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by LaurensBER 13y ago
It's a bit hard to make sense of this story. Google might not think that her UX/Design talent is a good fit for them (the Design and engineering teams at Google are "separate" from what I've seen). That doesn't
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by LaurensBER 13y ago
I agree and even within the CS field it can be a very different story. I had no problems getting a traineeships as a programmer (fun and challenging!) but eventually I would like to find a job focused on usability engineering. It's alm
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by LaurensBER 13y ago
If you have a CS degree and you live in Silicon Valley changes are pretty much that you're one of the best educated people, in the richest country in the world at the place with one of the hottest economies of the moment. I would bet t
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by LaurensBER 13y ago
We've reached the first of those points. Theoretical you could survive in a van in an European country on a "basic income" of 600-800 euro's and have a luxurious lifestyle that surpasses most people lifes of 60-70 years
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by LaurensBER 13y ago
Do you happen to know why they did this? It seems very unfair to "tax" young people 60,000k. I understand that the UK is also in a crisis and that costs have to be reduced. Income has to be raised but with the job market as it is
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by LaurensBER 13y ago
For comparison, Dutch students receive between 200-400 euro monthly (and do pay a heavily discounted 1800 euro college tuition), "bijstand" (which is sort of a last resort income) is 600-700 euro, unemployment compensation is 70%
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by LaurensBER 13y ago
To be honest, most of the top programmers or engineers that I know have terrible, terrible grammar and spelling. A number of them do not speak English as a first language but others just don't seem to care that much. Would I base my hi
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by LaurensBER 14y ago
This is not an USA only problem.