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by jc4p 5274 days ago
Is the entire thing just a Photoshop Save for Web document with some jQuery attached?

Also the "LET MY DREAM COME TRUE" image's hover state not being preloaded made me sad.

Okay to actually be constructive:

It's a good time to be trying this because it's the beginning of a new year so H-1B visas are available.

As another self taught young developer who's extremely eager to leave his full-time job and go to school next semester, I can't say I agree with his goals. But if that's what you want to do, it's a good attempt at getting out there.

Most companies I would know that would be willing to set up a visa for a person who wants to drop out of college in Europe would be start-ups, however I don't know if a pure Graphic Designer is in demand with start-ups. I would expect them to rather have someone who's very good at graphic design and can code the basics of the designs themselves rather than have someone who's fantastic at graphic design but is just a one-trick pony.

When I worked in a start-up one of the biggest deciding factors we had when interviewing designers (right after their taste) was how much of the design they could implement themselves. It made little sense to pay someone to design a Photoshop document and send to a developer to turn into HTML or a layout file where we could pay someone else to design it AND make the HTML file themselves. Most of the time that person didn't ask for 200% of the pay of someone just doing Photoshop work either.

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this is about design, forget the code.. i've originally designed this for one startup from Palo Alto, which's been looking for pure Graphic designer, i couln't image this up on HackerNews.. i can finish college anytime, but offers from Silicon Valley are not coming everyday :)
I would say the opposite. College is awesome. You could do it anytime but the best time to go through university or a college is now, while you are young. On the other hand Silicon Valley is not going anywhere. If you are talented, there is a place for you in the valley anytime you want.
The Economy is cyclical. The best time to grow is during a bubble. In a couple of years when all those me too incubators have burned themselves up there will be fewer people willing to tunnel him into the US... He could do his Graduation during a bust.
If you think a company will be able to sponsor his H1B without him having a degree (usually technical) then think again.
Have you actively contacted companies you're interested in and asked for interviews? It's much harder to wait for someone to contact you than it is to send a personalized e-mail / resume to each company you're interested in.

I'm also a tad worried that you skipped the portion of my post regarding looking for pure graphic designers. It may just be my experience from companies I've been in but the last two graphic designers I helped hire were combo packages.

It's nice to see another 19 year old excited about startups and technology though :)

'LET MY DREAM COME TRUE' Not being a sprite and having to load made me cringe too.
Filip went to high school in Washington state, so I think he might actually be a US citizen. Would be good to mention somewhere on the page though.
He says for half a year. It was most likely a study-abroad program else he should've definitely stated that. I'm an eleven-year permanent resident currently waiting on my citizenship paperwork so I'd be sad if he was already a US citizen and I wasn't ;)
yes it was foreign exchange program, but when i look back, this half a year in US was really life-changing.. i'm citizen of Slovakia of course :)