🚀 EB-1A / O-1 Profile-Building Opportunities: Latest Drop (Software Engineering) Building a strong extraordinary ability profile is all about documented evidence: judging the work of others, speaking at recognized venues, and getting your work published. Here are four fresh opportunities for our SWE folks 👇 1. IDEA 2026, Jio Institute: Call for Technical Program Committee → Apply to serve as a reviewer for the conference (great for the “judging the work of others” criterion) → Timeline: Dec 2026 → Details: jioinstitute.edu.in/idea-2026/callforTPC 2. BackstageCon (co-located with KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America) → Call for proposals to speak at a Linux Foundation event → Timeline: Nov 2026 → Event page: events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-north-america/co-located-events/backstagecon#… → Submit here: events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-north-america/co-located-events/cfp-colocated-events 3. STAREAST 2027 (TechWell): Speaker Call → Pitch a talk at one of the leading software testing and QA conferences → Timeline: Apr 2027 → Info: stareast.techwell.com/speak-stareast → Submit here: stareast.techwell.com/speaker-submission-form-stareast-2027 4. ENASE 2027: Call for Papers → Submit a research paper on evaluation of novel approaches to software engineering → Timeline: Apr 2027 → Details: enase.scitevents.org/CallforPapers.aspx 💡 Pro tip: Save your acceptance emails, reviewer invitations, and program listings. These become your evidence later. Applied to any of these, or know of an opportunity we should share? Drop it in the thread 🧵 <!channel>