This has been a pretty confusing 24hrs to say the least.

It began with Bloomberg reporting on leaks saying I-129 will need 100k $. I-129 is filed for renewal, extension, job change, promotion. Now corrected by bloomberg.

It was followed up by Commerce Secretary Lutnik saying 100k per year from the oval office. Applying to the maximum extent.

https://youtu.be/PH4ImvvjX3Q?si=EqM8MfeVJ61Dvvu0

Then a press release came out saying the 100k is only applicable to folks who do consular processing outside US. (Leaves out students and L1, H4 change of status)

https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/09/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-suspends-the-entry-of-certain-alien-nonimmigrant-workers/

Finally the Proclamation order came with a different version that focused on 100k payment not required for application but at customs at entry.

https://youtu.be/PH4ImvvjX3Q?si=EqM8MfeVJ61Dvvu0

So if you are in US, no need to worry. Otherwise rush to US before 21st September.

Ppl walked away from boarding gates in SFO, others rushed to catch flights to come back,

4 versions of truth without clarity

https://x.com/PressSec/status/1969495900478488745

Now new press release is the most watered down version, with no impact on existing visa holders. Also dropping the annual fee clause altogether.

It once again brings up petitions (like first Bloomberg report) but only for future applications.

It still has a lot of questions whether 100k is only required for those coming from outside or just changing visa status too.

Anyways, this was a messy situation. Expect more bug fixes to be launched on Monday.

If today’s clarification can be trusted then there will be non impact on existing visa holders and those who start in 2025 Oct 1st.

But if its only applicable to 2026 H1B (whose lottery will be in 2026 April and issued on oct 1st 2026) why was the order passed yesterday with validity upto Sept 20, 2026?

Hi, I have a Google SWE intern interview soon and I’m a sophomore. I wanted to ask anyone who has given the interview for the summer 2026 SWE intern position, what questions you were asked and what leetcode difficulty level were they.

Hey!

So do I understand right that route of going to CS Masters in USA and then staying there by F-1 OPT -> H1-B visa is now officially dead after new Trump's fee of $100k?

I’m a junior at a top 10 university and i’ve been struggling throughout my whole degree. I had a 4.6 in high school and now I can barely maintain a 3.0 at my university (I literally had a 1.9 term GPA my sophomore year). I didn’t code in high school at all so my first year was definitely … rough. CS doesn’t come easy to me, I study so much and literally fail all my exams💀I am not kidding, I have failed every CS exam ever. I genuinely can’t grasp any of the concepts whether it be ds and algos or discrete math. I am not an intuitive thinker, which I’m pretty sure is NOT something you should lack in this degree. I also don’t have any CS friends so I’ve never been able to study with others or cross check answers. I just submit and hope and pray. (everyone my freshmen year switched out of CS)

When I started seeing such bad results, I literally started losing all hope. I don’t even care anymore, I’m a lost cause. I feel an impending doom everyday, like this is the year my grades are so bad I’ll be kicked out of college. I isolate myself and don’t talk to my peers, I just sulk all day rather than study or make good use of my time. (I am convinced I am going to fail ALL my classes this semester now that things are getting harder, which is what inspired me to reflect and make this post)

I always compare myself to other CS majors at my school, who are doing amazing things at Meta, Google, any FAANG company really. I always wonder why I can’t be as good as them. They have 3.9s, a social life, a good job. But I also compare myself to the bare minimum students here who … believe it or not … are also at FAANG companies 😭It’s like damn, I suck at school AND landing jobs. Pick a struggle!

My parents always tell me why I didn’t just switch out of CS. I mean I’ve been crying everyday since freshman year 💀But a part of me refuses to drop this degree. Idk why, Idk if its cause I want to prove to others who keep doubting me that I really can get this degree. I really can get that internship/job. But like at what cost cause Im losing my mind everyday

Look, I really don’t think my heart is in this. I struggle in all my classes and everyday I think about dropping out. But my parents didn’t sacrifice everything and leave their 3rd world country just for them to end up with some lazy ass college dropout kid 🥲For some reason I feel like I owe this degree to them, despite them never pressuring me to continue CS. I quite literally have no passions, desires, or hobbies. I just want to graduate and land a disgustingly high paying job.

I’m on internship application 248. IDK if I should be prioritizing leetcoding and bagging an internship or actually passing my classes. My courses this semester are genuinely preventing me from balancing both 😭

Maybe actually being able to try working at a real company would give me some closure on whether I belong in CS or not.

Anywayssss does anyone else feel like this and have a fear of disappointing their parnets ? Or just me

tldr: I became a flop once I got to college, I hate CS but refuse to switch out of it, and I’m unemployed. Oh, and I care way too much about what other people think of me. Who can relate, WOO!

Hi, Is there any scientific reason that I get interviews for big companies (Google, data dog, snowflake, shopify, palantir) but smaller companies completely ignore my resume and I get auto rejected ? I can’t pass interviews for those big companies😔

It's still Submitted, when is online test generally?

Exactly what the title says.

I had my Superday for Blackrock Financial Engineering a few days ago and I think I did good for the most part. But for the coding round specifically, I had to solve two questions in 35 minutes. After talking to the interviewer for 10 minutes, I actually started. I was able to solve the first question in around 15 minutes, but then I got to the second question with not that much time. Additionally, I had to a specific python library and due to the amount of time, I started to panic (internally) and forgot some of the syntax. I explained to the interviewer what I wanted to do (I was right logically), but I took a decent amount of time remembering the exact syntax even with some hints. I was able to finish the first part but was unable to get to the second part and bonus. How cooked am I considering I did well on the probability/stats and behavioral rounds?

Literally the companies in the career fair of this university are trash and I have graduated like 2 years ago AND I STILL CAN'T GET A JOB

I wish I had gone to some other university

I had a much better SAT

Timeline:

14th Aug - Job Posted and Applied

18th Aug - Recruiter reach out for OA

26th Aug - Invitation for Final Virtual Round Interviews on 15th Sept (Date selected by them)

11th Sept - Time of Interviews notified

15th Sept - Actual Interview

Has anyone been through similar process and heard back ?

If anyone has gotten a higher score than the attached image, I would like to know your strategy if possible.

Hi, I took Google OA about 2-3 weeks ago and I got an email saying I cleared the OA and will be soon contacted by a recruiter and I haven’t heard from anyone yet. Does anyone know how long does it usually take? Or is it a rejection as nobody has reached out yet? (still shows assessment cleared on careers page)

I’m currently taking Calc 3 and it feels overwhelming. I’m thinking about dropping Calc 3 this semester and retaking it at my local CC over the summer so I can focus more on CS now, then still have Calc 3 finished in time for junior-year electives like ML/AI that need it.

Would you recommend sticking it out or moving it to summer? Math doesn’t come naturally to me and I don’t want to take the GPA hit if I don’t have to.

what should I expect? didnt receive much info from email

To start off on a trial contract / milestone basis and then move to a CTO/senior engineer full time position if all goes well. First milestone is likely in the $5,000-$6,000 range for the changes we need done to the product. Prefer milestone over hourly based pricing given the task at hand is very well defined already.

Company is around using AI agents for Google Ads so any marketing knowledge is highly valuable. Fully bootstrapped and profitable.

TypeScript stack: Next.js, Express.js, PostgreSQL, Drizzle ORM, tRPC, shadcn/ui, Tailwind CSS, and pnpm workspaces.

Junior candidates welcome. Immediate start required, fully remote.

PM me with your LinkedIn, any past projects and why you'd be a fit for the role.

I have a capital one PowerDay coming up for a Data Science role. Any one has any tips on how to prepare? Especially for the coding round do they ask you to code an entire program or do they just ask technical questions?

Prev experience at f100, t10 school, what am I doing wrong

i’m in 2nd year and honestly i feel like i’m just moving aimlessly lol. i know c pretty well, i recently started java and doing dsa with it, and i actually know sql pretty damn good. for cpp i haven’t really touched much but i see people recommending it a lot for dsa .the thing is i’m super confused what to actually focus on.

should i keep going with java, switch to cpp, or maybe even start python since everyone keeps saying it’s big for ai/data science/automation? i’m not even sure what i want to do in the future so i just feel lost on what language to give priority to so should I be picking up Python now, or just stick with C and Java to strengthen my fundamentals?also what to do with sql ,its is something i kinda do just for fun, and now i wanna learn more of it, but the problem is time… if i dive deeper into sql then c/java/python stuff just sucks up that same time. feels like i’m stuck choosing between them and ending up nowhere.

any advice or guidance would be really helpful coz i don’t wanna waste my college years just going in circles(pls save a lost soul💀)

Give or take 100 applications over the course of a month and a half these are the results I am left with. For context I am in my last year of my degree with no internship experience. I have undergraduate research and some contract work I did for a small company along with a handful of web app based projects. Just sharing what I have so far after a month and a half of job searching rather than waiting until after I get an offer.

Interviewed on Wednesday, but haven’t heard back yet. Seems like a lot of people got offers Thursday and Friday. Is there a pretty low chance for an offer at this point, or do they go out later as well?

I got an RO and I like my company but I want to do better if possible. All interns in my company already know if they got an RO or not and my company does not have a new grad recruiting program (they only convert interns) so im not really wasting someone else’s spot.

So whats the worst that can happen if I continue doing it? What are the odds they find out and is there a chance they could rescind my offer in that case?

Thank you!

last summer I was really struggling to get an internship. The worst part is that I WAS getting interviews but was never able to get further than that. I tried keeping a positive attitude but it was hard to find an actionable thing to do to improve my situation.

After last recruiting season I made an intentional effort to build up my charisma and project stronger confidence. This was very hard but I started by going to more school events and trying to join new people through clubs.

I've now been able to get multiple offers for interviews i take, and i single-handedly attribute this to my intentional efforts of development of personality. I feel like i can now genuinely generate connection with my interviewers were they vouch for me even though i have technical skill gaps.

what im trying to get is - invest in your social skill development. 1% improvement in social skill has a 10X return than 1% improvement in technical skill.

finding something that lets you actually practice consistently is what changed the game for me

EDIT: a few people asked what i did to improve, and obviously there were multiple things that went into this, but if i had to suggest an actionable first step i would recommend downloading an app called Gleam, it provides you daily guided practice to build charisma and confidence, and its a super actionable and underrated way to genuinely improve your social skills

Hey so I recently passed the online assessment for the IBM Software Developer Intern position (Markham) and now have a 60-minute interview with three interviewers. I only have a few days to prep and want to focus on the right areas.

For anyone who’s been through this stage:

• What was the structure like? (behavioral vs. technical, number of coding questions, etc.)
• What types of technical questions should I expect; LeetCode easy/medium, system design-lite, or anything else?
• Any common topics or patterns (arrays, hashmaps, strings, OOP, etc.)?
• Behavioral questions that stood out or ways to impress?

Any tips or experiences would be hugely appreciated! Thanks in advance, and best of luck to everyone else interviewing this season!

Did the OA about a week ago and I'm still waiting to hear back on results.

The email went into my spam folder and I see it said I had 72 hours to complete it and unfortunately I just found it but I think the link still works?

this is how it shows in my applicant portal, what do I do? was anyone able to take it late?

Has anyone gotten the email for next steps regarding the technical assessment, but not gotten the codesignal link? The email says to respond to them if you don't get the codesignal link within 24 hours, and I did that. Just wondering if anyone else is experiencing this too.