north_east_dev

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by north_east_dev 8y ago
I'm a European under 50 :) I agree it's not common, but not unheard of.
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by north_east_dev 8y ago
(Not the OP) Is that so surprising? My wife and I waited until marriage.
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by north_east_dev 8y ago
As incompetently as the government is handling it, I suspect it won't be too bad in the end.
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Ask HN: Any UK based devs leaving because of Brexit?
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by north_east_dev 8y ago
Ok, it sounds like you've thought things through and best of luck with it.
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by north_east_dev 8y ago
Haha! Oh right. I'm an immigrant in the UK myself. Curious as to why the natives would leave :)
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by north_east_dev 8y ago
Sucks for your situation. One question though (I'm sure you've heard before)... > For her to move to the UK requires her to meet income requirements of £18,600 per year What about if you got married?
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by north_east_dev 8y ago
> I’m in the UK, intending to move out for obvious reasons I thought you meant pay by this, but then you include Berlin in your list of potential places... Is there other reasons I'm missing out on? Genuinely curious
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by north_east_dev 8y ago
> If you add up random costs you are confronted with during the whole process of flying with them they aren't even that much cheaper. I'm sorry but that is nonsense. I live abroad so am a frequent flyer back (say 5 or 6 times a
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by north_east_dev 8y ago
How long until they abandon this one?
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by north_east_dev 8y ago
It's like that old Vulcan proverb "Only Nixon could go to China."
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by north_east_dev 8y ago
It's the Guardian. They have a serious axe to grind with SV/tech in general. Their bias in this area is laughable but gotta play to the home crowd I guess.
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by north_east_dev 8y ago
> filthy 'kitchens' Where are you getting that from? I know lots of people who've worked there and the stories of the over-the-top cleaning were constant from all.
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by north_east_dev 8y ago
I doubt anyone has ever based a decision to go to 'Spoons on what they saw on social media.
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by north_east_dev 9y ago
There's some interesting reading around this that essentially the Saudi's financed Pakistan's nukes in a deal where they can effectively get them under their control in no time should Iran develop one. Contracted out the deve
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by north_east_dev 9y ago
You should come to work in Europe/the Uk then. Being a Christian/religious is most definitely to be the odd one out and invite "comments".
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by north_east_dev 9y ago
The idea of "take home tests" for an interview is utterly bizarre to me. Thankfully I've never heard of it my parts, seems to be a mainly US thing?
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by north_east_dev 9y ago
> Also, contact your local EU parliament member and politely explain why this is good... The constituency I last voted in has 3 MEPs for a population of 900,000... I'd be amazed to ever see them, let alone hear back from them.
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by north_east_dev 9y ago
> see, those are the exact sort of questions, and answers, that you are prepared to provide. and you're probably pretty good at it! Thank you, but it really has been a recent thing for me. It's only in the past year that I actu
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by north_east_dev 9y ago
What did you invest in? If a 1.2% swing (over how long of a period?) spooked you then you probably want a heavy bond to equity fund/balance.
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by north_east_dev 9y ago
The Guardian and tax avoidence goes hand in hand. The Guardian Media Group is based in the Cayman Islands and notably used the tax haven to avoid paying any tax on the £302 million in profit it realised from the sale of Auto Trader in 2008.
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by north_east_dev 9y ago
It's funny. Years ago I wanted to move to the US, but I hadn't a chance. I have a degree and masters and years work but beyond getting an American company to sponsor me, no joy. I've moved on now. But I have a friend (again d
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by north_east_dev 9y ago
Well, I pay significantly more on my insurance purely because I'm a man.
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by north_east_dev 9y ago
And in true Google style I expect them to slowly ignore it and then drop the program, leaving anyone who invested in it high and dry.
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by north_east_dev 9y ago
> If you choose to have your hand cut off because you think it would be awesome, Does that cut mustard? Why not?
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by north_east_dev 9y ago
But what about trans-abled people and their rights?
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by north_east_dev 9y ago
I've encountered something similar. Basically two roles were open and I was on the interviewing team. We were told at the start that one of the roles would be for a woman. We got two CVs from women, and about 45 or so from guys. Not fa