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841.
by JJMcJ 8y ago
Ask them what they get paid vs. the developers.
842.
by JJMcJ 8y ago
> funnel into QA That is, the lowest paying and least respected "tech" jobs in the company.
843.
by JJMcJ 8y ago
Sez the guy with the Duke MBA.
844.
by JJMcJ 8y ago
There is also a book "Counterexamples in Analysis", and other counterexamples books.
845.
by JJMcJ 8y ago
One place installed a Hadoop cluster. Some of us suspected that replacing a regex monstrosity with Lex/Yacc might have given the speed needed to process the files. EDIT: Lex/Yacc that is some faster parser generator, I'm not
846.
by JJMcJ 8y ago
Mentioned this in another reply but for buttons put something like a toothpick between button and garment when sewing it on, so that there is some flex when buttoning up. Otherwise it's too easy to have button fastened tight against t
847.
by JJMcJ 8y ago
Hmm - I can sew on a button, and mend a seam. The seam is an emergency repair and looks awful. Button work is OK. My mom gave me the idea to put something, like a toothpick, between button and garment, so the button has some flexibility wh
848.
by JJMcJ 8y ago
Now and then, insurance companies will pull fast ones. E.g., insured dies of heart attack two years after buying policy, preexisting condition even though preexisting exclusions go away after one year according to policy. Put mostly the di
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by JJMcJ 8y ago
There were some complaints about the deal, and the effects on surrounding areas, for the people and businesses that were already there. Hardly a rejection.
850.
by JJMcJ 8y ago
Somehow every other company in the universe seems able to locate in NYC without a multi-billion $$ subsidy.
851.
by JJMcJ 8y ago
With a few exceptions new construction is high end. There are a few areas that were designed as slums from the beginning: Lower East Side in Manhattan, parts of the West Side in Chicago. Taking Silicon Valley, if 25,000 high end apartments
852.
by JJMcJ 8y ago
NYC is very political. Surprised AMZN had such a thin skin. And after all this, they are going to move into vacant office buildings in DC near the airport, and in Nashville.
853.
by JJMcJ 8y ago
Remember when Facebook busted the wage fixing cartel fueled by Steve Jobs tantrums. Somehow Google had enough money to give the entire engineering staff a 10% raise. I'm sure they'd like to bring that back.
854.
by JJMcJ 8y ago
Google is the jewel in the crown for Alphabet, the only real source of profit in the whole operation. Whether that justifies his salary is another issue.
855.
by JJMcJ 8y ago
Aluminum is the only part of recycle that is really profitable. That's way people picking through trash take the cans and nothing else.
856.
by JJMcJ 8y ago
I order from specialty merchants or manufacturers when I can. Books I trust from Amazon. The rest, not so much.
857.
by JJMcJ 8y ago
> every two weeks, buy a bunch of perishables Who expects veggies to last two weeks.
858.
by JJMcJ 8y ago
Sears and Kmart were circling the drain for decades. Even before Amazon existed. Remember that Montgomery Wards vanished pre-internet, as well as a number of more regional chains.
859.
by JJMcJ 8y ago
They forgo some income, or work for free. But for public service, not because there is a 0.1% chance they'll get a lot of money.
860.
by JJMcJ 8y ago
Also a physician working with Doctors Without Borders doesn't do it for a chance to get really rich.
861.
by JJMcJ 8y ago
Similar to buying organic food, or ocean caught fish vs. farm raised. Change the label, double the price. The temptation is very strong. Similar amusement from the Capacitor Plague: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capaci
862.
by JJMcJ 8y ago
One of my pet peeves is that certain internet based companies are reported as "tech" and others aren't. What's "tech" about Uber or AirBnb?
863.
by JJMcJ 8y ago
> cheap goods Price anything at professional grade. For example, a heavy duty professional microwave can cost well over $1,000, but you can run it 20 hours a day for years. Thanks to my former restaurant owner friend for this example.
864.
by JJMcJ 8y ago
Know the owner of a failed restaurant. He said you aim for 25% for food but usually it ends up around 33% no matter how hard you try. This was for a single non-chain restaurant. Someone else about to close a business down for a physical p
865.
by JJMcJ 8y ago
Contempt of Congress is a real thing in the USA, so refusing a Congressional subpoena can result in enforcement and criminal charges.
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by JJMcJ 8y ago
> While serving the warrant and encouraging a witness to attend parliament "the Serjeant or his appointee may call on the full assistance of the civil authorities, including the police." From the Wikipedia article. So the Faceb
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by JJMcJ 8y ago
> Relocation expenses A large company with a senior level hire will have amazing relocation benefits. Friend had one at director level, everything was taken care of. At worker bee level, you're right, you might get two nights at a m
868.
by JJMcJ 8y ago
> $80k Oh, wow! Worked three years of 80 hour weeks and here's 80K.
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by JJMcJ 8y ago
> late-stage At that point, it's just another job. Unless the company is clearly headed for a unicorn IPO, your tiny slice of the company is unlikely to be worth much.
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by JJMcJ 8y ago
> more explained by overall bull market that individual talent Old Wall Street saying, that everyone is a genius in a rising market.

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