_throwawayyyyy1

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by _throwawayyyyy1 7y ago
one way i think about it ... imagine if google, facebook & twitter could somehow physically no longer link to news stories on any of their properties ... like if there was some magical switch that was thrown ... how much would their tra
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by _throwawayyyyy1 7y ago
indeed. as a sociable software engineer who appreciates the art of conversation, i often have a hard time getting the hang of the mood on my dev team. greetings are generally eschewed, even of the brief-eye-contact-mini-nod variety when pas
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by _throwawayyyyy1 8y ago
so glad i posted about my experience - posts like these have been eye-opening!
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by _throwawayyyyy1 8y ago
SF average is $126K per Glassdoor - so maybe there really is a much bigger difference than i thought. I feel like 5-10 years ago they were roughly comparable. Guess that's a long time ago in internet years!
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by _throwawayyyyy1 8y ago
Glassdoor has average boston Software Engineer salaries at $98K. Hmmm....
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by _throwawayyyyy1 8y ago
excellent points - thanks for this perspective!
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by _throwawayyyyy1 8y ago
I think it's possible - yes. But I kind of qualify those employers as "elite" here, and very competitive to get into - not average. And if you want to count my pre-teen years coding BASIC games, total experience jumps signifi
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by _throwawayyyyy1 8y ago
I'm in Boston & went through an intensive FT job search here about 18 months ago. I'm a mobile developer with 20+ years total experience in desktop, backend, web+mobile, product management, started my own company, etc. Worked