JBlue42

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by JBlue42 9y ago
Isn't that what at-will employment is? From my last employer's handbook: Employment at the Company is at will. The policy of at-will employment means that employment with the Company, is voluntarily entered into, and you are free
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by JBlue42 9y ago
Well said. I always thought of it as giving a platform or framework so, as you said, people didn't have to think about it. It's ready to go when a project is about to launch, etc. I also wholeheartedly agree about that w/ the
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by JBlue42 9y ago
Excellent point. The company I worked (not a startup) had existed below 30 people for most of its multi-decade history. They started expanding rapidly the past few years and I came onboard when they were at 60 people. That double in the two
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by JBlue42 9y ago
Toss in architects, visual effects artists, kinda of whatever job you want in the US, especially if there's no history of a union. As someone else said, there's a lot of ego involved too. Given that a lot of it is "brainwork&
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by JBlue42 9y ago
I agree with this somewhat. The technology is the tool but the principles should be the first step. This was said over on /r/sysadmin when people were discussing where to start with Powershell scripting and the top answer was to g
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by JBlue42 9y ago
People can also gain more interest even if it was "just a job" before. I fell into IT and struggled with feeling overwhelmed the first year or two but once I found the things within that field that fit my personality, that's
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by JBlue42 9y ago
I think it's also why I have friends that did Philosophy before going to Law School. Despite what was said above, good philosophy papers do take some rigor of thought.
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by JBlue42 9y ago
How did you respond to those requests?
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by JBlue42 9y ago
I think this is a good point. The company I used to work for had a different hierarchy that people would get promoted within but it was never made clear a) what you had to do to get that promotion and b) what sort of pay increases got you t
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by JBlue42 9y ago
Didn't go to jail but I did have a warrant out for my arrest because the community service officer didn't turn in my paperwork. $200 down the drain plus having to lose a half a day of work, drive to another city (30 min) as well d
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by JBlue42 9y ago
> Anyone who is poor, who has been poor, can identity with some or all of what was written here. This is something I only thought about after moving away from where I grew up. Poorer white people would moan about black people and Mexican
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by JBlue42 9y ago
Cops in the US kill dogs every day. https://puppycidedb.com/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/07/what-do...
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by JBlue42 9y ago
That's the thing. We talk a big game, think technology can solve anything, but then when it comes down to basics, we say "Nah, too hard...too much space, etc etc".
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by JBlue42 9y ago
instantwatcher.com for Netflix + Amazon
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by JBlue42 9y ago
Isn't there a catch, at least in the US, that companies don't want to invest in training/mentoring because they believe once they reach a certain level the people will just leave and employees that don't feel like they&#
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by JBlue42 9y ago
The LA public library system is great. Has saved me a lot of money on books over the years plus the have video streaming platforms as well as let you access (for free) places like Lynda.com. I've been going to the library since I was a
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by JBlue42 9y ago
Being a barista can be exhausting at fast-paced place. Not as hard or deadly as coal mining, of course. I work with architects. They work as much as they want to but are paid salary. The minority walk out of the office after their 8 hours i
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by JBlue42 9y ago
Anecdotes from growing up in the rural US. In high school: - We went through three math teachers one year because they could find less stressful, better-paying work as accountants. - My AP Stats teacher had to work weekends at Best Buy.
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by JBlue42 9y ago
That's great. I spent a lot of my early 20s working then quitting to travel to other countries. I've been bitten a little in my later twenties, now early-30s having tried to "settle" down but ending up trying out a lot o
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by JBlue42 9y ago
>using all that the neighborhood offers etc. Great general comment but this specific point is one I try to make to people I know that are in the insanely stressful, desperate search for buying a house. In LA, there are plenty of neighbor
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by JBlue42 9y ago
Yeah, people won't admit it but not much has changed other than the marketing that sells people on the jobs. Whether it's software development now or good-paying factory work a while back (but not too far back...), most people wou
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by JBlue42 9y ago
Well, maybe you'll get lucky and be involved in some work you can do while traveling or doing the other hobbies. Or that pays enough part-time/contract to leave the free time for the other stuff. The whole digital nomad thing has
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by JBlue42 9y ago
Beyond the bar argument (and I've gone plenty of times with co-workers and not drank despite liking a beer or two because I had a long commute), I would say being able to have places to go for lunch / coffee outside of the buildin
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by JBlue42 9y ago
It's the right thing to do at most companies. People know when you're available and when you're not.
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by JBlue42 9y ago
Don't know about the China angle but the life of a soccer analyst isn't all it's made out to be: - https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/01/the-secret-so... - https://www.paste
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by JBlue42 9y ago
Yeah, a lot of my friends from LA worry about being able to stick around so they can have a house, kids, and grandparents to look after the kids (and for them to be able to look after the grandparents).
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by JBlue42 9y ago
Watching my co-workers, who are architects, I think some is good for remote, some not. Pick-and-choose from below. Despite creating everything digitally, there's a lot of high-quality photographic printing to be pinned up and observed
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by JBlue42 9y ago
- Austin is fun and has some good companies but too damn humid (and I'm originally from the South). And I think the exodus from CA the past few years have really overwhelmed their infrastructure - Houston/Dallas seem like just mor
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by JBlue42 9y ago
I'm in a rent-controlled place near Silverlake as well and have been here long enough that trying to find equal price for amenities I have at my current building (well-maintained, garage for car) is impossible without moving further aw
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by JBlue42 9y ago
Sounds like my co-workers here in the US. A minority leave exactly after their 8; the rest work a lot of free hours and blame their industry culture, office culture, etc.

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