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Google Engineer Ditches $300K Job for Startup, Gets Green Card
29 May
Summary
- Engineer quit $300,000 Google role after four H-1B visa rejections.
- He co-founded an AI startup named Anthromind after leaving Google.
- He successfully secured a green card through an O-1 visa pathway.
A Nepal-born engineer, Pratik Karki, resigned from his Google role with a nearly $300,000 annual salary after being rejected by the H-1B visa lottery four times. The 27-year-old tech professional then co-founded an AI startup named Anthromind in San Francisco, focusing on the data layer for AI teams.
Karki pursued an O-1 visa, designed for individuals with extraordinary professional achievements, as an alternative immigration path. His O-1 visa was approved, paving the way for his green card application, which has now been successfully granted.
Karki shared his exhausting immigration journey on X, highlighting the uncertainty of the lottery system and the personal sacrifices involved. His story has inspired many skilled professionals to explore merit-based immigration routes after facing repeated H-1B lottery failures.
