H1B Valley
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How HN took it
3 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 9 critical, out of 19 comments about the project. Thread score -0.21.
Idea: 1 for, 8 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What people liked
Nice list, celebrates immigrant contributions
From 2 comments
Nice list. To really communicate the point that immigrants contribute to the US economy, might be a good idea to include rough US employment numbers on the image itself instead…
vikramkr on HNThank you for making this. It’s important to highlight the visibility of what immigrants have contributed to America. One of the reasons why the United States continues to be the…
partingshots on HN
Objections
Name implies founders came on H1B visas, which is misleading
From 3 comments
Some of the entries seem wrong? I looked at Razer Inc's founder and he never did set foot in the USA as H1B, at least based on his wikipedia page. Was it just incorporated in the…
dbancajas on HN> Never meant to state that all these founders came here on an H1B The URL is literally `h1bvalley.com` how can you honestly state that you "never meant to state" this? I get the…
OzzyB on HNNot sure what's your point. Yes, other websites have misleading or deceptive names. mindgeek.com maybe tries to hide their activities, I don't know the company or the website,…
dgellow on HN
Includes founders who were not H1B holders (e.g. Musk, Page, Razer, Tesla)
From 3 comments
Elon Musk is there too and he was never on a H1B. This title is misleading and it should be renamed.
ReticentVole on HNI don’t think Musk was on an H1B visa when he came from Canada? I don’t think Page and Brin were H-1Bs either, as they were PhD students at the time.
ComputerGuru on HNIf you're referring to Elon Musk, he is not a Tesla founder. Tesla was founded by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning, both California born. Musk was an early Tesla investor.
kolanos on HN
Sample skews toward European and Asian origin people
From 1 comment
A list of mostly European-origin people and almost exclusively European-origin and Asian-origin people is not likely to be well received these days as evidence that a US…
jacobriis on HN
Requests
Rename the site to avoid implying H1B origin
From 2 comments
Elon Musk is there too and he was never on a H1B. This title is misleading and it should be renamed.
ReticentVole on HNNot sure what's your point. Yes, other websites have misleading or deceptive names. mindgeek.com maybe tries to hide their activities, I don't know the company or the website,…
dgellow on HN
Add a clarifying note that founders did not all come on H1B
From 1 comment
It's as misleading as mindgeek.com. It has nothing to do with minds or geeks but a website that focusses primarily on internet pornography. OP found a domain that fits the…
akadeb on HN
Questions
How can an H1B holder found a startup?
From 3 comments
My understanding of H-1Bs is that the basis of the visa is that you are required to work for a U.S.-based employer. How does a H-1B holder get around this restriction in founding…
kolanos on HNYou are typically an employee of the startup that you create.
ponker on HN> Can I leave my H1B sponsoring employer to work for my own company? Can my own company sponsor my H1B? > If you leave your H1B visa sponsoring employer, you will need to find…
jahlove on HN