u/PuzzleheadedPark5888

We have openings for candidates with 2+ years of experience in PnP, functional validation, or PM management roles within the CPU/SoC Server team.
PNW relocation is required.
If you’re genuinely interested and have hands-on SoC/CPU validation and performance experience, ping me and I can share more details.

Unfortunately, our team is finding it challenging to identify the right candidates for these openings.

EB-2 India, July 2015 priority date, with an I-140 approved for more than 180 days.

If my employer files my I-485 in October when my Date for Filing is current, but my Final Action Date is not current, and I move to a new employer at the end of October:

• Can I keep my I-485 pending until my Final Action Date becomes current?
• After the I-485 has been pending 180+ days, can I use AC21/Supplement J to port it to my new employer if the job is same/similar?
• Does leaving the original employer before 180 days create any issue with the I-485, given that my I-140 was approved years ago?
• While the I-485 is pending, can I still receive EAD and Advance Parole, even though I left the original employer before 180 days?
• If EAD/AP are approved before 180 days, can I continue renewing them while the I-485 remains pending?

Basically, I'm trying to understand whether this works:

File I-485 → change jobs after ~1 month → wait 180 days → AC21 to new employer → eventually get green card when Final Action Date becomes current.

Would appreciate anyone with experience or an immigration attorney's perspective.

Looking for a sanity check on an Apple offer and negotiation advice.
Exp: 12years
Current (MCOL):
Base: $184k
Annual bonus: 15% target
Annual RSUs: ~$40k
Total current TC: ~$252k

Apple (Cupertino) – Initial Offer ICT4:
Base: $225k
Sign-on: $40k
Annual bonus: 10% target
Initial RSUs: $260k (4-year vest)
Annual refreshers: ~$110k/year (25% vest each year)
This is the initial offer—I haven’t negotiated yet.

For those who’ve negotiated Apple offers recently:
How much room is there to negotiate?
Should I focus on base, initial RSUs, sign-on, or refreshers?
Given my current compensation and the move to the Bay Area, what would be a reasonable target after negotiation?
Appreciate any recent data points or advice.

Running an automated options engine on a $60K account. Daily cron pipeline:

• 338 ticker universe → indicators (HV20, ATR%, IV rank, RSI, MACD, ADX) → Bull/Bear classifier
• Direction + confidence → 126 strong signals
• Drop earnings within ~14 days (60 today), risk-vetoed names (12), HV/ATR/IV gates → 38 trade-allowed
• Per-ticker 7-day cooldown
• IBKR chain fetch at 30 DTE, pick 0.20 delta short, +$5 width long (bull put or bear call vertical)
• Liquidity gate (vol ≥ 10 OR OI ≥ 100 on short leg). This kills 21 of 38 today — large caps like TMO, IBM, ABT, ACN have no volume at 30DTE 0.20Δ
• Spread Quality Filter (credit ≥ $0.25, IV edge ≥ 0.80x, liquidity ≤ 20%, score ≥ 50). Kills 10 more
• Survivors: 4 spreads today (BK, AVGO, MU, VRT)

The execution problem. All 4 went unfilled. My adaptive ladder is:

Step 1: mid_credit → wait 60s

Step 2: mid × 0.95 → wait 90s

Step 3: mid × 0.90 → wait 120s

All steps clamped to natural floor = short_bid − long_ask so I never sell below market. Negative BAG limit (BUY combo for credit). Cancel-and-replace between steps. Total ~4.5 min.

Today's BK example: started $1.50 credit → $1.35 → $1.20. Status: PendingSubmit on every step, then not_filled at the end.

My questions for the room:

1. Is 10% off mid just not aggressive enough on 30 DTE single-name options? The mid is fictional and the natural is the truth — should I be starting at like mid × 0.85 right out of the gate?
2. Anyone running a smarter quote-driven walk on IBKR combos? Like step toward natural in equal increments rather than fixed % off mid?
3. Is LimitOrder + BAG + tif=DAY even the right path or should I be using the Adaptive (Patient) algo IBKR exposes for combos?
4. The fact that my "natural floor" clamp keeps overriding my step prices into the same value (because mid–natural is tight) — feels like I'm just hammering the wrong number 3 times in a row. 0/4 fills today seems consistent with that.

Anyone else automate verticals through IBKR — what does your fill-rate look like and what does your ladder look like?