HERNDON, Virginia -- I came to America in 1992 as a 23-year old technology consultant on a J-visa. At the time, I was working for Andersen Consulting's (which later became Accenture LLP) Manila office and was on what was called an "offshore" systems implementation project, meaning it was a U.S.-based project with portions of the work being done in Accenture's offshore locations such as Manila and India.The U.S.-based client requested some of the offshore staff including myself, to come to the U.S. to accelerate the work. My family was excited for me to go, and I dutifully got on a plane and went. I don't remember being anxious at all on my flight from Manila to Raleigh, North Caro...
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