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Medium’s Definitive Guide of Silicon Valley Shoes
(Link)Every year, technology giants compete over H-1B visas, and the opportunity to sponsor foreign workers. For these employees, the visa can represent a path to residency, and can mean employment at some of the world’s most high-profile companies.
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Published as part of the series Into the Valley on Medium’s tech publicaiton, OneZero. More from the series here: