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by apercu 11y ago
I think this is the crux of the problem - in the US and Canada (at least) there is an IT class of professionals that are exempt from overtime. Why? Please someone tell me why? And it's not just the gaming industry. I am involved with 1
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by apercu 11y ago
I agree, but we don;t always act like professionals either. People see development as a commodity because we treat ourselves and our product as a commodity. You don't see lawyers lining up to undercut each other - because that's a
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by apercu 11y ago
You're right. I think it's aa timing thing. In June-August or December I'd be happy to get to invoice for simple admin work. But I seem to be slammed Jan-May every year (lots of weekend work, business travel) so it just seems
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by apercu 11y ago
I feel your pain. A few weeks ago I was even asked to track my time in a clients system. First thought was "but I send you invoices with my time in them." Second thought was, "why don't you pay your staff to enter time f
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by apercu 11y ago
I had to do early morning flights to a city about an hour away pretty frequently for all days meetings, flight back same day. With security this meant getting up at 4 to catch a 7:30 flight, to get to the meetings by 9:30, all day in a conf
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by apercu 11y ago
I've never been a business globe trotter, but I travelled every 2 weeks in 2014 between Ottawa, Toronto and Washington DC. That equalled about 10,000 "air" miles or about $50. Whoopety doo. In the mid-90's I was travelli
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by apercu 11y ago
Sure, but don't discount what he's saying. If you help your community get back on its feet, then fewer tax dollars need to go in to your community to support it. This might lead to additional governmental foreign aid. At least onc
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by apercu 11y ago
See, that's the thing. These days you need to hurry up to get the to airport hours before your flight, then wait. Etc... I do this a lot flying to Ottawa. Leave at 6am, get home at 10:00pm. I'd consider driving if the car was auto
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by apercu 11y ago
Just curious... are you American? "Having said all of that, I do not want to see us become self-indulgent with pity. There are 300 million people in the U.S. There are tens of thousands of cops. You could run a video like this everyday
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by apercu 11y ago
Iridium is currently doing this - they should begin launching a new LEO constellation later this year.
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by apercu 12y ago
For data you can get an unlimited plan (includes SMS) for $150/mo.
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by apercu 12y ago
The Iridium GO! device is a pretty cool Wi-Fi hotspot that works anywhere outside in the world.
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by apercu 12y ago
Something to the effect of the low earth orbit and the number of satellites makes Iridium really useful in the mountainous terrain of Afghanistan.
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by apercu 12y ago
Motorola expected to sell a lot more hardware (read phones) and when there wasn't demand they cut bait.
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by apercu 12y ago
Inmarsat's constellation is not global (pole to pole) coverage. Iridium's value proposition here (with a subsidiary named Aireon) is global ADS-B coverage.
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by apercu 12y ago
Corporations don't pay tax. Sheesh. ;)
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by apercu 12y ago
Agreed, it's the hallmark of a fair deal as suggested by a saying i've heard people repeat. But I never bought again from those dealers for the reason that I felt I got a little hosed but was worn down by the process or simply nee
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by apercu 12y ago
perhaps, but assuming Sandstorm is a commercial venture and desires to make money, it IS their problem to educate prospective customers on their value proposition. we know what docker does.
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by apercu 12y ago
I support the Tesla case for reasons other than that they advocate for electric vehicles. I really hate buying cars. I don't like the games that are played during the process. I've walked away from several car deals, and felt kind
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by apercu 12y ago
I give my aging lab Tramadol. It is easier on his liver than other painkillers. Vets routinely proscribe Tremadol as a painkiller to animals after surgery, as it's not hard on their organs. But that doesn't mean you should take it
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by apercu 12y ago
It's not just programmers. It's every kind of knowledge work.
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by apercu 12y ago
I've worked in the US and Canada for 20 years. I've never really cancelled a vacation, though at the senior level I've made a choice to delay one. It was a personal choice, however. Sure, it was for the greater good of the pr
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by apercu 12y ago
"Having to work in the weekends at all is a sign of bad project management" Technology is easy, people are hard.
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by apercu 12y ago
Some people are uncomfortable talking about money. Others are uncomfortable talking about vacation time. I think it helps to have some sort of loose policy, because people are so different. I watched a situation where there were 3 people do
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by apercu 12y ago
Perhaps their companies aren't going to IPO, they are getting acquired instead. I think HOVR.IT was bought by Slyce last year. Intel bought a MaRS company 4 years ago as well.
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by apercu 13y ago
I think the important things to teach in journalism never change: ethics in media psychology of mass media effective communication I don't think understanding the history of the internet (which is something I do think peop
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by apercu 13y ago
I sort of feel that if this anonymous posting was 100% accurate, then the cofounder wouldn't have resigned. Better if the people involved came out and told the truth.
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by apercu 13y ago
What I liked about the article was simply the maxim: "Companies should minimize the impact of the inevitable information asymmetry between prospective hires and founders and management."
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by apercu 13y ago
Unfortunately all we have is small sample size data. There just aren't that many companies that do this. That's too bad. I have managed between 125-150 people in my career (direct reports). All a 48 hour, 5 day work week does is f
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by apercu 13y ago
a consultancy employee doesn't have to do business development, marketing, accounts payable/receivable/collections. A freelance consultant does. In most cases an employed "consultant" should be able "bill"

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