I switched around 7-8 years ago and pledged to stick it out despite any annoyances.
About a year later I needed to use windows for a job and found it incredibly annoying to use. So much of it is just what you are used to.
These days I love gnome and tend to use OpenSUSE or Fedora
Ufff, hurts to see because it would have definitely had at least a chance at winning the whole thing!
That's basically it.
A famous example was a few years back when Electric Callboy wasn't even invited to the national finals for selecting the song because the selection committee knew they would win but "didn't feel the song was fit for radio"
It's a different sport that originated in Mexico but has been expanding fast throughout South America and Europe.
I think Pickleball is more of a US thing
It's true, but I also can't bring myself to say it!
To be honest, I wasn't fully aware of it at the time and had been targeting a different country-specific program. For this other program I had checked that I fulfilled the requirements and put something like "eligible for program" on my CV. This seemed to help, since I got a lot of responses and we generally discussed this aspect in interviews.
Ultimately though, after getting a job offer, my current company found out about the Blue Card program and we decided together that it was the easiest path. For my country (Austria) the requirement was basically that you had a job offer which paid over the national average, which is pretty typical in tech.
I think a lot of companies aren't aware of all of the different options, so making them aware of these can't hurt!
I got sponsored recently through the EU Blue Card program. It's generally targeted at what would be considered 'high-skilled individuals', which may or may not be applicable to your situation.
Although it's an EU program, each country gets to set their own requirements and these can vary quite a bit. Might be worth looking into, since if you qualify it is almost always much easier than other paths.
I also think they look the better team overall, but let's see
As a data scientist working in ML: it's essentially all python outside of some really niche stuff
Unfortunately you cant, that's why they are getting thrown out and looking at paying 1500€ soon
Just as long as the US never joins (and I say this as an American)
We take things way to seriously (and can't laugh at ourselves) and it would just kill the vibe...