I'm a Canadian citizen.

My current company won't transfer me to the US, but it seems like I'm leaving a lot of money on the table by not moving to the States.

Resolves Yes if I try and get a job offer meeting the criteria. Resolves No if I try and don't get a job offer meeting the criteria. Resolves N/A if I stop putting in a reasonable effort.

My job prospects:

• I work at one of ycombinator's top 10 companies by valuation. I've worked here for 1 year 8 months. I was a software engineer for a year, and switched to machine learning engineering (my ML skills are still pretty entry level). I get good performance reviews.

• I have 1 year and 10 months of internship experience which I consider largely irrelevant.

• I have a CS major from the University of Toronto.

• I don't have a very strong network.

• I've been conservative in my job searches so far, consistently taking the first offer I get.

• "If I try" currently means doing 1 practice interview question and 1 job application every day. I'm willing to change this to reasonable suggestions commenters make if it will improve their probabilities.

Saving considerations:

• The $70k/year has to be after taxes and cost of living.

• Equity compensation can only contribute to savings for the purpose of this question if the company is public.

• Extrapolating based on my current spending via cost of living calculators, I would spend US$48k to $75k/year if I lived in NYC, or $18k to $30k/year if I lived in Rochester NY. Assume I'm not willing to move anywhere cheaper than Rochester.

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