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Evolving Reddit’s Workforce(redditblog.com)
248 points by NearAP 6y ago|292 comments
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by NearAP 6y ago
>>>Facts Are Overrated <<< I believe I get the point being expressed but I think the title or the summary is wrong. The issue is not that facts are overrated or that humans tend to make decisions based on emotions (true) b
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by NearAP 6y ago
I guess the theory would be that - if the body was never discovered, the police wouldn't be able to prove a crime occurred. They would simply have questioned a couple of people and if none of them 'broke', they would have bee
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by NearAP 6y ago
You have no evidence for this insinuation. 1) For one thing, he was not the only running a well funded motorcycle transportation business in Nigeria. 2) He had already pivoted into last-mile delivery and again he was not the only one runnin
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by NearAP 6y ago
...On a side note, it is a little shocking to me that so many support a decision in favor of a man who was convicted of sodomizing a 4 year old child..... I do not believe people are supporting the 'individual' in question but are
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by NearAP 7y ago
Actually, for years, Oracle had only 1 CEO (Larry). The CO-CEO thing happened in 2014 when Larry stepped down as CEO. Larry has been quoted as saying in this year's Oracle Openworld conference - “I believe in a dual-CEO structure. The
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by NearAP 7y ago
>>> But I blame the work for the death because he only took sick leave a few months back, then suddenly died. That to me says he worked right up until he couldn't anymore.<<< I don't believe there's enough i
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by NearAP 7y ago
Comcast is quite guilty of this. I’m on a 2 year contract but within one year, Comcast has increased my bill by raising the Regional Sports Fee and broadcast TV fee TWICE. In the last 4 years, they have consistently raised these 2 fees each
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by NearAP 7y ago
1) Do you allow for remote work? 2) Do you pay for relocation to NY (from within the US)?
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In an Oil Boom Town, Even a Barber Can Make $180k(wsj.com)
28 points by NearAP 8y ago|48 comments
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by NearAP 8y ago
H1-B covers both folks who are based outside the US when they were recruited and students who graduated from US schools and transitioned from F1 (student visa) to H1-B. If you go to computer science/STEM departments (at least for the t
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by NearAP 8y ago
The challenge with Enterprise software is that the people who pay for it are usually not the people who use it everyday or a lot. So the vendor takes feedback from the end-users but they still have to demo to the guys holding the purse stri
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by NearAP 8y ago
>>>> Users absolutely hated the new system. Sure, the old system was ugly, but it had everything they needed, right at their fingertips!<<<< I understand this but before agreeing to this, I think one should look at t
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by NearAP 8y ago
>>>> But I also think it's ignorant to say that companies just want folks proficient in specific languages. >>>. Fair Point. For experienced hires, companies want technical knowledge of a technology/domain &gt
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by NearAP 8y ago
A counter point - I've worked with Developers who have told me a load of BS. In those instances I knew it was BS because I was quite conversant with that bit of knowledge (this is not to imply that I'm some astounding developer; b
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by NearAP 8y ago
>>>> It's also just a case where lots more people are qualified for this kind of job so it's not as hard to fill a position when the need arrises.>>>> Interesting. I think it's the opposite. Because PM
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by NearAP 8y ago
You're right - it differs from company to company. I think you'll enjoy the role if you are in a company where the PM drives the feature - the PM determines what features should be implemented, does the design (UI, logic, behavior
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by NearAP 8y ago
>>>> What skills are most useful in an engineer, and how do we make you look good/help you make us look good >>>> 1) I don't think it's technical skills per se (your hierarchy would have reviewed that
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by NearAP 8y ago
I believe companies have more software engineers than PMs which invariably means there will be more software engineering vacancies than PM vacancies I also think the attrition rate for PMs are much much lower than that of Developers.
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by NearAP 8y ago
Another resource - https://www.forproductmanagers.com/
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by NearAP 8y ago
A friend of mine got a copy of the H1B petition that Oracle submitted on his behalf. The document includes a DOL classification of his job and the minimum wage for it and the amount Oracle was offering him. My understanding is that the law
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by NearAP 8y ago
I interviewed at Oracle, was made an offer but didn't take it. I know people who took the offer. My knowledge/experience is 1) For H1B, the offer made by Oracle was higher than the minimum wage guideline by DOL for those specific
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by NearAP 8y ago
It depends on the company. For some companies, the PM is responsible for "what" should be built and "how" (functional how) it will behave. Developers then try to implement the PM's "how" and then there&#x2
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by NearAP 8y ago
See these links 1) https://www.forproductmanagers.com/5686683802533888/who-is-a... 2) https://www.forproductmanagers.com/5658962204557312/who-is-a...
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by NearAP 8y ago
Product Managers - identify problems to be solved, decide/play a role into what features goes into MVP or a release, talks to customers, comes up with/designs the solutions (functional solutions) to the problems (aka features and
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by NearAP 8y ago
1) Straight from Business Schools - Folks who go into technology tend to become PMs after their MBAs 2) Internal transfers - Software Engineers switch to PM 3) Management/Technology Consultant -> PM: Folks switch from consulting (wh
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by NearAP 8y ago
I'm curious - do you think the figures for room and board is generally high? Or do you just think it is high for the city? I'm asking because a friend was in the hospital in the bay area for 7 days and his room and board was appro
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by NearAP 8y ago
To stretch this a bit, I feel like "search" in general is a weak spot for Apple. For example, I think the search in Apple Mail and searching my Macbook are both very bad, especially the one for Apple Mail.
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by NearAP 8y ago
Your logic sounds right, which takes me back to my original question - is there an App Store policy that Developers have to maintain that Ad-free version or provide some form of compensation to those who paid if the developer decides to pul
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by NearAP 8y ago
If you purchase an App from the App store and then change your phone, I assume you should be able to carry over the paid app to your new phone. Does anybody know if the App Store enforces this and what (if anything) they do to vendors who v

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