Per October bulletin, it is kinda odd that the filing dates moved up significantly but final action dates are still lagging for India. In your opinion/analysis why is that the case and do you have any estimates on expected trajectory of final action dates? Thank you!
The final action dates are limited by statute (the limit on the number of green cards that can be issued) whereas the filing dates are really determined by volume and capacity. Unfortunately, while I think the final action dates will progress in the coming months, I don't this progression will be significant.
Hi Peter, my AOS filing date is current as of October bulletin (India born). How crucial it is to apply for AOS asap compared to later? My employer's attorney is too slow and is flooded with AOS filing requests coz of this. It seems like it will be the in final days of October that they may get to my application. It is quite concerning for me. Should I look for my own attorney?
Making use of time we're not wasting, I mean, spending commuting? I am all for it and would do one myself if I thought I knew something worth sharing. Would a "Bumbling into AWS Competency" be a worthwhile topic?
Just do what Apple does. Own the certification and recognize trustworthy developers. Allow new devs to easily distribute and ban/block them if they turn malicious. Its not a perfect solution but is in the right direction IMHO.
How am I nitpicking? I am just highlighting the fact that when I signed my app using Apple provided certs and notarization, there is no additional warning for the user while on MS land unless I get an EV cert I will not be able to remove it.
I recently went through this pain for an electron app. Non-EV code sign cert kept throwing SmartScreen warnings for most users. Acquiring an EV cert forced me to register a company and a hefty cert price per year, overall costing nearly $1500. Not to mention overall delay and added costs.
Meanwhile my $100/y Apple Dev subscription was enough to package the app and distribute outside App Store.
At this point I am fairly certain EV certs are nothing but rackets supported by MS.
Spent an afternoon comparing different (very sketchy yet somehow the best in Windows code sign cert land) sites, finally picked one, signed the app and downloaded it on another machine.
Was immediately greeted with Smart screen, and learned I needed to shell out HUNDREDS more to get rid of it.
What a racket. And something Apple do automatically for you (provided you pay for their developer program).
Oof. Next time you need to renew, check the links from the msft authenticode dev website for ev certs. A couple providers are much less than $1500/yr.
Also, when I got my renewal bill for something like $1500/yr for PhotoStructure, I sent an email to their support asking to continue the low original fee, and they agreed.
I'm not seeing any requirement to have a registered company? DigiCerts checkout process says to use your own legal name if you don't have a legal business name.
> The reality is that someone from India will accept much lower wages and poorer conditions than someone born in Australia, Sweden or Switzerland.
People on H1-B live in the US and maintain a good standard of living as per the city they are in and hence end up demanding for the same market salary as locals. This has been proven every-time people brought up cheap labor issue.
The likely issue (for American jobs) here is when whole IT/Software teams shift to India or China through outsourcing companies and American workers are laid off as cost measures. This happens a lot in non-tech companies very easily where they want to stay ahead in tech but not take the ownership of it.
Sales tax has one of the most complicated structures. Recently ADP built logic to tax according to counties and sub-zones (not just states and cities) to save millions on taxes for its customers. I doubt small start-ups can afford their software. It will be great if Stripe can come up with an API to simplify this. Or else, its clearly a win for large retailers and not as much for small ecommerce stores.
