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by codeonfire 11y ago
One solution to the tech manager problem is to force managers to rotate back into individual contributor roles every other year (or director to manager, VP to director, etc). That way you remove all the people that are just there to collec
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HP laptop from 2009. Kind of underpowered but add a SSD, extended battery, and some ram and it gets the job done.
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What is the free cash flow, 950k a year? The value is all discounted future free cash flows. Or the value is just whatever the buyer is willing to pay. Obviously lots of acquisitions will never pay for themselves because they are strateg
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by codeonfire 11y ago
Certs may act against you at interview time. If you get a data science cert and put it on your resume, then the interviewer may start asking you related "i'm smarter than you" questions about it regardless of whether it has
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by codeonfire 11y ago
I think there are two solutions. The video in the link gives one, the other is June 17. Supposing Albert knows the day, his statement eliminates June 18 and May 19. Bernard claims to know the answer, which can only be June 17. Albert do
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by codeonfire 11y ago
that's a good suggestion. it will fall on deaf ears because employers don't read anything on the Internet and they hate engineers, especially old ones. they can't get basic things like don't sexually harass employees r
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He's paying a small amount of money 4x$25k to get some 'founders' in control of millions of investment under control of threat of cancelled visas.
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I see...You believe the cause is so noble that it's obvious drawbacks are beyond discussion. Then lets discuss something else. Why don't you tell us why you think it's so important for foreign entrepreneurs to start busines
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I'm not misinterpreting the intent. I know perfectly well the stated intent to 'help the helpless random immigrant founder.' I'm suggesting an alternative intent that needs to be discussed. And I'm not the one re
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Regardless, what is the motivation to want to discriminate? The only thing I can see is that having someone in the US under H1B gives them power over that person.
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The university can't discriminate based on country of origin, which is exactly what is being proposed: "we are particularly focused on international entrepreneurs." It doesn't matter if you give the money to CU and then
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by codeonfire 11y ago
When you say high paying, keep in mind the jobs you are describing are $250-1000k jobs where everything (work, risk, and blame) is delegated down to the grunt level anyway and attendance is probably 50% at best.
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by codeonfire 12y ago
It's $120k now but yes, one 40 year old engineer working full time makes that in 9 months. Why doesn't YC offer more attractive investment, say $500k, and allow non-SV offices? Is it just the presumption that this won't le
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Why would you not assume the opposite? I would assume the most experienced people with the most knowledge, contacts, and money to be in their 40s and 50s.
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If companies actually tracked the exact questions that are asked and how they are asked, then bias would be easy to spot. People they want to hire get softball binary tree or linked list questions. People they don't want to hire get
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by codeonfire 12y ago
Ugg, this is hard to read. Politics and startups don't mix. I know I can't really make any logical argument about it's negative qualities without being downvoted. I'll just say hopefully some people get a trip to DC t
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by codeonfire 12y ago
> "It would be like taking apart a brand-new 747 and discovering that the fuel line is held in place by a coat-hanger and the landing gear is attached with duct tape." At the museum of flight in Seattle there is a 747. It&#x27
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by codeonfire 12y ago
Why even ask it. My method is find the org chart depth with log_1.5(company size). Then divide that number by 1/2 execs, 1/2 managers. Guess the roles then go look at random people on linked-in. You can get a good feel for how
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by codeonfire 12y ago
A superbowl ad is not going to inspire the people you want to start working on advanced aircraft. The people you want are already working on advanced aircraft or are trying to get into the advanced aircraft business. You need people that
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do you mean chroot. Unix had that in 1979.
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by codeonfire 12y ago
1) yeah there are lots of places that like free work, but in my opinion no one with a degree should be doing that unless it's charity. How do you find small companies? Easy. Just go to places where you are likely to meet people worki
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Does this job pay? If so it sounds like a better deal than stacking books in the library or being a barista. If not, I'd pass. For volunteer work it's better to get involved with some department research that might lead to a fu
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by codeonfire 12y ago
Well, yes lots of Americans do care who comes into the country and from where and there is nothing wrong with that. Lots of people also don't buy the cheapest meat, cheapest coffee, cheapest clothing, etc.
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For outsourcing firms its about institutionalized racism. In India, applicants put who their parents are, if they're married, where they were born, how old they are, height, weight, etc all on their resume. That is the kind of power
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>Can someone explain to me why H1Bs are problematic? Did you read the article? Here are the subtitles from the article and the first line of the referenced article: - Lower wages - H-1B is not a bridge to permanent immigration - H-1B is
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I must be in the minority. I am the greatest engineer in all fields, and I don't use github because my job is not github friendly. I only say I'm the greatest because, hey, if we are throwing around value judgements about enginee
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There are some legal restrictions in some places so that apartment buildings and bridges don't get built by the local guy with a backhoe and then collapse.
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by codeonfire 12y ago
Good list. If people still don't understand why experienced developers only want to work with other experienced (grownup?) developers: exhibits a-g
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The game is not to pick the 'best' developer and employers don't have that ability. Employers pick the person likely to be most competent and then fire those that turn out not to be. A CS degree in this regard is light year
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Terms like rockstar, 10xer, or ninja are meant to flatter people and not describe attributes. Employers want to filter workers who will work to their own detriment for several reasons. They want people who are susceptible to flattery and

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