bayraktar

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Tech’s talent wars have come back to bite it(nytimes.com)
48 points by bayraktar 4y ago|79 comments
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by bayraktar 4y ago
It's not "urgent" as in "step off of the train tracks or I'll get hit" kind of urgent. The article specifically puts climate change at the top of its concerns, which is a "step off of the train tracks or
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by bayraktar 4y ago
Lacks plausibility. Doesn't attempt to describe the context in which this Russian first strike against NATO might occur. Doesn't mention battlefield nukes, EMP attacks or even high-altitude demonstrative detonations that might mor
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by bayraktar 4y ago
These niche use-cases exist, but they are niche, and most companies, who think their use-case is that niche so it doesn't fit the cloud, are probably wrong. Talk about broad, sweeping statements. Care to substantiate?
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by bayraktar 4y ago
Okay, I'm with you - but I meant for, like, people who have some idea of what they're doing (and don't just impulsively reach for a massive framework to deal with routine content dispatch). What do you suggest for manageable
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by bayraktar 4y ago
So what other kind of thing do you suggest (and which currently has some traction)?
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by bayraktar 4y ago
I hate my spouse's lousy cooking; the slow, clunky way their hips move when they walk; but most of all, their cringe poetry. But until I find someone better or at least less embarrassing to be seen with in public, I'm sticking w
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by bayraktar 4y ago
Looking at the bigger picture - would seem that the Texas state legislature's unwillingness to tackle the issue of overly permissive firearm access is the "lazy take" to be concerned about.
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by bayraktar 4y ago
Being as they of course "just can't" do anything to stop people from bringing guns into schools -- in a way, this makes a certain kind of sense for them.
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by bayraktar 4y ago
But how does it take a over week to answer the question? Sounds like the more basic problem is that we keep ending up working in companies where the "higher ups" are constantly shoving decisions down our throats. Which, ultimate
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by bayraktar 4y ago
There's a difference between "being" stressed out -- and your employer taking specific actions to make you stressed out so that you quit. Ramping up work expectations With the specific intent of causing the employee to quit
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by bayraktar 4y ago
Getting myself "managed out" at the expense of all of those things would be hugely problematic. Agreed - and corporate life often gets that way. But another way of looking at the payoff matrix might be: "I've got kids
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by bayraktar 4y ago
It could also mean creating an inhospitable environment for work, like demotion, allocating drudge work, removing responsibilities, etc. Right - it's actually far worse than outright firing or laying off people. As in, genuinely har
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by bayraktar 4y ago
You know, it's pretty easy to just ditch social media entirely, and to essentially forget about your smartphone as well (beyond the bare essentials that we're kind of forced to use them for these days), actually.