It depends on how you define tech companies.. Their main product is a transportation service, but there is obviously a lot of tech involved.

Similarly, there are websites which deal with selling clothes, so you could ask if they are in retail/fashion or in tech.

A couple of years ago, I worked in a startup which was involved in the local independent music scene. They organize events, did ticketing and have a online music magazine, with apps. Some people call it an entertainment/music company.. Some people call it a marketing/ad agency (because of what it offers its clients). And geeks like me called it a tech company.

It depends on your perspective.

I have been looking at your replies at this thread, and I think you are confusing legality with ethics (at least in the nature of the law and visa regulations). I am sure it is perfectly legal to work on something for your brother, while he earns the money off the product/app/website.

The point I am trying to get across is that such restrictions kill (or seriously hurt) any attempt of innovation coming from people on H1B visas. There are a number of ways to try to circumvent the laws, but the risks associated with them make it not worth the attempt.

I would not risk my status here or the possibility of owning a green card for a side project that makes me a couple hundred dollars a month. It is not worth it.

The article talks about numbers, finance, GDP and economy without explaining the politics of it. How are they going to attempt reunifying with a country which is run by an autocratic regime that has essentially brain washed its citizens into hating the south? Is there going to be military intervention? What about north's nuclear arsenal? Or is it going to be an open reunification where the north government decides to stop ruling and handover the country to the south?

"has essentially brain washed its citizens into hating the south"

I've been to DPRK a few years ago, and as far I could see, their state propaganda is not aimed at southern ordinary citizens, but on the government of South Korea. They consider it to be a puppet government in the hands of USA. (There is actually more than that, but I think this reduction is accurate enough.) Overall, they are very open to the idea of having the entire Korea united, and in a lot of instances you can even find maps and logos depicting their country as the entire Korean peninsula.

No harm to learning Python, especially when you are a student and have the time.

You need to learn multiple languages/platforms, and learn to use the best tool for the problem.

Don't underestimate the old fashioned way of making friends..

Hit the bar, have a few drinks, talk to other people at the bar.

Considering that they are actively hiring in their Mumbai office, I really doubt that they are shutting down.

For remote jobs, these practices are quite common. They aren't making you work for long hours. Working during odd hours is not uncommon for even local jobs for jobs which need it (establishments which remain open during odd hours of the day for example), so I doubt there is any legal issue here.

There is nothing unethical or even shameful about this practice. It is perfectly legit. Personally, I start work in the afternoon and work till late night, because those are the hours my employer works.

Hello, and is it work at night all the time, or shift based? How was you experience doing it. Today couldn't do it myself, maybe at an younger age.

I don't think its shameful, I might have done it myself. Its a first world problem clearly.

Still I wonder about the legality, because in most countries there are laws that prevent workers from working at night all the time.

At most you make shifts, and workers do it one week a month, and not all the time for years to prevent long term health consequences for the worker.

I am just here to figure out how you managed to get that much credit.

Wow, it looks like you can chat with your Gmail contacts from outlook. This looks quite promising.

I don't have the patience to discover and curate a lot of music myself these days (atleast not enough to last my work day), so I like a couple of online radio stations. This one is my favorite:

WritheM Radio's Programming Electronic and Alternative on Grooveshark: http://grooveshark.com/#!/writhem/broadcast