bradlys

23 ms·

331.
by bradlys 2y ago
Right but the point is that these people could never give back because they have no money. So, it's literally giving them a lot of money.
332.
by bradlys 2y ago
Honestly, that's not the main feedback I get. They just don't like the low status associated with tech workers. They assume everyone in tech is a dweeb and everyone is very concerned with being around people they think are cool an
333.
by bradlys 2y ago
Every city has a culture and NYC especially does. That said, I find this disdain for tech workers to be universal in every city. Even in SFBA, it exists largely and tech workers themselves are self-loathing. I was always around people who w
334.
by bradlys 2y ago
I'm not a charity. I'm not going to create some weird dynamic with friends where I am flying people out to expensive festivals. How often are you giving your friends thousands of dollars? It's not something I'd advocate
335.
by bradlys 2y ago
Living in a capitalist society, I feel that this is basically impossible. It's 40+ hours of what you do a week and dictates a lot of what you can do. My friends who are working for minimum wage in NYC can be cool people but they aren&#
336.
Ask HN: What do you do to counter stigma with working in tech?
6 points by bradlys 2y ago|27 comments
337.
by bradlys 2y ago
That makes more sense. You never had the HCOL to begin with and so you never really had to suffer a serious setback in lifestyle due to taking a 50% cut. For me and most others I know, I’m only living in these expensive areas - so taking th
338.
by bradlys 2y ago
Didn’t think $400k/yr jobs were even an option in Florida. Maybe one of the few companies that moved to Miami over Covid I guess? Makes more sense. You weren’t near any of the traditional tech cities. So, cost of living was always goin
339.
by bradlys 2y ago
It can’t in Silicon Valley. Maybe in Tacoma or the very outer burbs of nyc. I don’t get the point living that far out though. You’re just in suburban hell at that point and stuck with working remote or a megacommute. Either way, over half y
340.
by bradlys 2y ago
The gap is much bigger between Americans and Chinese/Indian than it is between American and European. I’m not just talking about public forums. Saying anything to your superior (perceived superior or otherwise) would result in discipli
341.
by bradlys 2y ago
It's not just due to an employee being H1B. It's that 80% of your peers are Chinese and Indian H1Bs who bring that culture of deference to authority into the US. I don't even feel like I'm working in the US when I'm
342.
by bradlys 2y ago
> I did the same and for around 50% cut. How did you and poster above manage this? A 50% paycut would mean having to move to a much more remote area for most people without a lot of NW already. Homes being $1-3m in most of the places tha
343.
by bradlys 2y ago
You might have a serious amount of selection bias going on. People in SV definitely work much harder than those in NYC. I routinely had to work at 2AM and had many coworkers who were doing the same. We'd show up at the office at 9-10
344.
by bradlys 2y ago
Not everyone has a rich family to fall back on, bud. You could say "fall back on the government" but then this is how the government would do it. They wouldn't want you to fire people for no reason at all. In the same way tha
345.
by bradlys 2y ago
The most aggressive I've seen advocating against unions are not ICs anymore and often are a part of management/capital.
346.
by bradlys 2y ago
For those who don't know - aerhardt lives in Spain. The US seems pretty distinct in that you can be a laborer and have quite high incomes. It's not unheard of to see people in major cities within the US having 7-figure incomes and
347.
by bradlys 2y ago
People just need to lie more often. In many cases, they will not verify anything. If they require proof, you can say everything was a verbal offer with no official documentation. That's often how it is because many recruiters don'
348.
by bradlys 2y ago
It also doesn’t mean that you need to sell your soul during your teenage years so you can “have your options open” later. I went to a state school and still had a 7 fig income before I was 30. It’s by no means a requirement and I think most
349.
by bradlys 2y ago
This is pretty much what I see at almost every company I’ve been at in the last decade though… The review process is always toxic and has always lead to my peers in the industry being more likely to sabotage than help me since that’s the be
350.
by bradlys 2y ago
What does Microsoft do now? Most every major tech company I’ve seen uses stack ranking - even if they don’t use that name. Hell, a lot of startups I’ve been at even use that. The founders and executives love it as far as I can tell - why el
351.
by bradlys 2y ago
Strawman. There is no reason to believe someone who is rebelling will do all the socially accepted status seeking norms to get into an elite college. They will not seek an elite college to begin with because they do not believe in the statu
352.
by bradlys 2y ago
The issue with this is assuming all “smart people” value social status elements. A lot of us “smart people” when we’re younger rebel against social status qualifiers and so on due to ideals and hopes that we can change the system. It’s only
353.
by bradlys 2y ago
Heating and AC. We use them way more than Europeans.
354.
by bradlys 2y ago
It’s a good point. I haven’t scrolled around much either but there’s going to be selection bias here. I made a portfolio website and had some projects on it. The projects got me hired but the portfolio website itself didn’t. Again, this was
355.
by bradlys 2y ago
If your kid is that problematic and wants to get CPS involved then throw them to CPS and let them ruin their lives. You clearly failed earlier on and can’t course correct any further. You should’ve been more involved earlier on if your kid
356.
by bradlys 2y ago
What I worry is the skill of drivers who think going 10mph faster than the flow of traffic is dangerous. You pitch 10mph speed difference as if Louis Hamilton is out on the road flipping cars left and right.
357.
by bradlys 2y ago
Are you saying that basically all co-ops are inept? I’m not saying they’re perfect but many do just fine.
358.
by bradlys 2y ago
We gotta start with baby steps. You’re not gonna get people on board otherwise.
359.
by bradlys 2y ago
30B is nothing in this space. It says it aims to create 1.25m units of housing over ten years. That’s $24000 per unit of housing. How is that even possible unless you're only building illegal shacks in BFE? If you want to make a dent i
360.
by bradlys 2y ago
Tech jobs are drying up but like the article says - if you’ve got some serious qualifications in AI - you can get paid 2-4x the amount of other engineers. 7 figure comp is not uncommon for people in AI. It’s also the one type of tech worker

More ›