Help review my application for Exceptional talent

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Hey everyone, please help me rate my application:

LOR

  1. Data Science Director, Meta in UK
  2. Co-founder and CEO at startup A, currently co-founder and CEO at startup B
  3. Analytics Director at C. My former team lead at D.

Personal statement

  • 10% intro
  • 50% career path + open source
  • 20% why UK
  • 20% future plans and how UK tech will benefit from me

MC

  1. Offer at Meta + payslips
  2. A retention offer (match Meta), options, bonus
  3. Meta Performance reviews + Peer feedbacks

OC2 [work beyond immediate occupation]

  1. ML competitions, 1st place to build recommender system (with several kaggle masters) + further talk on conference.
  2. Github - 2nd main contributor to repo with 1.4k+ stars, 50+ commits
  3. Stackoverflow, 29k+ rating

OC3 [significant contribution]

  1. Meta product impact. Tech leading team, responsible for one of the core signals across Facebook and Instagram
  2. First price bidding algorithm at A, improved revenue on 10%. Led iniaitive to adopt bidding algorithms for iOS App Tracking Transparency
  3. Impact at D, online recommender system with multi-armed bandits. Helped to improve revenue on 5%

Not sure whether team lead is considered as immediate colleague or manager, which is not sufficient if I understand correctly. According to TechNation Tech Nation Visa Guide - Tech Nation

Evidence of recognition, such as Reference Letters, provided by an immediate colleague, manager, or friend are not sufficient.

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I think your application is solid

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Salary evidence may not be sufficient to prove that you have been recognised as a leading talent. Aside your work at meta, what external recognition do you have?

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Nothing special besides maybe 1st place in ML competition. My plan to cover that with reference letters.

Another option for MC Iā€™m considering is to remove 2nd item (retention offer, options) and add another impactful project in Meta + additional LOR from senior manager at Meta. @Francisca_Chiedu Do you think it will suit better?

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My concern is you are applying for exceptional talent. Recent feed shows emphasis on national ans international recognition.