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by auctiontheory 13y ago
I'm baffled by Tim Armstrong's rise to the top. I think he got there by virtue of having founded Patch, which never did anything before getting (nearly) shut down .... he seems to constantly piss everyone off, while accomplishing
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by auctiontheory 13y ago
The older I get, the more I understand and believe the stereotypes in that book.
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by auctiontheory 13y ago
Begging the question.
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by auctiontheory 13y ago
AFAIK only a small number of "elite" employers offer generous maternity leave, and it's nothing approaching, say, Scandinavian standards.
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by auctiontheory 13y ago
Are you seriously saying that you can legally fire somebody for being gay in some US states? Yes. I'm surprised that you're surprised. Under Obama the tide has definitely turned in favor of gay rights, but gay people are still v
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by auctiontheory 13y ago
It's not a question of "being smart enough." It's a question of focus and "having enough time." The CEO's job is to lead and delegate and manage, and to trust that the CFO and GC are on top of the details.
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by auctiontheory 13y ago
This has been studied and documented in detail, about a year ago - five minutes on google will find it. Basically, someone tracked the two prices for a single title rising in lock step - just the thing you say makes no sense. My own book, w
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by auctiontheory 13y ago
Off the top of my head, I could probably come up with a thousand potential problems with living together unmarried (in the US). Here's a big one: if you work for any church-based organization (and they are huge employers, e.g. operatin
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by auctiontheory 13y ago
then it logically follows that those inequality mongers should focus their efforts on the bigger problem Not necessarily. They should run a cost benefit analysis - a bigger problem that costs much more to fix (or isn't obviously sol
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by auctiontheory 13y ago
I like my cookies to contain πr² chocolate chips.
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by auctiontheory 13y ago
Emergency stops are a big deal for trains, especially loaded freight trains. False alarms (from animals, or people jaywalking across the tracks) would create a whole 'nother set of problems.
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by auctiontheory 13y ago
Palo Alto High ("Paly") is next to the train tracks, but the suicide cluster was from Gunn High, across town, not from Paly.
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by auctiontheory 13y ago
Caltrain is a train, not a subway. I don't know the technical difference, but the trains are bigger and heavier, and the tracks are not elevated or really separated from their surrounding cities, and the "stations" are really
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by auctiontheory 13y ago
Time to upgrade from my 2009 MBP? It's so hard to "throw away" a perfectly functional laptop that does everything I need - just not as well (I realize) as a faster, lighter, machine would.
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by auctiontheory 13y ago
This is totally wrong. Yes SF has a ridiculous cost of living, but it still has an amazing ratio of single women to straight guys. Unlike the Peninsula, you do not need to be rich to meet and date attractive women in the City. If you are an
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by auctiontheory 13y ago
St. Louis may have the best chess scene in the US, or perhaps second only to NYC. Among other things, it hosts the US Championships every year. And Magnus Carlsen has played there. And Anna Sharevich lives there. (I.e. a lot more than the &
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by auctiontheory 13y ago
Having employees that aren't 100% "fine", for any reason, is a risk. I doubt you have ever worked for a company where most (or any!) of the employees were 100% fine. The choice is not whether to be fine. The choice is wheth
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by auctiontheory 13y ago
Thank you for sharing your story - it helps many others.
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by auctiontheory 13y ago
The $60k is for rendering an education, not providing psychiatric counseling and a safe environment for recovery. Have you looked at a catalog for Yale or any similar private school? They're not primarily selling education. Besides,
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by auctiontheory 13y ago
Healthcare is approximately the same cost now from what I've seen with ACA prices in the US. Are you using ACA? (I am.) Do Germans have to pay $500-$1000/month, maybe more if you're older, for a plan that pays almost 80% of
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New iPhones to have larger screens(online.wsj.com)
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by auctiontheory 13y ago
And in Germany I'd be hard-pressed to find you a non-management tech job that makes north of 90k USD/year. How is that relevant? (And) Once you factor in healthcare, education (for kids) and housing, I suspect that 90K USD in Be
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by auctiontheory 13y ago
It's US culture - people are easily and often fired. Very different other places, even in tech, e.g. Israel, Germany.
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by auctiontheory 13y ago
I appreciate (admire) his ingenuity, although even at a distance I can see two or three problems with the actual relationship.
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by auctiontheory 13y ago
The way companies work in real life, having an offer in hand gives your manager more motivation and leverage (to get more money for you) than he has to help an employee who is not seen as "in play." In other words, to improve yo
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by auctiontheory 13y ago
The Janitor would probably even perform better than the exec. You might enjoy the classic Twilight Zone episode "Of Late I Think of Cliffordville." It's available on TV.com.
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by auctiontheory 13y ago
If you are interested in North Korea, read The Orphan Master's Son . Fiction, but based on true stories. Won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. (I've heard the audiobook is excellent, but the book is quite graphic, so the audio
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by auctiontheory 13y ago
Many Googlers called this even as he was offered the job.
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by auctiontheory 13y ago
Yale Daily News reporting: http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2014/01/14/yale-shuts-down-yal...
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by auctiontheory 13y ago
Many developers, especially here on HN, think that managers don't understand what developers do. Perhaps so, but it's even more true that many developers don't understand (or respect) what managers do.

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