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!!
The priority date is your property and only in very limited circumstances can you lose it after leaving your employer. The general rule is that the beneficiary of an I-140 petition - you - needs to wait at least 180 days after the approval to protect the priority date. I'm not sure what you are asking about a new employer.
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?
It's impossible for me to say without reviewing the filing and the decision but the final merits analysis is incredibly subjective and discretionary so generally speaking, appealing on this issue is not a good idea. Again, generally speaking, understanding and fixing the deficiencies in the initial filing/evidence and refiling is the better approach.
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:
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
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!
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.
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!
Does it require proprietary tools? Would like to use Linux and possibly Blender, but classes at school often use whatever big-tech tools they cut a backroom deal for.
Even if you aren't taking these classes, you can sign up for a free non-commercial license for Render Man. It comes with the full feature-set of the commercial version and there aren't any academic attendance requirements. While Renderman can also be installed on Linux, I can't personally vouch for feature parity with the Windows version as I haven't made the comparison myself.
Nuke also has a hobbyist license. No watermarking or end date, but there are limitations on output.
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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!
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!
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!!