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Ask HN: Where/how can I apply to startups/companies Internationally as a fresher

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will be out of grad school in 6 months with a computer science engineering degree, where can I possibly for jobs worldwide, I mean how do I approach startup or companies? and do startups not in the same country even consider fresh grads for jobs from other countries ?

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To avoid wasting time on both sides of the hiring process, it might make sense to research the requirements for working in particular countries and cross reference that against a list of companies that seem interesting and likewise to research the companies based out of the countries where it is easier to obtain legal work status.

In other words, the place to start is where you are and where you are depends on your unique circumstance. EU citizens have different options than Thai citizens. Graduates of a US university have different options than those of a Chinese university.

Good luck.

hey brudgers thanks for the help, but as I commecnted bellow what are your thought about this "being from a developing country off course there are companies which do what I like but in developed countries my thought about this is you get to do what you like also get paid really well so that I can save more for future, does this sound sane ?" and more over as I am just a fresher should I worry more about my pay package?

Again, I'd start with not wasting people's time.

Yes, you just need skills. If you have desired skills a company can hire you even if you don't have a degree.

I'm Brazilian, working to a American company as Ruby on Rails developer, I don't have any qualification, but I'm good with Rails.

makes sense, but how do you get in touch with these companies ?

There are thousands of books and dozens of schools of thought on the best practices for these things.

But I would suggest just searching around on the web for companies doing work in fields that you have experience in or fields that interest you. Go look at their website and see if it looks like a group you want to work with. Then check to see if they have any open positions. If they don't have anything you'd fit well, but you're confident you have something to contribute, contact them anyways. Write them a cover letter saying that you think you can contribute something they haven't thought of and send your resume with it.

edit: Brudgers raised the really important point that there are many practical considerations to make before contacting companies. Figure out what's possible first.

being from a developing country off course there are companies which do what I like but in developed countries my thought about this is you get to do what you like also get paid really well so that I can save more for future, does this sound sane ?

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