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by basseq 10y ago
> You say I'm worth $X. I go get a job offer for $Y. If $Y > $X, you were mistaken. Here's the disconnect. In this scenario, I'm not saying, "you're worth X". I'm saying, "I'm willing to
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Hey America, do accidents happen anymore? Especially when a kid is involved?(medium.com)
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by basseq 10y ago
> I do, however, feel concerned that a rich person like Thiel can buy litigation. That's a highly dangerous capability. Welcome to the legal system. Money allows you to mount lawsuit (frivolous or not) and mount effective defenses a
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by basseq 10y ago
It's just a data point. I have no idea how they really compare, or which one is in "worse" shape. As a DC resident, I know the impending metro shutdown is going to be a disaster.
545.
by basseq 10y ago
Yes, but you're not stack ranking in only teams of 10. You're stack-ranking 10 teams of ten. Out of 100 people, I can probably find 10% who are duds vs. their peers, but they might you might have teams with 2+ low performers.
546.
by basseq 10y ago
No, not according to these numbers. $2,528 for WMATA vs. $2,127 for BART. (Operating budget divided by daily riders.)
547.
by basseq 10y ago
Within bounds of statistical variance, this is an interesting idea. I'm thinking of small sample sizes and the negatives of publicly posting an algorithmicly-derived statement of, effectively, racism. And do we normalize against those
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by basseq 10y ago
> How do they know how this person is going to react (or anyone else in the house)? This is always true. By that logic, we should SWAT every warrant, every traffic stop, every parade. There should always be a threat assessment. This woul
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by basseq 10y ago
> The Federal Transit Administration found that public transit systems have a backlog of $86 billion in critical maintenance nationwide. I wonder how that backlog is allocated: e.g., how BART's backlog compares to NYC, Boston, and
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by basseq 10y ago
Those actions are the same at every level of company. I think it's harder at big companies because you don't have the opportunity to offer (or withhold) support or create perceptions about people you literally might never come
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by basseq 10y ago
I worked at a place that stack-ranked, and we didn't have this problem. It was typically pretty clear and well-accepted (by both leadership and peers) that high performers were in fact the best people. In a big enough company, you can
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by basseq 10y ago
Well, if your hiring system is perfect (and your talent management, and your leadership, and your product, and luck is on your side) you could have a giant spike on the right: all perfect people. That's not realistic, so there's
553.
by basseq 10y ago
In all fairness, Obama's use of a smartphone was unprecedented. I read (but cannot find a reasonable source now) that Obama's Blackberry was tethered to a private base station, not any kind of public network, cellular or otherwi
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by basseq 10y ago
Fair point. I think we're both struggling with how to quantify the value of deterrence , and how to model (mentally or otherwise) things like "effectiveness shifting". It's hard! But I think we're notoriously bad
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by basseq 10y ago
How many attacks were stopped by the TSA? Directly: 0. Hell, they're 0/2 on known attempts (the Shoe Bomber in 2001 and Northwest Airlines Flight 253 in 2009), both thwarted instead by passengers and crew. Indirectly? (E.g., how
556.
by basseq 10y ago
As a "tulip" (opt-out), the forced trust is even worse. You're not even allowed to ask for a pat-down before your things are on the conveyor. I've tried. Usually the timing works out OK, but sometimes it doesn't.
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by basseq 10y ago
And by the way, the slippery slope of this [warning: logical fallacy] is the argument, "I can't tell you what it's going to take until I've already done it. 100% accuracy!"
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by basseq 10y ago
Depending on your business and your services, $1,000 might be insanely low. (That's like 4-5 hours at a reasonable consulting rate... can you build out functional requirements in that time?) The point is to give your client more data a
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by basseq 10y ago
The only problem with ranges is anchoring , particularly with dollars and cents. If I tell you it will be $1-10M, you're going to anchor on $1M (and be pissed when I come in at $8M). (The reverse is true for, say, salaries. If you tel
560.
by basseq 10y ago
This. The point of a ballpark estimate is to answer the question, "Is this in the ballpark?" Namely, can I afford it? Is it even worth paying you $1,000 for a discovery session if the implementation is going to cost me 10x my bu
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by basseq 10y ago
You are a hero! > In my case, the TWC guys replaced every piece of coax and splitter from my cable modem and TVs to the pole. I am surprised by the coax inside the house. Usually they'll help if they can, but your house wiring is yo
562.
by basseq 10y ago
"Unit Profit" vs. "Business Profit". Yes, if you factor in the R&D they "lost money per car", but at scale, they would make money per car. If your unit cost is $50 and your unit revenue is $100, your unit p
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by basseq 10y ago
Precisely this. Because "readability" isn't "what is this letter": humans interpolate based on context. It doesn't matter whether it's: The Quick Brown Dog Jumped Over The Lazy Fox -or- Tha Quiek Brawn Deg
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by basseq 10y ago
We don't do much in the way of all-steel construction anymore: it wouldn't surprise me if the "rickety" steel approach would actually cost more than concrete in today's economy. (Not that I think we'd look to
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by basseq 10y ago
This article is what happens when you push diversity by fiat and don't extend the initiative beyond recruiting. Even when programs like this are well-intentioned, you can see the extremely destructive fallout: the author and those li
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by basseq 10y ago
Let's be clear: at any level of income, people pursue different tax minimizing strategies. At the lower end, you're looking at things like EITC. At the upper end, you get into capital gains, tax-loss harvesting, etc. Separately, a
567.
by basseq 10y ago
Some math: A 208 sq-ft. mini-studio for $600/mo (+ the up-front purchase cost, whatever that is). That's $2.88/sq-ft. By way of example, I found a 538 sq-ft. studio in downtown Austin for $1,387/mo. That's $2.58&#x2
568.
by basseq 10y ago
Not a troll. I'm playing a little bit of devil's advocate, but I also think this talk of dogs and dinner bowls is rediculous. There's a line here. I've had "busybody" team members who make life difficult for ev
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by basseq 10y ago
Let's break down the terse response: "Get away from that -- it's mine, not yours. Please do your job and leave me to mine." As the junior dev, what am I taking away from this? The core message ("I shouldn't hav
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by basseq 10y ago
> I like the enthusiasm but I don't like the lack of awareness. Why not communicate that? Otherwise you're shutting down everything , enthusiasm included. Some of this is style: my example response is pretty middle-of-the-road

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