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by ashwinaj 9y ago
There is no denying the fact that it's hard to get permanent residency in the US. But immigration should be a two way street, if people decide to stay in the US they should try to assimilate. Is there a "bamboo celing", yes t
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by ashwinaj 9y ago
Well put! If they were free to do anything else, they would've already considered not working in a minimum wage job. It's impractical to expect low skilled workers to suddenly pick up skilled work with no training and effort.
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by ashwinaj 9y ago
Hi Edmond, your book was great and I enjoyed reading it! I do have a question on your topic on high leverage work; as a startup how would you know what is high leverage work? You have talked about various tooling projects at Quora which tur
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by ashwinaj 9y ago
So you're okay with the fact that they are kinda-sorta exploiting you (by not including you as a co-patent holder) but have reservations on employees utilizing company resources to further their career? That seems like a really raw dea
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by ashwinaj 9y ago
You're forgetting the fact that the company is also building it's "career" off your's too. Don't believe me? Any invention that you have created at your workplace (patents etc.) is always held by your company,
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by ashwinaj 9y ago
Yes. I really am puzzled by articles denigrating men. If I were an alien from another planet I would wonder why men even exist if I were to read all such articles (Yes I know men are only good for reproduction). Sure there are a lot of bad&
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by ashwinaj 9y ago
As someone who was present in the so called "Silicon hills" (Austin, TX) and "Telecom corridor" (Dallas, TX) it was hard to find a tech job during the 2008 recession. These places look great from the outside (cheap, plen
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by ashwinaj 9y ago
Just a thought, malls in America all look the same (with some exceptions). I do realize this was a concious effort based on data that consistency in mall design reduces "friction" and provides "familiarity" to consumers.
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by ashwinaj 9y ago
Silicon valley arrogance? If you don't like it, rightly criticize it (with the caveat that it's your opinion or state facts) and don't use it. I don't understand the silicon valley bashing; if you are so smart why don&#x
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by ashwinaj 9y ago
Totally agree. Just because someone acknowledges you, doesn't mean anything. The phrase that gets to my nerves is "bless his/her heart", which I translate to "I <insert long string of expletives> you, but I&#x
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by ashwinaj 9y ago
Genuine question: If your job is in programming (or heavily uses tech, such as an office worker etc.) why does internet speed in 2017 matter? Most places in my opinion have adequate bandwidth. Here's what I'd imagine a remote work
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by ashwinaj 9y ago
> I wonder how "Wall Street is not your friend" would play in the NY Times. That's exactly what I had in mind when I was reading the article! Businesses are in existence to make money, it's up to us (which includes go
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by ashwinaj 9y ago
This is such a ridiculous impasse. Why don't the authorities do what most sensible countries do i.e. build multi-storied apartments with decent public transportation? Yes I know in the US that equates to the ghetto/projects/l
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by ashwinaj 9y ago
The discussion seems to be diverted to outsourcing; whether it is good or bad. If I were an IBM shareholder, I want to know who is holding the IBM execs accountable? For years they have underperformed, whatever metric you care to use to rea
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by ashwinaj 9y ago
True, and it's true for other nationalities (Asian specifically) too. It's a shame that we talk about merit and behind the scenes it's all a sham with with cutbacks and shady hiring practices (and I'm saying this as an I
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by ashwinaj 9y ago
> I cannot promise that doing a tech startup will make you rich (in fact the odds are against you becoming rich), but I can promise that it is one of the most challenging things you can choose to do. It will push you past your limits, fo
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by ashwinaj 9y ago
Thanks for the write up! I know a bunch of people who need to read this :)
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by ashwinaj 9y ago
Just because I say beautiful code is a myth, doesn't mean I and other people write crap code. If you have to make an argument, don't start off with extremes. I'm sure you've heard much worse things than some random stran
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by ashwinaj 9y ago
I'll take your assessment at face value (although a quick look at github repos, it seems that junit is way larger). My point wasn't to ship crap, it was about obsessing on quality over actually shipping (and cutting some corners).
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by ashwinaj 9y ago
> completely dejected by the quality of the code there Please list a project of equal complexity that has been written beautifully from start to finish in your opinion. This myth of beautiful coding needs to stop! Code is not a master
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by ashwinaj 9y ago
I concur. Small to moderate amount of drinking isn't as bad. Sugary drinks are the worst!
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by ashwinaj 9y ago
> By symmetry if you expand the remit to include every ounce of stupidity committed by people in the west, we in India will crush them outright. Yeah right. You have a very rosy picture of how people are in the West. I've lived in 3
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by ashwinaj 9y ago
We agree to disagree. > Do you think all these people in the west don't see this? See this math on privacy vs efficiency? They do. And they've seen what it does, and it's been bad enough that it's been burnt into them
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by ashwinaj 9y ago
> demonstrably don't care about sanitation, and are easily sidelined by superstition. Exactly, thanks for making my point. There are such fundamental problems in India that privacy laws are the least of the layman's problems. D
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by ashwinaj 9y ago
I recently made a trip to India; just a week earlier me and a few friends were talking about driver less cars, automation, AI etc.(you know the usual SV talking points) When I landed there all this futuristic talk flew out of my head; it is
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by ashwinaj 9y ago
At some point, someone with gravitas has to come out and say "Money is not everything!". In Flint, MI city officials say, "We're not spending money to upgrade water pipes" For healthcare, "I don't want to
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by ashwinaj 9y ago
> and I don't think that is sufficient to make the point. This maybe a small sample size but none the less shows that there are jobs that Americans won't do. This is despite the decent pay and benefits. > from growers who ha
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by ashwinaj 9y ago
http://latinosreadytovote.com/wages-rise-california-farms-am... > Some farmers are even giving laborers benefits normally reserved for white-collar professionals, like 401(k) plans, health insurance, subsidized housing a
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by ashwinaj 9y ago
Maybe I'm cynical, but I don't see how India can move from a services/back office economy to product development until expats with such experience move back. Our education quality is pathetically dismal, infrastructure within
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by ashwinaj 9y ago
This is true for most countries and not isolated to India. The whole thing gets exemplified because of the population.

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