m23khan

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by m23khan 5y ago
Iranian water concerns aside, I wonder how much of Iran's decision-making in this situation is tied with Iran's fixation on keeping Iraq in check / within Iran's political sphere.
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by m23khan 5y ago
Here in Toronto, Canada: One fallout of this is the rise in prices of old / used cars. To give you an idea, a 2018 Toyota/Honda minivan is Canadian dollars 10,000 higher than pre-covid times. It's ok for folks who have a newi
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by m23khan 5y ago
In my experience and opinion about studying till High school and then University here in Ontario, Canada: - Canada seems to be obsessed to maintain high-stats. when it comes to 'literacy rate' - that is why till Grade 12, educatio
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by m23khan 5y ago
Reading the article, I agree with the Author's sentiment. But the battle is not only for the Management it seems. As as example, if you are stuck working from Home due to pandemic with toddlers at Home and you are unlucky not to have a
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by m23khan 6y ago
would this lead to era of enhanced employee loyalty to the Company? For example, if the company town provides comforts of a well supplied, suburban AND closed-gate lifestyle for workers and their families, people would think many times over
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by m23khan 6y ago
I was talking with specific regards to couples living together -- not about single/divorced/widowed folks. And yes, I was referring to nuclear families being the norm in wealthy countries as opposed to multi-generational housing a
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by m23khan 6y ago
being a wealthy country often means: nuclear families + rise in dual income households = greater GDP = greater inflation = push for knowledge economy = loss of unionized workplaces = reduced workplace benefits such as defined benefit pensio
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by m23khan 6y ago
Oh wow, by far one of the most useful and simple websites I have seen! Bookmarked it!
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by m23khan 6y ago
As a Pakistani living abroad, here is my suggestion to avoid diarrhea: Simply avoid eating food from outside anywhere besides KFC. No, not even McDonalds or Pizza Hut. Doesn't matter how fresh or clean the food or restaurant or bakery
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by m23khan 6y ago
Frankly speaking, it sounds the author ended up joining a 'dud' team where the entire team is well steeped with playing politics rather than actually being productive. It happens in large companies and sometimes in small ones as w
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by m23khan 6y ago
All the technical details aside, Microsoft under Bill Gates, Apple under Steve Jobs, Amazon/AWS under Jeff Bazos, and Tesla under Musk. To a somewhat lesser extent - Alibaba under Jack Ma, Oracle under Larry Ellison and Dell under Mich
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by m23khan 6y ago
Gulf Cooperation Council - Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Bahrain, Oman and Qatar.
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by m23khan 6y ago
It's a generalization on my part - countries like India and Pakistan (as I am sure others as well) have a very competitive lifestyle (more so than in North America) if you were to look at their major Cities (Karachi, Mumbai, etc.). I w
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by m23khan 6y ago
1990s was a long time ago - economics and demographics around the World have changed a lot since then (in fact, The Simpsons lifestyle - at least in earlier seasons - seems to be more reminiscent of 1980s era). Things like inflation and cha
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by m23khan 6y ago
This...I love this answer. Resonates with quiet few of my experiences lately. Cheers Friend!
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by m23khan 6y ago
If we are talking about freelancing or individuals doing remote work, than why outsource exclusively to India? If it is indeed remote work than let the cheapest bidder win -- whether its Afghanistan or Zimbabwe. If folks are competent enoug
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by m23khan 6y ago
So Mr. Musk doesn't have swarms of top MBAs working in upper echelons of Management in each and every one of his Companies? I am sure Mr. Musk and Mark Zuckerberg and Steve Jobs can succeed without having MBAs but I would believe that
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by m23khan 6y ago
From IT point of view, they along with Canadian Tire still use mainframe - I remember 10 years ago Canadian tire had a billion item inventory, can't imagine how much its now.
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by m23khan 6y ago
Wow, this would be another big move for Salesforce -- I think this year they acquired Tableau as well.
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by m23khan 6y ago
The studies are certainly interesting but as Father myself, I would chime in my 2 cents worth: - less sleep which causes elevated levels of stress which pushes you to eat unhealthy food more, combined with your Body's natural slowdown
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by m23khan 6y ago
Surprised the Author didn't mention IBM Canada being a very unstable place to work.
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by m23khan 6y ago
I wonder if Twitter's fail whale was inspired by this event.
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by m23khan 6y ago
As much as I dislike making students paying high tuition fees, as a Canadian, the alternative is worse I feel. What would end up happening should tuition fees be reduced overnight: - Universities / Community Colleges would experience a
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by m23khan 6y ago
I don't know solution for the entire IT industry but can suggest something for Corporate IT: New IT staff should be given grounding in Business Curriculum relevant to the Corporate's business / Team's mandate - this ough
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by m23khan 6y ago
hopefully it isn't COVID related. Maybe botulism especially if the corpses are not being actively consumed by scvangers.
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by m23khan 6y ago
I myself have Bachelors and Masters in Computer Science degree with 11+ years of full-time industry experience (Canada) and here is my opinion about popularity of computer science degree: - What is the point of getting a Computer Science de
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by m23khan 6y ago
Yes, as Canadian, Avro Arrow does leave a "What if..." thought in my mind but having said that, I am proud of my countrymen as we have achieved quiet a lot since then (given our tiny population and difficult logistics): Canada Spa
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by m23khan 6y ago
If you are Developer or even a DevOps or Data Engineer, LinkedIn is a very handy tool in order to get connected with recruiters and also to apply for jobs that are posted there. Sure, there are other great online job boards and even physica
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by m23khan 6y ago
from what it sounds like, you have done 3-5 years at your current place (which is your first job out of college). Reading your post, it sounds like your job hasn't really given you a whole lot of proper software development experience
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by m23khan 6y ago
As a Canadian, I would say that if Huawei was not selected due to issues relating to national security -- then why not take some time to setup a crown corporation / Government-owned company and have them develop indigenous hardware&#x2

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