denverkarma

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by denverkarma 5y ago
The details I’ve commented on are the ones present in the authors writing. Atlassian is not perfect, but the story as told is far from complete. But beyond that, I don’t have anything to gain from elaborating, and the author is already angr
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by denverkarma 5y ago
I agree with you about how it looks reading only this persons story. However, my experience with Atlassian was that taking PTO is no problem, and normally a request like this would not have met pushback. From what I know of the situation, t
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by denverkarma 5y ago
The promo process there is a mess for sure. They were trying to fix the issue of having different offices all around the world, and that people's standards in different markets were - well - different. But the effort to create globally
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by denverkarma 5y ago
Believe what you want. I no longer work at Atlassian, and I had my own frustrations with the company. There are definitely some internal struggles, and specific teams under a lot of pressure, and if you get caught in one of those situations
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by denverkarma 5y ago
My experience was that Atlassian was very generous with PTO, but it's true there was no accrual. I was encouraged to take 20-30 days off per year, and I did, and I never got pushback. My experience was that nearly everyone took 4-5 wee
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by denverkarma 5y ago
You're correct about unlimited PTO, it's absolutely a mixed bag. I worked at Atlassian, and my experience was that people were actively encouraged to take between 20-30 days off per year, and that getting vacation was usually a me
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by denverkarma 5y ago
The person took paid medical leave, and when that ended, was offered unpaid leave. They didn't want to use unpaid leave, they wanted to "use their earned vacation." But the person did not understand - apparently still does no
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by denverkarma 5y ago
I'm sorry I can't speak to details as this is all very personal for the folks involved, but I know all the people involved in this story and can tell you this is not a very fair account of what happened. It was a long-running and
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by denverkarma 5y ago
The fact that they are more than capable of innovation and shrewd business is the entire reason that casually stealing whatever they want on top of things is problematic.
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by denverkarma 5y ago
So when is the western world going to wake up and realize that China is a cutthroat competitor that does not respect western law or traditions, cannot be trusted, and intends to dominate the world? This seems especially troubling for the te
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by denverkarma 7y ago
To be honest I’m not so bothered by the idea that depression could be extrinsic, or at least partially extrinsic. What I find “crudely reductionist,” in the article is the very idea of “capitalist realism,” and the idea that some notion cal
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by denverkarma 7y ago
Yes, I saw that after another commenter pointed me toward the guidelines. I would delete the parent comment, but then I wouldn’t get to offer an apology. Thanks for flagging this to me.
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by denverkarma 7y ago
@mattrp, looks like we’re at the max thread depth. Thanks for your comment. I certainly don’t mean to say people should shed their ideas, or that we should be starlings that flock together. But I do think it’s important to see humanity as o
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by denverkarma 7y ago
Well, I re-read the guidelines, and I have to admit they do say to reply but don’t specifically say not to downvote. Not sure where I got the idea that was one of the rules. I see it also says don’t comment on votes, which I hadn’t noticed
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by denverkarma 7y ago
I think actually, knowing your perception of the world is not correct is the really hard part, because then you can’t just go through your day comfortably, you have a constant mental struggle against a faulty autopilot. Imagine driving a ca
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by denverkarma 7y ago
Hah! This got downvoted in the first second after posting, which to me says the down-voter couldn’t have read past the first sentence. Come on now, HN downvotes are for unconstructive or inappropriate comments. If you disagree you’re not su
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by denverkarma 7y ago
This article is very “inside baseball” for the far left. As far as I could understand, the article basically says: depression is caused by the world being terrible, and the world is terrible entirely because of capitalism, so depression is
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by denverkarma 7y ago
Buried in the middle of the story: > Still, recent textbooks have come a long way from what was published in past decades. Both Texas and California volumes deal more bluntly with the cruelty of the slave trade, eschewing several myths
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by denverkarma 7y ago
Honest question, are men allowed? I assume so because I didn’t see anywhere that they aren’t, but I didn’t see a single male in the marketing images, and it has a feminine-looking brand, so now I’m slightly unsure. I’m assuming it’s just th
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by denverkarma 7y ago
It’s really hard for me not to be skeptical of a study that starts with the premise of measuring everyone else against “the most privileged group,” aka. white men, and then calling their metric “health justice.” I don’t know the stats off t
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by denverkarma 7y ago
I think you meant “cohesion” not coercion. But also, while “cultural Christianity,” the idea that everyone is a Christian and follows some pseudo-Christian values has mostly gone away, actual religion (of many varieties) is alive and well.
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by denverkarma 7y ago
It was interesting to see the photos of the Union Jacks marching around. Anyone with first hand experience in Hong Kong, are there many people who wish for a return to the commonwealth, or is that a tiny minority?
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by denverkarma 7y ago
As an outside observer it seems like China doesn’t care very much about upholding agreements. And why should they? It’s not like Britain or anyone else in the west is willing to start a war with China, no matter what they do.
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by denverkarma 7y ago
This is the kind of stuff that makes me feel the trade conflict between the US and China is overdue. The world’s two biggest economies operating on such a different standards of IP was bound to lead to conflict eventually.
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by denverkarma 8y ago
Do you have any recommendation for an at-home test? I've considered doing a lab study, but at-home sounds much better. I didn't realize that was an option.
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by denverkarma 8y ago
How is it that React gets celebrated for “solving” problems that React created in the first place? The entire paradigm of React keeps changing as each pervious iteration proves to be “messy” or “over complicated.” createClass? Nah that’s ob
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by denverkarma 8y ago
Unfortunately it cuts both ways. I’ve been in hiring meetings where people from underrepresented backgrounds applied but really didn’t have the required skills, they got hired anyway because the company wanted to feel good about hiring dive
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by denverkarma 8y ago
Saying the other political party has “ideological resistance to helping each other,” is ridiculous. That kind of bigoted dismissive ignorance just fuels our bitter partisan gridlock and helps nothing. Of course are fringe nutters in the wor
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by denverkarma 8y ago
There’s a lot more of the bootstrap stuff on Indie Hackers. Sounds like you’d enjoy their podcast too. indiehackers.com
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by denverkarma 8y ago
Side tangent, if you’re looking to share a draft book like this with a bunch of people, https://betabooks.co is a good option. Specifically designed to handle heavy load of readers and look great on mobile, etc.

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