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Hi Mr. Roberts;

Thank you for doing this, yet again - your insights are always so valuable. I am on an H1B, and my company applied for a Greencard, and I have received a Priority Date with my i-140 (sorry if I'm not using the correct terms here, this process confuses me). When am I able to leave my current employer without losing my priority date? Would I need to get my new employer to apply for an H1B transfer and extension for me, or how does that work? Thank you!!

Hi Peter, thank you so much for doing this AMA! I'm currently trying to decide whether to appeal an EB1A decision - they agreed to meeting "plain language" for 3 criteria, but denied the application on final merit.

What kind of considerations would you advise your clients to think of when making this decision?

Additionally, Pixar has a really good and robust coding lesson - called Pixar in a Box - https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/pixar Not sure if this is quite the right aged resource for her, but might be nice for you to have in your back pocket.

Happy to help with pointing you to any resources you may need to keep her engaged!

OBSESSED! She did SO good!

I taught young girls to code (founder of nonprofit Girls Code Lincoln, based in Nebraska USA) for the past few years - I love this! A few resources that you may be interested in sharing with her, age appropriate for her:

Youtube series that we did where our students interviewed women in STEM - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-32uv45Ln4VJGhVr_jr6...

Podcast series where we talked about historical women in STEM + a current woman in STEM - we recommended people listen to this in the car when their kids are there. https://girlscodelincoln.buzzsprout.com/

My email if you need anything at all, or would like further resources for your daughter. aakriti@TheNonprofiting.Org / info@GirlsCodeLincoln.org

TED talk that I did about HOW to get your daughter interested in STEM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guoLTuW8AX4&t=10s

I've taught code to children for years as the founder of a coding nonprofit, and this is a great way of laying out logic. Block code is very often taught to children and is a pet peeve of mine as it doesn't translate into strongly typed code for them, so we lose a number of kids in the shuffle when they believe code is too hard. Thank you for sharing!

If you were wanting to build on this, one of the greatest struggles, particularly with children, is syntax and spelling errors. They very often misspell words like "background" when we're teaching web dev, or forget their brackets and semicolons, so their code doesn't run.

If you were to make something similar but in a language they're already learning, such as Javascript, Java or Python (which, in my opinion, are the most common languages taught to kiddos), that might be useful.

Happy to chat more about this if you're looking for more on this perspective.

This ^^

I work with 4th-9th grade girls teaching them code, and recommend this to them to work on over the summer! It's a great curriculum and does an awesome job pulling children in!

SALARY TRANSPARENCY 2022 Hey everyone! Women in tech are at a disadvantage when salaries are not shared! We're putting together a survey for folks in all fields to fill out to gather salary data, and hopefully bridge the gap! To help gather info, please fill out this anonymous survey! Please send it to everyone you know!!

Survey link: https://forms.gle/UKC4C5Q1cHcqmhhV6 Link to results: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JZa28JWRti-JpiAKjBjL...

I enjoyed this and agree with many of the comments here - typing would be far easier and more fun! It might also be fun to add a "hint" where it gives you one of the words in the top scoring solution - maybe just as is, or even jumbled up. Overall, great concept and I look forward to playing more often!

Apologies - can't edit the post, sadly, maybe a moderator can?

I haven't heard of these ones before, but excited to check them out, thank you!

Hi, OP here! I gave this TEDx Talk about how to close the gender gap in tech at my local TEDx conference last month - I hope you all enjoy watching it! I was extremely nervous, but it was an honor to be able to speak on such a internationally acclaimed stage! I'm interested in hearing your thoughts on how we can reduce the gender and diversity gaps in this industry, so please share your thoughts!

Also worth pointing out that most bathrooms in India do not have toilet paper - this is not a societal norm.

The day they released this was so so funny. and awkward.

Having lived in Singapore for 10 years, I can attest to the high quality of life there, much higher than I have experienced anywhere else in the world.

Clarification - Singaporeans live in these flats (HDB housing) - not expatriates. Expat families live in different neighborhoods, different apartments, go to different schools and eat in different places than the locals. No part of an expat life is subsidized. It is therefore unfair to say that almost everyone in Singapore lives in subsidized housing - almost all of the Singaporeans do.

Singapore once aired a commercial during their National Day Parade about making babies, sponsored by mentos obviously. [1]

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jxU89x78ac

Thanks for sharing - I didn't know this was a thing!

I was very curious about this and so whipped up a quick poll to share with friends - feel free to fill it out if you feel so inclined (US only). https://goo.gl/forms/ppBBDCkgoeoFJ6tu1

This is an interesting point, and is basically the premise of online dating apps/websites - it's better to trust that things have a chance of working out rather than not trying.

This guy also has one where he made a #1 restaurant that didn't exist - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqPARIKHbN8

I think it is worth noting that Singapore Airlines used to have a 19-hour flight from Singapore to NYC, which it flew for 9 years. Having been on this flight, the experience wasn't terrible and there was plenty of space to walk around and spread your legs, despite it being a non-A380 or anything fancy back in 2008. There were always spaces in the back of the plane with snacks and drinks where passengers could relax and look out the window and talk to the stewardesses.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/02/singapore-airlines-is-bringi...

Hi Mitra, I had a specific question and was wondering how I could get in touch with you. (Email in bio)

I personally, as a North Indian, appreciate that these are authentic South Indian dishes because these are the most difficult to find in my Nebraska home, but also simultaneously, are my fav things to eat for breakfast.

Hi!

As a woman in this world, but also in tech, I don't believe that being a "know it all" is a male-only trait, though assuming that someone knows lesser when they clearly know more tends to be. There are many times when the males in my workplace, even if well-meaning, attempt to explain integral parts of my job to me like I'm a child. The chart in question goes through to talk of situations when this could not be considered mansplaining (like when a male counterpart has more knowledge or experience, or when the female counterpart asked for an explanation), but then also goes through scenarios that are definitely mansplaining, such as when the male counterpart has fewer experience and knowledge on the topic.

While you may not be a male that mansplains, other males (or even females) on this page might find themselves mansplaining. I have been mansplained to numerous times by my coworkers.

Very interesting. I have a lot of friends in Brazil and parts of Europe that want things from Amazon US and try to order them, but have trouble getting them delivered. I've often had to play middle man. Often, depending on what they're buying, they're okay with high shipping costs as long as they can get the special collector's item they're looking for.

This is my advice too - I usually don't play music in my headphones, but then I can ignore people when they're talking to me for the first couple of seconds, and then i can look up and they have to start over. It's mean, but effective.

That's a good point - I'm not really sure why I save previous versions as I'll probably never need them again, but I feel comfortable when I do for some reason.

Yes, different employers, or targeted for different jobs/situations. That's a solid point though - they probably won't care that it's named after them.

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