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Ask HN: Canadian HS student getting job in SF?
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by rentgen
4268 days ago
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I am senior in highschool (17 years old) going to university next year. Before heading off to university I would really like to spend the summer in San Fransico. Over the past 4 years I have worked at several (3)startups doing mainly data science work. One of startups got acquired and the other 2 are still going strong. I also do some freelance web development work on the side, mainly to pay for school. I would just like to know what the best course of action would be for me. I know its hard to get a job for one summer, 2 months is a small amount of time. So, the company would have to take a risk on me. I was thinking of renting a place on AirBnB to save some money. My father has a U.S citizenship so I have the whole work Visa situation under control. In general, how feasible do you guys think this is? I have the year to prepare for the trip. |
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Onto the details - It will be expensive. AirBnB is probably also not going to be very cheap. Your best bet is probably to find a sublease from someone on Craigslist. You can probably get a room at a decent price doing that, but it would need to be done in person to avoid CL scams.
For the job I probably don't have the best perspective to give you a perfect answer, but generally I think it would depend most on what your expectations are and what size the company is. A small startup probably won't have the time or energy to expend on a 2 month temp. A larger startup might, but the challenge would be to get their attention.
You're best bet might be to apply to some sort of internship program - I think I've seen a couple larger startups have things like that. Not sure about the pay though. Or you could try to find a company that needs contract/freelance work.