Ask HN: I was asked to leave my job and now I want to work in the US. Advice?
Unfortunately, the company can no longer support my role and we've come to a mutual agreed whereby I'd leave the company and receive severance pay.
Getting involved with the US startup scene is something that's been a dream of mine for a while now and I'm finally in the perfect situation to do something about it.
The only problem is that I have no idea where to begin!
I'd love to come over to the US and meet people who work for startups, hack something together and just get a general feel for how the US differs from the UK.
If anybody could give me some advice on how they'd proceed if they were in my position, possibly create some introductions for me or even allow me to work along side you for a week or so then I would be very grateful indeed.
A little more about me...
Things I'm awesome at: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, interface design and usability, client interaction.
Things I'm good at: PHP, MySQL, Amazon AWS server admin.
Things I'm learning: Python, Objective-C, Sphinx, MongoDB.
Things I do to kick back: Gym, run, read, consume specialty beers, play unhealthy amounts of video games.
tl;dr I had to leave my job and now I'd love to experience US startup culture. Please help!