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by f17 4y ago
> Just to be clear - the pay gap mostly disappears once you control for field, position, and experience. That doesn't mean anything, because controlling for position means you're factoring out huge disparities--although I will
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by f17 4y ago
I don't think it's intrinsic that (as you said) "Women choose partners, at least in part, based on their ability to provide resources." A hundred years ago, it was considered intrinsic that men were innately violent and
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by f17 4y ago
You're absolutely right, of course. I only note this: smart men are likely to seek more lucrative fields if they're informed about the actual odds. Having a high IQ doesn't mean all that much if you haven't got data. S
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by f17 4y ago
Do you know how offensive it is to compare an ethnic group (in fact, numerous ethnic groups) to the ultrarich hyperconsumptive ghouls who run the world? People can choose not to be ultrarich. People can choose not to be ghouls. People who g
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by f17 4y ago
The old money kids don't have to use the open-plan offices, and they usually either get choice roles (not regular SWE work, but GoogleX stuff) or directly put on the management track (since they're almost never coding for more tha
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by f17 4y ago
Her portrayal of the wealthy was downright kind (which makes sense, because at a party you won't really get to know them) compared to the actual behavior of such people. I've worked for and with them. Sure, a few of them are decen
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by f17 4y ago
> Except there's plenty of old-money (hereditary class) in the US that looks, talks and acts exactly like the "class" structures you're claiming are very different from those in Europe. You're arguing semantics b
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by f17 4y ago
I was an engineer at a FAANG. The effects of pre-existing, generational social class are as strong there as anywhere else. If you grew up old money, you get tapped for the best projects and will make Staff by 25, Principal by 30. If you don
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by f17 4y ago
> Her life seems intense to me, and I don’t understand how she’s here at this party looking lively. I personally can work on my research a few hours a day before I need to go nap or watch some youtube videos. Is she fundamentally differe
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by f17 4y ago
> I wonder how much of this is intentional behavior by tech companies. They want to select for workers that will tolerate their bullshit and are willing to receive some level of abuse. It is. That said, I don't think tech execs are
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by f17 4y ago
Are women maltreated in technology? Yes. Capitalism is classist more than anything else and if you weren't born into generational wealth and connections, you're going to get fucked one way or another. Are women maltreated more tha
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by f17 4y ago
You could be right, insofar as in the 1990s, "selling out" was a discrete event and there was no denying that one had given creative control up. In the 2020s, the PR departments are so good at making their efforts look like things
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by f17 4y ago
You should aim for a research environment where you don't have to justify your existence to some "product manager" every 24 hours. Take it from me as an old person: if you work in stupid environments in stupid ways on stupid
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by f17 4y ago
GIOS Spring '22, AI Summer '22. Really excited about Compilers. I've heard it's very good. Haven't decided on a specialization yet; I'm still in that phase where everything looks interesting. TBH, there are ~20
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by f17 4y ago
I'm guessing the OP is bashing OMSCS based on Reddit comments from people who tried a course, found it difficult (because, hello, it's actual graduate school at a real university), gave up, and are now spreading negativity on th
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by f17 4y ago
It's making effective use of your time in standups. If you have an advanced degree and your job is making you do standups, you should get another job.
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by f17 4y ago
For other topics that aren't strictly programming, eg AI, ML, game theory, cryptography, quantum computing, probabilistic methods, optimization,... it would take a significant amount of dedication to match the amount of understanding
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by f17 4y ago
You, shall we say, "had a learning experience" if it's 2022 and your son still believes in capitalism. Maybe it's too late for us old farts, but the generation coming up needs to overthrow the corporate system--and they
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by f17 4y ago
No one ever says they saw a great opportunity and passed on it I had the opportunity to buy Bitcoin in 2010 and didn't. I was simultaneously correct (about the moral value and nature of the thing) and utterly, utterly wrong (about wh
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by f17 4y ago
Or, "I'm fully self-made. All I had was an introduction to the CEO of Sequoia by my father who happens to be a Senator and a small zero-interest loan, barely a million dollars."
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by f17 4y ago
Success stories in capitalism are usually heavily censored to hide the trail of wrecked careers, shady dealings, and invisible nepotism that occurred along the way. If you want to know the truth about a company, ask its least popular member
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by f17 4y ago
> Also quite a few of the most prolific contemporary mass market authors have "assistants". I told my new editor what I paid to hire the big-name editor and she said, "You could've gotten a book [as in a ghostwriter]
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by f17 4y ago
I got burned by something like this. I hired an editor (not on Upwork) who had worked for a number of very famous authors (people you've heard of, people who've sold millions of copies). They did a fantastic sample edit, and the q
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by f17 4y ago
Counterpoint: Stardew Valley. No IAP bullshit, no lootbox chicanery... and yet I doubt its creator is hurting, financially speaking. Of course, we're talking about an outlier here. Excellence doesn't guarantee anything, but it is
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by f17 4y ago
> Those price increases incentivize builders to increase the housing stock (which subsequently lowers prices). Capping prices prevents the price mechanism from working, leaving a shortage of housing. The issue, empirically, is that (a) w
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by f17 4y ago
I hope this fails, too. It's so obnoxious, I never would have believed it till now.
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by f17 4y ago
> I made a deal with myself that I'd charge something for it. That's smart. It's probably different for short stories, but with novels, "free exposure" is usually problematic unless it's done right. (I'
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by f17 4y ago
I'm someone else, but I just wanted to say: I hope your project succeeds. I've thought about this for a long time and have a lot of insight into the problem, and thoughts about the pitfalls. If you'd like to talk, post an ema
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by f17 4y ago
This is a major factor. Also, day jobs were a lot more chill. Writers still complained about having to go to an office job, but you could use the copious downtime on some of the work. You wouldn't want to do hardcore creative first-dra
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by f17 4y ago
You don't do it for the money. You do it for exposure. If you sell a short story that goes viral, you'll probably get a six-figure advance (which is not as much as it sounds like) on your next novel. That said, the odds aren'

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