billy99k

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by billy99k 3y ago
I've always hated this argument because it puts the blame solely on the employer, when the employee can also be to blame for their own circumstances. According to this logic, if I'm $300,000 in college debt, it's my employers
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by billy99k 3y ago
I think the difference is that the jobs with college degrees are nice, cushy, office jobs. This sounds like you would have almost the same stress as running your own business.
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by billy99k 3y ago
You need to publish it under a less permissive license (or make your own). Either way, if you really want to stop it, it will cost money through lawyer fees.
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by billy99k 3y ago
I would never work for a friend as an employee. I've had too many bad experiences with a few friends I worked with on some business ideas. Luckily, we got out early and it didn't ruin the friendship. I think it's best not t
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by billy99k 3y ago
If you are super-rich, you can just live at your tax-haven and vacation in the UK. You aren't stuck in one place forever.
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by billy99k 3y ago
ok, make your move. Reddit is filled with people that thought this way and have now been unemployed with no job in sight or were forced to take a job at reduced pay. Like waiting in the stock market, I would make my move when it's an
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by billy99k 3y ago
"Peoplw should change jobs and should optimize for better working conditions and fair treatment" I get that we need this, but now is not the time to do it. It's an employers market and when you leave your current job, there
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by billy99k 3y ago
I'm in the security industry and I would never do this. Most companies don't appreciate unauthorized pen tests and most likely will just send your name over to the local authorities. Most companies won't make changes, even
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by billy99k 3y ago
The dream of many of these companies is for AI to completely create a movie, picture, or anything else creative. At some point, there will be no need to steal original content and many creatives will need to compete with many times more AI
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by billy99k 3y ago
This tells you something: It's shitty everywhere and moving employers will most likely just get you a new set of problems.
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by billy99k 3y ago
Does this happen this often or is it now newsworthy because of all the previous issues?
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by billy99k 3y ago
It always bothers me when I see 'electrocuted' and 'taken to the hospital'. electrocuted literally means death by electricity.
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by billy99k 3y ago
I think it's also because there are now lots of colleges in the US that have almost no minimum academic requirements to get into and because of this, they also need to water-down the curriculum so they don't have high failure rate
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by billy99k 3y ago
That is weird. I'm not sure why she wouldn't get some kind of feedback from her manager.
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by billy99k 3y ago
"B2b sales aren't like you trying to sell cars for a used car dealer. It can take months to years to land a customer. A sales guy might land a customer every six months that pays their salary several times over." After watchi
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by billy99k 3y ago
She admits she made $0 in sales in her 3 months there and she is in corporate sales. It's no surprise that she was fired. HR said it was based on stats. These were the stats. There was probably a 90-day probationary period. If I wa
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by billy99k 3y ago
All of my long-lasting adult friends came outside of work. I always make friends at work, but when one of us switches jobs, we usually lose contact and don't really talk anymore.
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by billy99k 3y ago
The reason why the super rich shouldn't give more money to the government is the same reason lottery winners lose it all within a very short period of time.
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by billy99k 3y ago
"anti-fascists" have many of the same characteristics as Nazis. Authoritarian in nature and willing to use violence to suppress the opinions of people they dislike. It's not surprising that the grandson of an actual Nazi ha
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by billy99k 3y ago
"The only thing that works to get people permanently migrated away is complete enshitification of the existing platform (i.e. Digg effect). Partial enshitification isn't enough." The Digg effect only worked because the majori
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by billy99k 3y ago
We should have pushed for hybrid cars. This way, we can build the infrastructure along-side our current gas stations and give people an incentive to buy them (increases range of gas powered cars). It would have been a win-win all around. I
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by billy99k 3y ago
They can hopefully convert enough of the free users to premium users to cover the costs. They've been in business a long time, so it does seem like it's working.
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by billy99k 3y ago
I know he's loved around here, but I just don't see it. He was an asshole to work with (many accounts of this) and only did what he felt like doing. His legal issues were a result of saying fuck you to everyone and just doing exa
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by billy99k 3y ago
I always wondered about Lupus. An ex-boss of mine was insanely into health. Had a yoga studio for years and only ate the healthiest food. He got Lupis at 55. The other interesting thing is that his dad lived until he was 110.
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by billy99k 3y ago
I would never 'reinterview' for a company where I'm currently employed. They should already know what I'm capable of and have a role ready. If not, I would rather leave and go elsewhere.
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by billy99k 3y ago
I disagree. There are lots of learning that can be done with VR that can't be done with traditional applications that haven't been invented yet. I exclusively workout using the Meta 2 (I don't play any other games on it) and
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by billy99k 3y ago
I Oversee the project and can see all invoices from the contracting company. Even so, This is the cost of one developer in the US, which would never be able to complete this project in a year.
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by billy99k 3y ago
They have already started outsourcing to Canada at 60% of the cost. One of my clients outsources all large projects to a company in Ukraine (The HQ is there, but the developers are in other parts of Europe). The time zone isn't too ba
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by billy99k 3y ago
It's starting to replace some low-level jobs, like copywriting and art-based positions. For development, the only thing I've found it good for is giving me example usage for custom Apis and other things that I can't just Go
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by billy99k 3y ago
This is why I hate working as a regular salaried employee. After this happened to me a few years after college, I spent over a decade building up a consulting business. I always keep multiple clients at the same time and I'm not deva

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