bugsy

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by bugsy 16y ago
One big problem. No one that is a capable enough developer to teach computer science is going to be teaching at a high school. And more pay isn't an answer, the problem is bureaucracy and endemic stupidity in the institutional structure of
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by bugsy 16y ago
Few companies need the 0.001% that is a "Rock star ninja" such as Larry Wall or Dennis Ritchie. However, to succeed you do need to be able to hire the 0.5% of developers that is competent and capable of bringing value.
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by bugsy 16y ago
Wow free soda! I can't imagine why top talent wasn't beating a path to your door!
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by bugsy 16y ago
You make a good point about salary not being listed in ads. Here's a heuristic. When it's not listed, that means "Substantially below market rate, but we'll claim otherwise." Some might then say, "But none of the ads have salaries, isn't it
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by bugsy 16y ago
"If you have a family and need a bigger place you can always live in New Jersey." Right that makes sense, because top talent would like to live in a craphole just so they can have the privilege of taking a massive salary cut.
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by bugsy 16y ago
The underwater mortgages are a very good point. Many engineers bought expensive houses and are now chained to them. It is not unprecedented for companies to cover full relocation, including when necessary buying the dud house themselves fro
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by bugsy 16y ago
I'm not sure I am following this. If you want to attract actual talent, you have to pay full relocation. The good ones have stable jobs they enjoy. And they are going to pay their own relocation for a new job that may not work out? I don't
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by bugsy 16y ago
$60-80k? Maybe for HTML or "Excel" programmers or something. Actual developers cost much more than that.
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by bugsy 16y ago
OK, finally found a list of studies that discuss complementary type matching. http://www.capt.org/research/couple-mbti.htm Liberty's dissertation on attitude-antagonistic coupling covers his research with couples who have the worst-scenar
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by bugsy 16y ago
Ok, but how the heck can you get social status when you are completely anonymous and no one knows who you are, not even your fellow gang members? They don't seem to have unique Anonymous ids, or do they? Oh wait, now I see. That's your poin
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by bugsy 16y ago
Kiersey cites them in his book, which I don't have a copy of right now. They tested couples and their satisfaction with marriage, and then formulated type recommendations. This is also how the career counseling angle works. They actually te
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by bugsy 16y ago
You are very defensive about this. It is not advice to you or anyone else here other than the OP, and it's advice specifically based on what he mentioned. He is introverted and an engineer, dissatisfied with his culture. He has done travel
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by bugsy 16y ago
This is advice specific to his particular situation. His comments about a particular style of corporate bureaucracy indicate a mismatch between his temperament and that culture. But he doesn't want to work for himself. This means a long ter
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by bugsy 16y ago
Figure out what sort of looks and cultural qualities you like in a wife/girlfriend. Travel to that country and live there for a couple months staying in hostels or couch surfing. Meet girls. Extend the 2 months as long as needed, switching
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by bugsy 16y ago
It seems I can't reply to messages past a certain depth so I'll respond to your latest comment in the previous one. The design website guy's name is Aurelio, and the person you were responding to who had said he would accept slightly less p
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by bugsy 16y ago
I think you might be misunderstanding his post. It's a pretty short post. He said that he is willing to work for a "slightly less" pay (slightly less likely means 1-5% less) doing something he enjoys than something he doesn't enjoy. That su
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by bugsy 16y ago
Hm, how did "for slightly less money" morph into "you don't ask for money for what you do"?
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by bugsy 16y ago
That too demonstrates the scientific method in action. Experiments showed that the prevailing paradigm is likely flawed. Now we know more.
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by bugsy 16y ago
The replication they are talking about in these particular pharma studies are of the nature that a pharma corp orders up twelve identical 8 person studies. Three studies come back showing their new pill helped a tiny bit, six show no the pi
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by bugsy 16y ago
The scientific method is fine. Note that this is about certain psychiatric pharmaceuticals being found not to have the efficacy that was earlier claimed, in studies done by pharmaceutical companies who doctored results and played statistics
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by bugsy 16y ago
I did not say that non-profit means free. Please note that my comment regarding non-profit status is a response to the claim that the purpose of scientific journals "is to make money". If this claim is true, that their purpose is in fact
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by bugsy 16y ago
I am not sure that is true. If it is true, then they are committing tax fraud since nearly every journal is published by a non-profit foundation or organization.
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by bugsy 16y ago
He's gone beyond saying it is a voluntary contract. He said the contract terms being discussed are required under state, federal and international law. Thanks for the downvote!
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by bugsy 16y ago
I also wonder this regarding the Google Books settlement.
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by bugsy 16y ago
"what with it having so much to do with state, federal and international law and treaty" Would love to see specific citations showing that Google has no choice but to claim ownership of all its employee's projects during their own free time
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by bugsy 16y ago
Very presumptuous and egotistical to think this is about you. It's not about you, it's about the code that has been contributed which requires a separate line item and which you have contributed which you state is legally owned by someone e
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by bugsy 16y ago
Thanks very much for those citations. I find it quite telling that three of the States with this protection are California, Washington and North Carolina. Pretty sure those are the top states in the US for software innovation. I can see how
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by bugsy 16y ago
Thanks, that's all I'm asking. And all I'm bringing up in my comment that led to this subthread is that when someone contributes code to an open source project and that person does not personally own the code themselves or have the legal au
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by bugsy 16y ago
OK, in a previous comment you said 'Google (my employer) ... cleared about 200 (75% of those requested) projects in the last year for copyright release'. Now you are not the guy that this article is about, or are you? Who released the proje
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by bugsy 16y ago
It's not clear who is 'we'? Do you (plural) have the legal right to sign contracts and take out bank loans on Google's behalf? If so, yes, you represent Google legally as the official legal representative and this is all cool. The code shou

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