Ask HN: Should I do a MS to move to the US
I'm a 24 year old programmer who's currently settled in the middle east. I finished my studies last year and moved here from my home country to work for a growing ecommerce company.
Working in US, at a good startup/tech company has long been my dream. However, getting a job in US is extremely hard. I spent the last month applying at a lot of startups but only to get rejected as soon the question of visa was brought up.
So instead of trying out this hard to from outside of US, my friends advised me of doing a masters. Fortunately my experience here in the middle east has been quite lucrative and I have enough money saved to fully sponsor my masters. After having attained 2 degrees and doing numerous courses on Coursera, I've come to realize that you don't need a masters to learn or do well in technology. In all honesty, I do see MS as a glorified work visa.
Having said that, I wanted to know what HNers think regarding whether it makes sense to spend that much money to move to US. Don't get me wrong, I love the idea of spending another year in college learning CS but I'm not exactly sold whether that is the only way to go about it.
What be your advice to someone who wants to get a job in the US?