I used to work for a FANG-ish big tech company on an H1B and wanted to focus 100% on my pet projects. This left me with no other choice than to quit my job and move out of the US.<p>I'd still like to be able to do the same while living in the US, and if I could find someone to hire me on a part-time H1B that would work wonderfully for me.<p>I wasn't even sure if this was possible and I'm mainly going by articles like this one:
https://www.immihelp.com/part-time-h-1b-visa/<p>I've not heard of anyone be hired on a part-time H1B ever though. Does anyone know of companies that might be open to this?<p>I think this could be a great way to be able to hire some engineers you normally wouldn't be able to hire, so I'm surprised companies don't try to do this more often.
I would imagine that holding an H1B will limit how your pet projects would go. If you're trying to build your own thing / startup etc. It seems counterproductive for anyone to look for a part time dev when there plenty willing to work full time for the same H1B opportunity.<p>While possible, I'd say it's highly unlikely.