. White House (says)".
This headline just turns it into a qualified fact when it isn't.
Maybe we should fix that instead.
Even the playing field for all, so there's no real incentive to hire H1B over a citizen. They can still hire H1Bs where the is a real shortage of talent. By providing H1Bs a bigger timeline like maybe up to a year to find employment in cases of layoffs, they won't be forced into crappier working conditions.
Most of the world does pharmacy dispensing of medicine just fine or much better without the byzantine bureaucracy that it is in the States.
Pharmacists in the US is the epitome of regulatory captured job security.
No it's not.
The absolute vast majority of professional and personal emails go through the big 3, Gmail, Yahoo, msn/hotmail/outlook.
What we need is better laws to ensure email is treated similar to utilities with strong consumer protection and appeal system, not victim blaming.
I’m talking about not putting all your eggs into one basket. Of which OP’s nightmare is the perfect example.
I wouldn’t lean on a Gmail eMail when building Android apps in the same way I wouldn’t lean on an iCloud eMail when building iOS apps. If they get ticked off at you, they can cause you to lose everything. They can pull the rug out from under you at a moment’s notice. And while I have accounts under both, they’re throwaways that only see use as backup eMail.
It’s why you always need to fully separate your concerns. Use a third-party hosting that won’t otherwise skullf*k you because of something you have done elsewhere or with a service they don’t own. I mean, if they don’t own that service, why would they shaft you?
Which countries are you thinking about? Honestly haven't seen a company in the EU self hosting email for probably 15 years, and I used to run the email server at a company.
Self-hosted mail servers are not common anywhere. Smaller providers are more common in some places. Small provider isn't the same as self-hosted; neither is enterprise.
There are still countless exchange servers running in the default enterprise MS setup. Perhaps not for long since MS nudges people into their cloud, but they are still fairly common.
I never realized how absolutely massive a blue whale can be!
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