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You'll need to go to your subscription settings in Azure Portal, and in the Access Control (IAM) options, you can add the other account as an authorized user of your Azure subscription. Once you do this, you can use your subscription from both accounts. It works kind of like Active Directory.

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Any evidence/article mentioning this?

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Why is Microsoft villain? Does it provide its H1B employees below market salary? Genuinely asking as I've seen H1B employees at MS paid a huge salary, equal to their citizen counterparts, and also they've been freely jumping companies to get an even bigger pay raise.

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Unless the display technology is changed from html, css and js to something opaque for a client, like a video stream of content, ad blocking will always be there and effective even if there are laws against it.

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Weird how mind works. I clicked the link ONLY to see if the gifs are there. Didn't read a single line in the article, closed and came to comments to see if it's here.

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Sorry you had bad experience. But I'd like to note here that many technical interviews that involve white board problem solving are nothing like this. I've attended interviews from a bunch of companies that do white board interviews. In almost all of them, the whole interview process went much smoother than this. Most importantly, nothing like "Not a word is said, they are clicking at their laptops, and staring at the whiteboard, as waiting for the genie to pop out of a bottle". If that happens, they are just bad interviewers.

White board interviews are supposed to be interactive. When I solve a problem, I always verbally say whatever is going on in my mind and share it with them. This does two things : 1. Helps me focus on the next steps instead of letting my mind race through different solutions, context switch often and lose track of my own thoghts. 2. Gives feedback to the interviewer so he knows I am on the right track and if not, give me clues (with or without him wanting to) that I can pick up on and proceed further.

In the end, my white board interviews always went like a conversation, a deep discussion about a problem that involves coming up with a solution and attacking it to see its pros and cons. I have come to appreciate the process itself because it tests several things like communicating to the team, problem solving, being open to other ideas etc.

Edit : I'd also like to note here that I didn't get these skills in my first interview. My first several interviews went horribly wrong like you mentioned. It is a skill that you need to invest time in. And you have to believe that the time you invest in this will pay off eventually. It did for me in several ways.

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So any particular reason to want C# in jvm?

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Kind of a noob question. But why would you be happy if C# ran in jvm? Is it just cross-platform compatibility so that you can develop your C# application for Linux?

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This is the government. Everything goes slow.

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But the only problem is, if you are already terminated, you shouldn't apply for a H-1B transfer. It would be like applying fresh, except you don't have to go through lottery. And also because this is a new visa, you are not qualified to work based on the H-1B portability rule either. So you have to wait until it is approved before you join the new company.

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I can imagine being that guy in that exact moment. But I can't imagine being that guy after the event. There will be a constant fear and doubt in my mind. And a constant fear whether others trust me anymore. I couldn't quit because that might make me look bad and I couldn't continue because that might make me look bad.

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That doesn't sound right. Granted, severance is not mandatory for an employer and they can choose to give you nothing when letting you go. Although, asking about your new job and salary doesn't sound legal. All that said, if I were an employee, I wouldn't lie in any case. I'd like to keep my hand clean, which would save me if the crap hits the ceiling.

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> they have no treaties with the US to force their hand to turn anything over

Sure, but that doesn't mean they won't happily exchange that info as part of a deal with the US, assuming your data is valuable enough.

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What kind of job were you working in? If you are in the software field, you chances of finding employment again are high. But the key is for you to act fast. While it is sad that you are out of job, this is not the time to regret or ponder over what you could have done differently. There is plenty of time for that.

I can share my own story. On one Saturday, I got a phone call from a co-worker that there are rumors of an impending massive layoff the following week. And then I got laid off on Monday. But I updated my resume on Saturday and already applied for several jobs on Sunday and started preparing for interviews. On Monday, I got laid off. And on Tuesday, I got a call scheduling for an interview. That entire week, I got two more calls for interviews. I scheduled them for the week after that as I needed at least one week to get up to speed with interview preparation. 20 days after my layoff, I had an offer. I still had interviews scheduled from bigger companies at that time, but I took the offer because I had some personal situations also to deal with at the time (My marriage was supposed to be in 3 weeks). I had a good raise in the new job, and with severance, it all ended up great with a good bonus and a raise.

My general advice is this. While I admit it is an incredibly stressful and emotional time, your emotions cannot take priority over actions.

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> Why don't we just stop accepting visa applications from Indian outsourcing firms—TCS, Wipro and Infosys

It's not practical to do that. You can call them "Indian outsourcing firms", but on paper they are American companies too. Compiling such a black list of companies purely based on how many H-1B applications they've filed in the past is not a good idea. Because it'll just give unfair advantage to the other "outsourcing" companies like Tech Mahindra, who probably should have been on that list, but escaped the radar because of these other giants. So these companies will now top the list and they'll hire aggressively to replace TCS, Infosys and co.

So what is the solution? Hard to say. Raising the minimum wage is a good start, but the exact amount will have to vary state by state. Because, for example, $80000 per year is too small for the bay area, but a good salary in Texas, NC etc.

Another approach is provide an easier way to permanent residency for those who complete Masters or above in US. That will eliminate to some extent the mixing up the "Elon Musks and Sergey Brins" along with those abusing the system.

And for God's sake, allow H-4 dependents to work. It's hypocritical to expect high skilled people to work in your country, but they shouldn't be married to someone who wants to work. You are destroying livelihoods, careers and relationships by doing this.

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> I uprooted her career because of our marriage

This is a huge problem by itself. H-4 EAD after I-140 is not enough because that forces you to stay with your current employer until you get your I-140. If you are going to restrict H-1B to highly skilled immigrants, then H-4 EAD should be eligible for any H-1B holder's spouse regardless of I-140 status. Otherwise you are basically saying "we only welcome highly skilled immigrants that are single"

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> Green Card process has to be restarted from the square one

That's not fully true AFAIK. The green card (GC) is a 3-step process - PERM, I-140 and GC itself.

If you already have your I-140, unless your previous employer cancels your I-140 (which cost them a few thousand dollars), your new employer can just start over the third step of the process. This is not optimal, sure, but it is not square one either.