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This is a real disappointment. Had a great job lined up at Coinbase that I was quite excited about, was in the middle of visa processing when this happened (why I had to quit my previous job, can’t have two visas in the US).

This was for a relatively senior position, not a fresh grad. Going to be hard to get a new job considering most of the other places have hiring freezes and I chose Coinbase over other offers (mostly from FAANG), these offers have probably been out for over a month now doubt i can resuscitate them.

On top of that most of the other offers were for SF, and my partner already has a job in NYC on this basis.

Nothing but pain. As much as I appreciate the severance, the damage being done here is immense.

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> why I had to quit my previous job, can’t have two visas in the US

Just so others are aware, this is not true. One can have multiple visas issued, but you may only enter the US on one of them. It is very common for people to have 10 year B1/B2 visas and then also get an F1/J1 visa issued later on to be a student which allows you to work on campus. I don't know the OP's situation, but one can also get multiple TN visas issued to work for multiple companies at the same time. This is how nurses from Canada are able to drive across the border and work for different hospitals.

They transition, you still don’t have them at the same time afaik.

But seriously, in your situation with the visa, you decided to accept an offer from a shady crypto company instead of a FAANG, especially during this huge crypto downturn? Honestly I can’t understand how anyone can make this kind of choice..

Coinbase is probably the least shady cryptocurrency company there is. And they'll make profits on people both buying and selling cryptocurrencies, so which way it goes day-by-day matters less, unless it all goes to zero of course.

> Coinbase is probably the least shady cryptocurrency company there is.

This is simply not true, from CASH, to Gemini and Kraken (even Binanace) have not had this level of continued 'shadyness.'

Just because they appeal to the lowes common denominator and have a large presence in the US and out doesn't mean they are the least shady by a large extent: I still argue BTC-e was the most honest and upfront exchange which got taken out by the FBI despite operating in an entirely different justification (RU).

With that said, we need to shift to decentralized exchanges: BISQ is where people should be by now.

CASH as in Cash App?

Correct, Jack Dorsey is one of the biggest proponents of Bitcoin so it's limited to BTC, but yes... that app has Bitcoin purchase and withdraw enabled after some KYC/AML checkpoints. It's been a unicorn within a unicorn [0] and has led to launch of Block, and what will be the production environmentally focused miners with a partnership with Blockstream and Tesla and the battery packs just landed last week [1].

The fees are higher than the aforementioned exchanges, but this is what is being built out, and I have now problem with that at all as an early adopter.

0: https://protos.com/square-bitcoin-jack-dorsey-fintech-cash-a...

1: https://electrek.co/2022/05/26/tesla-delivers-megapacks-bitc...

> the least shady cryptocurrency company there is

Unfortunately that's not saying very much!

Coinbase is anything but shady.

Some of the FANG shops are still pretty desperate from the great resignation. You might get luckier than you think resuscitating the offers.

yeah I'm pretty sure Facebook would hire just about anyone at this point based on the desperation in the emails I get from them.

Amazon too

I get at least 2-3 Amazon recruiters a week messaging me on LinkedIn. I wish they just provided a checklist where you could check off companies that you would never work for and it would save these recruiters and me so much time and InMail messages.

How to go about applying for facebook as a software engineer not based in USA(based in Ghana to be exact)?

Facebook/Meta recently froze nearly all their hiring. Have you received any emails in the last couple of weeks?

Are you sure about this? I know someone hired there in that time frame

They are only hiring SwEs that are L7 (maybe L6) and above.

PE is hiring and you could transfer to a SWE position later.

I was being recruited for L6 as a privacy engineer until I took another offer a fortnight ago, fwiw. No freezes there that I’m aware of.

https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-is-freezing-hiring-...

Nah, their third and final email was from about a month ago (still recent memory of course, wasn't aware of the freeze).

They are hiring embedded systems engineers.

I'm not sure what visa you are on, but for H1B you don't need to quit/give up your visa with current company to start processing with new employer. Even after your h1b with new company is approved it isn't necessary to quit your current job or give up that visa. Also, if you're in software, a lot of people here can help. Good luck! Hopefully you'll find something soon.

What type of job were you going in for at Coinbase? I and I’m sure others here would be interested in helping if possible

This is huge. H1Bs are going to be left in no man’s land because of this.

What kind of role are you looking for? I know tons of folks hiring in NYC

> Nothing but pain. As much as I appreciate the severance, the damage being done here is immense.

Harsh, but that is what happens when you lie with dogs: you tend to get fleas.

With that said, you're better off not going there and can now use the severance as run way for your next role.

Let this be a lesson, anyone wanting to deal with CONbase this the type of standard they have, and their customer/userbase has been leaving in droves for a reason.

Their IPO was probably the last gasp of that rotting corpse.

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