bond-market , Business , Business / Artificial Intelligence , Business / Big Tech , Business / Companies , Business / Computers and Software , Business / Markets , Business / Social Media , business-idea , business-insider-today , business-strategy , career-transition , Careers , China , CoECI News , E! Insider , Energy & Environment Newsletter , Finance , Gaming News Roundup , Gear / Gear News and Events , Global , Global Precipitation , global warming , globalstar , google , green-card , h-1b , h-1b-visa , h1-b-fallout , HEALTH , Home , House , immigration , insider-picks , insider-picks-guides , insider-reviews , insider-reviews-2021 , insider-today , job-market , laid-off , Markets , Markets & Festivals , News , newsletter , Newsletters , Nexstar Media Wire News , People News , Personal Finance , personal-finance , Photovogue / Editorial / News , Politics / Politics News , Property / News , Reviews , reviews-rit-ads , Security / Security News , shop , Shop Beauty , singapore-freelancer , tech-layoffs July 9, 2026 This essay as told is based on a conversation with Gu Yichen, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in California. After being laid off by Google, he returned to Amazon, where he works on an H-1B visa. His words have been edited for length and clarity. I spent my sophomore year of high school as an
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