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A creative presentation: Two Czech students looking for a summer job in SV

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You might consider looking for companies that really interest you, and you can directly email their recruiters. As a student who has had my fair share of internship hunting, I find it more reliable to go hunting for what interests me rather than hoping something interesting happens to show up. Opportunities do just show up(linkedin recruiters sort of thing), but it's just a far lower chance that those turn out to be as interesting as companies that I scouted out on my own.

Some places to start: http://news.ycombinator.com/jobs Or these: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3783657

And if you wait two days from now, it'll be May, and you'll find a fat list of companies who might want to hire you two as interns in the 'Who is Hiring, May 2012' posting.

> [this was coded using HTML5]

Nope. It doesn't use any feature from HTML5, no new APIs or CSS3 that are usually bundled with the buzzword, no semantic tags, not even a doctype.

Besides, it's kind of obvious that you're looking at a website ;)

I can help you get visas, and I work with lots of founders on that sort of thing.

Check out these folks as an option for getting your sponsor: http://www.internationalexchangecenter.org/

However, most startups won't be certified as a J-1 sponsor, so I can help there through working with USCIS, make sure the process works out.

Have you checked to make sure that J-1 won't require you to spend two years physically in the Czech Republic before applying for another visa? http://j1visa.state.gov/participants/common-questions/ (check tax and immigration requirements)

I have an email in my profile if you want to talk more.

As a student in a similar situation, but from Canada, I'd add the suggestion of looking for teams you would genuinely love to be apart of, and targeting them.

Why? Say you find five or six places that are tackling a problem that really excites you - and a team of individuals at each of these places, that as a student you can feel welcome to work your butt off while gaining a tonne in knowledge and wisdom.

Build something for each of these places - and personalize. Show that you give a shit about the problem they are solving.

As a recent graduate with a few internships under my belt, I have seen plenty students come from abroad for internships. Although this was an awesome idea, I think it might only target smaller companies that do their own recruiting. Even for the smaller companies, this might not be the "best" approach. I agree with doing something more custom based for them to show that you are passionate, although it would be a much more time consuming process. On the other hand, the bigger companies will want you to apply more directly.

What a great way to advertise yourself, I'd be bought if I was a recruiter.

Your XML, it's broken.

Also, what is "edit"? Didn't you mean to use "$EDITOR"?

tail with an uppercase "-F" is more useful with rotating logs.

I also saw some JavaScript in this HTML5-only page.

Hope that helps you with your endeavour.

thx

Guys, just out of curiosity, what school are you studying? I'm Petr, I did my Bachelor degree at CTU FEE (CVUT FEL) and I'm doing my Master's in US.

David is from CVUT/Open Informatics - http://oi.fel.cvut.cz/en/home. I'm not sure about Tomas. I met him some time ago when they were working on a web app with David. These guys are really passionate about building things on the web, that's for sure :)

Would you mind getting in touch? My mail should be in my profile. It's always nice to meet people from HN in Prague :)

Are you both wild and crazy by any chance?

BTW, that's a good domain name (jobinsiliconvalley.com) & which itself is a start-up idea.

Wow! Good job! #jobinsiliconvalley TT?

how is the J-1 working out?

There are more types of J-1 visas, version I know about is to get a job offer fist, signed by US employer from some restaurant or other seasonal work. Its summer work and travel program. This is the easiest way to come and work for summer legally if you are regular student.

Yeah, there are three types of J-1 visas. Internship, Trainee, Summer Work Travel. They're all pretty much tied to your student status.

I'm curious how the OP is finding the process, whether he's managed to secure one, etc.

summer work and travel program, just waiting for job offer

I spend last summer in California on a J-1 work travel visa (Irish student). I had no job lined up before I went over and the visa was very easy to get. Agencies do all the work for you for a reasonable fee.

Which agency do you use? I need a J-1.

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