JamesVI

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by JamesVI 10y ago
The data they present doesn't support their thesis (or the headline). All the data says is that 50-60 year old non-managerial employees at tech companies are paid less, on average, than 40-50 year old non-managerial employees. The simp
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by JamesVI 10y ago
This isn't new, this has been the law for decades. In fact I just wasted five minutes trying to figure out when that section of the act was last amended and it looks sub-sec f was added in 1996 so sub-sec e has been around since before
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by JamesVI 10y ago
The capacity for some of the reservoirs listed in the graphic is misleading. Some of them (like Oroville) cannot be completely filled because there are concerns that the dams will break in an earthquake.
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by JamesVI 10y ago
You probably want to take CalTrain to Mountain View rather drive up and down 101. It's awful at the best of times and right now it is covered in potholes so there is a non-zero chance that you'll end up hitting one and blowing a
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by JamesVI 10y ago
Currently using - Version Control (GitHub) - Issue Tracking (YouTrack) - Team Chat (Slack) - Wiki (Stopped using) - CI/CD (Jenkins) - Project Management (Aha.io) - Documentation/what we used to use wiki for (Google Docs, markdown
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by JamesVI 10y ago
I have personally hired ICs at $200k base plus 10% bonus target plus RSUs. Typically 10+ years experience and a some specific experience we felt was relevant to the team.
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by JamesVI 10y ago
https://github.com/jlevy/og-equity-compensation
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by JamesVI 10y ago
Sublime has an SFTP/FTP plugin that makes it trivial to edit files over SSH. Since you are running ST on your local machine and only using SSH to save/read the file it actually works better over a flaky connection (like on a plane
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by JamesVI 10y ago
Beer brewing. Bought a kit. Forced my friends to drink super-sweet partially-fermented wort. Bought THE book and kept making batches until I can produce better beer than some of the local brewpubs (or so I have been told - I still throw out
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by JamesVI 11y ago
Have you considered removing the university reference entirely? The base line assumption is that you list education you completed (graduated), so anything less is likely to 'dissapoint' the recruiter. If you can repackage what you
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by JamesVI 11y ago
Break it down into the three roles that are described here, co-founder, investor and employee. You are both co-founders. He is taking considerable risk along with you and neither the product nor the market have been proved yet. Split the fo
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by JamesVI 11y ago
If you think what you plan to do is "kind of a grey zone" I wouldn't recommend discussing it in a public forum. Contact a trademark attorney to have an initial consultation that will be covered by attorney-client privilege. T
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by JamesVI 11y ago
Yes, they can sue you for damages. If they demonstrate that your use of their trademark caused brand confusion and they lost business as a result they can sue you for those lost earnings. If they can demonstrate that a significant portion o
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by JamesVI 12y ago
I'll answer from the other side, as a co-founder. I won't ask you to sign an NDA to hear my idea. The idea by itself is worthless but your feedback to the idea is invaluable to me. I won't ask you to sign an NDA to play with
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by JamesVI 13y ago
No. This is impolite and unprofessional. You don't want to work for a company that treats job applicants in this manner. They probably treat their employees even worse.
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by JamesVI 13y ago
The author specifically recommends hiring someone for weeks. Maybe he meant a couple of weekends, but it doesn't read that way. I agree that something small - evenings and weekends - might work. Of course, you and your team need to be
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by JamesVI 13y ago
Yeah, something small is probably okay. I know that I've invested more than that preparing to interview for a new job (brushing up rusty skills, revising algorithms I don't use but interviewers love to ask about). The author talk
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by JamesVI 13y ago
Variations on the theme of "have them do a paid project for you" surface here every so often. The problem is that a large number of job seekers currently have a job (everyone keeps telling them it is easier to get a job while you
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by JamesVI 14y ago
He isn't a military officer anymore. He resigned from the army to become head of the CIA. If he were still in the army he would be facing charges.
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by JamesVI 14y ago
This isn't actually true for all companies. At my (large) company HR only gets involved once a decision to hire has been made. They make sure the background check is performed, vet the offer to make sure it is within guidelines (or the gui
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by JamesVI 15y ago
Yes, this is complete BS. The backbone of all systems currently in use to block URLs leading to child abuse images is the Internet Watch Foundation block list, which is manually compiled by a small team of police-trained analysts. Companie
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by JamesVI 15y ago
At my company HR signs off on the offer, but is not directly involved in the negotiation. The hiring manager is given a range to operate in based on the grade he is hiring for. We make the hire/no-hire and grade decision after interviews t
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by JamesVI 15y ago
Correct, Tom Gillis is not an engineer. He is a salesman who happens to lead a business unit at a technology company.