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Short bio: We are a family of 2 living. We both are working and on H1B. I came to the US in 2006 on F1 got a job in 2008 and working since then in software. Got married in 2011. DW came to the US in Jan 2012; she did her masters and has been working since 2013 in finance. GC is still in progress ...

So just a quick update on this. I heard from the prospective employer in India and they are ready to give me 20% more than my US salary + equity which is pretty awesome (without any negotiation), but then they changed the position from the head of engineering to something else (one level below) and ...

I think you have doubts as well and that's why you are getting impacted by these comments by your friends and relatives. If you are not able to explain to them clearly why you moved back to India then I think it is a problem that you need to solve asap by asking yourself why did you move after all ...

I will recommend trying Linkedin in India and targeting folks (recruiters / people working in the same field) in the company that you are interested in and see if they can internally refer you. I have not done this myself, but a bunch of recruiters reached out to me for executive / leadership ...

[QUOTE=RetPune;585361] In US, alternate weekend trips to Costco and weekend trips to Indian Store and Target and once in a while to Safeway( You never buy everything from just one store, at least we did not and all of our friends did not too), shopping for groceries was a task too. The Indian ...

[QUOTE=InduIndian;627601] Start looking out for Jobs from now. You will have an idea how the job market in India is?? You will understand the salary variations. My husband was offered 18laks by Hyderabad based company. He would have accepted the offer had our family friend wouldn't have stopped ...

Thanks bigdreamer this is really helpful!

[QUOTE=ILuvHyd;626893]We need more information on domain, your experience, skill sets, Location etc. If it's a startup you might be offered some profit sharing/shares, so take those into consideration.[/QUOTE] Thanks ILuvHyd! Domain: Software Engineering Experience: 9 years of total experience I ...

Hello, I have been doing job searches in India for two reasons: 1. To get some more understanding of what kind of background / experience employers are looking for executive roles in IT companies in India 2. To get some rough understanding of the compensation currently being offered in the Indian ...

Hello, Thanks for the post! it reminded me that I need to post my R2I dilemma as well :) I am in the same boat as you with GC, the dates are never moving forward and after my wife got H1B we basically stopped looking at the GC dates. One of the criteria we both have is to ensure that the kids are ...