Seth: Stayed at Google because H-1B visa prevented founding a startup
Rohan Seth · Live Episode! Clubhouse: Paul Davison and Rohan Seth · May 6, 2021 · at 3:59
Clubhouse co-founder Rohan Seth describes his early career constraints prior to launching his own ventures.
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“The reality was that I was still on an H-one B visa and I couldn't. And so I just continued working at Google and just kept building stuff there, hoping that one day I would get a green card so that I could work in my own company.”
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