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Just out of curiousity, what's the salary of a personal assistant who can both keep your schedule, and set up an EC2 instance?

• stcredzero 16y ago
  This was a not yet employed recent engineering college grad who was contracting with me for $12/hr. And to be precise, she could spin up an EC2 instance, but couldn't keep my schedule.
  • gamble 16y ago
    Frankly, for most people in that situation, (highly educated, working in a low-paid contract job doing menial tasks unrelated to their education or interests) their first, if not only priority is going to be finding a real job.
    • stcredzero 16y ago
      This what she eventually did, but in the beginning, she seemed enthusiastic about having some kind of part time work. In just about the time she spent almost arranging a meeting, she could have just gone ahead and arranged it. I think acting on your own initiative is something not everyone quite knows how to do.
      • gamble 16y ago
        Yes, that's quite true. Most people are by nature reactive - even many high-level engineers. I've known many great programmers who can do amazing things once they get started, but simply can't seem to get going until they're told what to do. Employees who actively identify and solve problems are incredibly valuable.
        • stcredzero 16y ago
          Employees who actively identify and solve problems are incredibly valuable. Valuable enough to make co-founders.