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by chris11 4y ago
> Please don’t, unless you’re willing to confront your own contribution to the situation you’re fleeing. What do you mean? I've lived in Colorado and now live in California. Sure, it has serious problems but I'd say some of the
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by chris11 4y ago
It's worse than that. Gamer's Nexus had a video a few months ago about power transients becoming a bigger problem. Power spikes can double the amount of power needed. It doesn't really impact average power useage, but it ca
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by chris11 4y ago
I can imagine on prem hw being a benefit if a company didn't want a 3rd party to index material. But yeah, I wouldn't want to manage an on-prem setup unless it was necessary.
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by chris11 4y ago
I think my employers IT policies have a lot to do with it, but fans on my laptop do spin up in the middle of the night. It can be annoying.
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by chris11 4y ago
> Same for Lemoine. Lemoine got a lawyer invovled and they started filing lawsuits on the AI's behalf. I'm not shocked he was fired. https://fortune.com/2022/06/23/google-blade-lemoine-ai-lamda..
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by chris11 4y ago
The state offered money for early completion, and got an early completion. I don't necessary see anything wrong with that as long as quality standards were met, and the final cost wasn't outrageous.
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by chris11 4y ago
In China 8 is considered to be a really lucky number, signifying wealth. https://www.mansionglobal.com/articles/it-s-in-the-numbers-l...
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by chris11 4y ago
And if abortion is going to be decided by the states, what state law is Google violating? CA isn't going to make not sharing this data illegal.
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by chris11 4y ago
Also startups are non-public, so their equity may still be overvalued.
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by chris11 4y ago
This comparison isn't totally valid. Behavioral and system design rounds become much more important in the typical Silicon Valley interview process as you get more senior.
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by chris11 4y ago
And algorithmic questions are a straightforward way to get a scalable, structured interview round. It's difficult to entirely replace algorithmic rounds with questions that are both scalable and structured.
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by chris11 4y ago
Sometimes leveling changes interview rounds. They could be considering upleveling or downleveling OP. OP should clarify that though.
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by chris11 4y ago
> We found out what was going on and had reservations whether to continue with the process, but he was invited to the second round and aced it. Did you ask the candidate about the copied code? To me that's an honesty issue.
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by chris11 4y ago
I have heard CA EDD is now sending out some letters requesting more information. They are probably backlogged, but they might respond.
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by chris11 4y ago
What about winner takes all markets? For instance there's only a few major ridesharing companies. It would be hard to start a small, profitable ridesharing business. And they couldn't pay staff engineers 500k+.
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by chris11 4y ago
- attrition for these employees drops to near zero because it’s better pay than they can get anywhere I get the argument, but I think remote work is making that less of a risk. Paying significantly above local market value will let them hav
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by chris11 4y ago
> We are anchoring our pay to the 60th percentile of San Francisco It works out as long as SF has the highest pay.
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by chris11 4y ago
You don't get paid that much money without being incredibly ambitious. Sure you got all the money you need, but what comes next? Sheryl Sandberg has literally changed the world. I'd guess choosing to redefine her life took a lot o
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by chris11 4y ago
This is definitely an issue, but I don't think it's a serious concern for larger companies with good HR departments. When covid first hit HR at my employer was interested in where employees were located, there was a list of allowe
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by chris11 4y ago
I'm not sure what exactly would happen, but forgiven debt is usually taxable.
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by chris11 4y ago
It's short term capital gains vs long term. If you don't exercise and just sell short term capital gains tax applies. If you exercise ISOs and hold long enough you pay AMT, which can be refundable, and LTCG when you sell the share
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by chris11 4y ago
Employers cannot replace financial advice from an advisor with a fiduciary duty. Providing general education is good, and so is getting them free sessions with a financial advisor. But I don't totally agree they should be liable. This
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by chris11 4y ago
Agreed. The biggest issue I have with it is only having 90 days to repay if you leave. I hope they company works with those individuals, a few people might be in some serious trouble. And I'm curious how much was loaned, it's 200k
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by chris11 4y ago
It's last year, and an employee wants to change jobs. But tech is sky high, they are confident about the companies future, and want to get the tax benefits of exercising before they leave. Or it's last year, and an employee wants
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by chris11 4y ago
That doesn't seem really complicated to communicate. Levels are common across large companies. Just post the targeted levels and salary bands. You can still make out of band offers if you decide the candidate doesn't meet or surpa
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by chris11 4y ago
> a person richer than anyone has ever been in the history of the planet Tesla's P/E ratio is currently 106. I have no idea why Tesla is so expensive.
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by chris11 4y ago
> apathetic consumers All automakers have to do is require access to that data for features, like maps, traffic updates, or entertainment. I hate the idea of in-car advertising, and I don't like the thought my data being sold. But I
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by chris11 4y ago
> Should we go back to Waterfall? Waterfall seems like a strawman to me. Has the tech industry ever used it? The first reference I could find for it was back in the 70s as what not to do. I don't think waterfall should be used as a
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by chris11 5y ago
> Besides, what's so bad about access to "disinformation"? Disinformation doesn't just try to present an alternative view, it also tries to drown out other viewpoints. I don't think it's possible to accurate
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by chris11 5y ago
Did bandcamp raise a lot of money from venture capital? The last round listed on crunchbase was a series A in 2010. It looks like management were fine running it more like a lifestyle business.

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