Episode 102
How to Get a UK Work Visa With No Lottery (H-1B Lottery Reject POV) - w/ Hari
Hari Prasad Renganathan got rejected from the H1B lottery three times. Most people in that situation spiral.
Who this is for
- You are making a career move across countries and the paperwork is part of the stress.
- You would rather hear Hari's version while the mess is still fresh than get another polished hindsight sermon.
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- Get a UK Work Visa With No Lottery (H-1B Lottery Reject POV) - w/ Hari
- They scramble for a second master's, beg their company for an internal transfer, or start mentally preparing to go back home.
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He got rejected from the H1B Lottery three times, so he texted 10 YC startup, got 4 callbacks and moved to London. There is no Lottery and the process was much easier. I got the visa within like 2-3.
But that's not even the craziest part of my guest today, Harry Prasad's story. This guy got rejected from university's ranked 150, but got accepted into Colombia with an undergrad degree that wasn't even relevant.
We always think that, hey, do me a favor by taking me in Colombia. It's actually the other way around this. So they don't just take pet on people who follow the template, they also take pet on people who question the template.
And when a senior data scientist on his team quit, most people would just keep their head down. Harry went straight to the decision maker. Hey, you lost the senior data scientist. I have got to be much cheaper than that guy.
I still can't believe I talk like this. I don't know, maybe the jobless person will go any excel to talk. Every single inflection point in this dude's career came from doing something that no one was willing to do.
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Hari Prasad Renganathan got rejected from the H1B lottery three times. Most people in that situation spiral. They scramble for a second master's, beg their company for an internal transfer, or start mentally preparing to go back home. Hari texted 10 YC startups, got callbacks from four of them, landed an offer as a Senior AI Engineer, and moved to London.
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