Iris | If life is a poker game, w...

Iris | If life is a poker game, what do you expect from it?

You Are Not Alone | The H1b Talk Podcast por Rosemary Xu
T1 · E5
4 ago 2023
32:24

Notas del episodio

Just do it and never limit yourself are Iris’ mottos. Coming to the states just two years ago from Shenzhen, Iris graduated her master’s from USC Annenberg. A job opportunity found her at a poker table. She started working the next day post-graduation and got selected for h1b the first try…She is employee No.1 at a solar energy startup in LA. Everything feels like a gift of life by embracing uncertainty.However, Iris shares with host Rosemary that the biggest struggle for her to stay in the U.S. is about the relationship with her parents. In fact, her parents, who are not opponents of having their daughter working so far away from home, do not know about her h1b selection…How is she handling working in a different country while taking in the stress from the parent-daughter situation? Let’s find out.

Palabras clave

h1b
sponsorship
international student
job searching
mental health
green card
poker
solarpanel
career
parents