I am in NY on on O-1.

Basically you will need to show that you are a celebrity (in the widest sense of the word) in your own country or internationally.

They basically look at three things.

1. Significance You will need to get other (4-6) people in your industry to write a letter about you.

2. Fame You will need to show awards, books you were in, exibitions you did, magazine and articles about you and so on.

3. Critical Role You will need to get 4-6 clients to write about your critical role in helping their company go where they are.

Pretty laborious, but the good thing is that you are not bound by some quota.

If you do move here, stay in San Francisco / Berkeley and not San Jose / Palo Alto. It's better for single people in the SF area vs the San Jose area, where engineers move to raise their families in suburbia. You also wont need a car in SF, which at your young age can help you avoid higher insurance rates or needing to get a licence. Car rental companies will charge you an extra $25/day for being under 25, but they'll be more willing to give you free car upgrades because of the $25/day charge.

No idea what parent poster said (comment deleted), but if you want to work in the US, you can still try for an H1B visa. Your work experience and achievements can be used to demonstrate specialization in the field and serve as the equivalent of a college Bachelors degree. The quota was exhausted for this year, but assuming you are Australian you can shoot for an E3.