curiouscat321

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by curiouscat321 9y ago
As somebody who grew up in the Metro Detroit area and moved away, I’m unbelievably impressed by the bid Detroit put together. The entire region is so completely disfunctional. The idea of getting the neighboring counties (which have the mon
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by curiouscat321 9y ago
It's decades of unions that have led people to believe that there should be a certain sense of equality when it comes to wages. It's a ridiculous idea in the creative economy.
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by curiouscat321 9y ago
I think the definition is more cultural. The culture of a large bureaucratic car company is a lot different than most tech companies. They also have different views on talent
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by curiouscat321 9y ago
Ford has a serious marketing problem when it comes to hiring. It's pretty obvious that Google, Facebook, et al. spend a lot of energy and money marketing themselves as fantastic places to work with great pay and benefits. Most non-tech
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by curiouscat321 9y ago
You have to attract talent to Michigan though. California is in a prosperous loop where talented people move to the state for jobs which then encourages other companies to come to California for talent. The side effect of this is rising hou
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by curiouscat321 9y ago
I too grew up in the Metro Detroit area (and then moved to Seattle). The suburban schools are quite good. Oakland County schools are some of the best in the nation. International Academy was rated as the top public school in America for man
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Michigan's manufacturing past is fueling its tech future(engadget.com)
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by curiouscat321 9y ago
I think this is an excellent point. While Detroit has a relatively small population, it's metropolitan area does not. It's large metropolitan area has a large STEM talent pool thanks to the automotive sector, the second largest De
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by curiouscat321 9y ago
A little off topic, but does anybody use Aspiration's products? What do you think of them?
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by curiouscat321 9y ago
All of this development makes me wonder if Detroit could eventually rival Chicago as the tech hub in the Midwest
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by curiouscat321 10y ago
This is the biggest issue that rural America is facing right now. There's an incredibly large voting bloc of people that had vocational training in mining, manufacturing, etc, etc. Their training is now worthless and nobody has a great
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by curiouscat321 10y ago
Just ask. You can use your other job as leverage. The fact is, you specifically say that you "feel I need the internship experience to make transitioning out of school into a web dev position easier." Considering this is your only
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by curiouscat321 10y ago
Well, I feel like I'm just reiterating what everyone else is saying. 1) What's with the preoccupation behind making 300k? 2) Would finding a less stressful job, even if it paid the same, make you happier? 3) It sounds like there&#
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by curiouscat321 10y ago
Not all of those are equal. * Pool table, Xbox, pinball machines, beanbags: Whatever * Motivational posters: I don't really care. But, if a company consciously chose not to have posters as a cost-saving measure, run. Again, stuff will
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by curiouscat321 10y ago
There's quite a bit of incorrect information on here. If you work for Facebook, I don't think the only sensible options are to ask for a 50% (!) raise or leave.
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by curiouscat321 10y ago
So where does the line get drawn? Foreigners with Stanford degrees don't need visas but those else where do? What about MIT? Arizona State? If you establish an arbitrary boundary, it won't make sense.
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by curiouscat321 10y ago
Lots of Detroit based news coming from Waymo. I wonder how long it will be until Waymo has a larger base of operations in the area and makes a significant hiring push?
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by curiouscat321 10y ago
How is Google so friendly towards them?
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by curiouscat321 10y ago
I'm not saying that there's anything wrong with it. I'm saying that those people are FreeCodeCamp's target demographic.
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by curiouscat321 10y ago
I doubt they paid a fee. But clearly, they're either gaming the system or there's a very large population on HN who are trying to break into the industry with no credentials.
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by curiouscat321 10y ago
The Metropolitan area surrounding Detroit has done a remarkable job masking the city. Take Oakland County, the largest surrounding county by population. It has the highest per-capita family income in the Midwest and one of the highest in th
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by curiouscat321 10y ago
couldn't agree more. As somebody who doesn't use AWS, is there any real perks of consolidating everything under them?
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by curiouscat321 10y ago
A lot of countries still don't have official Apple stores. Authorized Retailers (which are still a thing) make up for it.
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by curiouscat321 10y ago
Anybody had any issues with the keyboard? I've heard rumors of some ergonomic issues and it worries me.
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by curiouscat321 10y ago
Uh, have something to back this up? That's a very false stereotype.
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by curiouscat321 10y ago
What does SPA mean?
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by curiouscat321 10y ago
While this thread is on the topic of stereotyping, I'd just like to point out that the entire Midwest is not on this rapid decline. If you look at Metro Detroit, the area's still one of the richest in the country and is thriving.
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by curiouscat321 10y ago
I've never been involved with Udacity or any for-profit schools. But, its remarkable how much that ad feels like a University of Phoenix ad. Most for-profit school ads seem to push flexibility and future job earnings. University of Pho
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by curiouscat321 10y ago
I hope Disney does more of this! They're a tech company in a lot of ways. I believe they're using Rails for their site (which would make it amongst the biggest Rails sites in the world) and I hope they release some Rails stuff too
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by curiouscat321 10y ago
Depends heavily on the role. It's all optional reading too.

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