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Challenger, Gray and Christmas: Job cuts tech sector first half of 2014 48,000(marketwatch.com)
1 points by zpk 12y ago|0 comments
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by zpk 12y ago
The same company that has a press release that they do not wage collude: "Not everybody took part in the no-hire agreement: last week, Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg said the social network rebuffed Google's approaches." ht
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by zpk 12y ago
Don't be evil,...except when it comes to hiring & labor practices.
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by zpk 13y ago
I am on year 13 of their fantasy sports site. I'm going to know what works and what doesn't. From applets to flash to mobile....Not to be a jerk, but do you? Otherwise don't have this conversation with me.
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by zpk 13y ago
These idiots keep screwing with their products. Thank god Yahoo is now only a secondary email for me. They removed tabs, the tabs were a great convenience. They fubared their fantasy sports site, recently added back the white theme, amidst
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by zpk 13y ago
Anyone know if Toptal is legitimate? They advertise all over LinkedIn. I contacted them and it seems like they don't really have a personal approach or connection to the dev talent. I need to slot myself in on a calendar for a skype ca
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by zpk 13y ago
" All it does is cause the company to move operations offshore." If this worked, then we wouldn't be having this visa discussion.
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by zpk 13y ago
True, but they are related though. Both worlds don't happen in a bubble, eventually the consequences affect all of us here. We have one part of the nation axing millions of people without any intention/need to hire again, and ano
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U.S. adds 169,000 jobs in August; July weaker, participation rate to 63.2%(marketwatch.com)
1 points by zpk 13y ago|0 comments
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by zpk 13y ago
They spent 30 days on logos meanwhile butchered their sports site. So many errors and so many inconsistencies, you can't even look at player game logs anymore. One page is all in black, while others have the old look(better) in white.
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by zpk 13y ago
Anecdotal evidence, and looking at outliers like Standford grads (not even 15yr vets mind you) should be tossed aside. Neither represent the overall technology picture. Wages have stagnated, so "Boo, got to take a pay cut" won&#x2
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by zpk 13y ago
Bezos has a halo, but I don't believe in angels. For journalism to be truth, it must remain independent.
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by zpk 13y ago
Personal experience...while I am sure you felt this way it has no legs in this argument. I can provide mine and other anecdotal evidence on the contrary. Whether a person can leave the job or not with their visa still doesn't address t
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by zpk 13y ago
I sat there point by point with articles on why this would lead to lower wages, startup or body shop or google, and you come back with 4 lines. I'm not going to defend my points again until I see some actual evidence to refute my posit
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by zpk 13y ago
Not by massive corporations or their ceos.
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by zpk 13y ago
"that's not an act created by Google" No, they just wrote the law to: " increased supply of high-quality workers pushes wages downward a bit" That's whats in Congress today.
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by zpk 13y ago
Ah true, but the underlying effect will be the same.
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by zpk 13y ago
Another newspaper owned by a corporation. I'm sure this is going to end well. Can't wait for it to become another CNBC infomercial.
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by zpk 13y ago
Here everyone, this is the second "loudest guy in the room".
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by zpk 13y ago
I love when people come into a discussion with the presupposition that others just need to shout the loudest, and/or are just emotional for their beliefs. I love they present no facts, no counter evidence, other than their hubris and r
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by zpk 13y ago
You summed it up, I can't agree more. Not to mention the next STEM bill was written by the companies themselves. Policies for people, written by corporations. Clearly this is a good thing for us long term.
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by zpk 13y ago
No its not idiotic, its the truth. There's an entire business model based on the margin. Maybe you heard of one of those companies, Wipro much, Tata much, Infosys much?
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by zpk 13y ago
"But they are lucky to be allowed to work 80-100 hours a week in order to keep their job and visa status, and to pack up the next day if they get fired." Wow so off base its funny, that's the blanking problem.
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The case AGAINST high-tech immigrants(lionoftheblogosphere.wordpress.com)
3 points by zpk 13y ago|0 comments
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by zpk 13y ago
This job aside, ageism is 100% prevalent in our industry. Visa program has been hijacked and have subverted the career engineer.
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by zpk 13y ago
I hear ya...more and more, I think our industry needs to unionize.
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by zpk 13y ago
I hate the fact you have to say that...it pisses me off to hear this. I was lucky I had minimal loans, and school was 1/2 the cost. If I can give a word of advice, spend less on car #1 and attack that loan, pay it off. Get to 0 debt.
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by zpk 13y ago
Hey right over here everyone!!! This is called ageism. If you write code and you are over 35, you are toast. Yes even you the "above average coder"...done and done. Now wait till that immigration bill passes, make 150k? GOOD ___in
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by zpk 13y ago
Nothing like the CEO's of the top tech firms saying Americans are unfit for the job, lets bring in the younger cheaper labor. Still waiting to see the boatload of 35+ H1B's at top tier salaries to come in, since frankly there are no 35+ Ame
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Google Facebook and the like Hijacking Immigration Reform Bill(onpoint.wbur.org)
1 points by zpk 13y ago|0 comments

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