ditherblur

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by ditherblur 4y ago
> I AM WILLING TO WORK FOR $65K/YR FOR A 40-HR WORK WEEK. I wish it were that easy lol. But then you always get the actual bad jobs flooding you for cheap work (and the good jobs always think it's like a joke). > 4-day work
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by ditherblur 4y ago
> > I'm writing this at 3 am > Because who in their right mind thinks "minimum wage people are having it great, they're the ones treated the best by their employers". I agree with you, that's why I didn&#x2
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by ditherblur 4y ago
> if you go for the salary angle, you'll most likely come across weird and probably won't get the job at all. You're right, that's why I've never voiced the idea in practice but I wish I could somehow. Even if co
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by ditherblur 4y ago
> but this idea seems like it will have the opposite result. that's what I was thinking and made this post to flesh out my ideas/feelings better. > Why minimum wage, specifically? because of what the other commenter mentione
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by ditherblur 4y ago
That's why I mentioned min wage. You're right about the race to the bottom, and I feel pretty pessemtic about the future since if you don't have to stay in the US, the incentives really are there to outsource. But I know out
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Ask HN: Applying to jobs. How to negotiate a salary for less pay, to min wage?
2 points by ditherblur 4y ago|12 comments
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by ditherblur 4y ago
"An Ounce of Prevention Is Worth A Pound of Cure." That's what I used to think but post like this make me feel otherwise. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27579693 (OP in that post was "a one person
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by ditherblur 4y ago
Thank you for the notary idea! I been keeping everything in a paper notebook but never thought about having it notarized. Going to try and find free notary places near me or pay for it seems a quick search shows you can even get something n
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by ditherblur 4y ago
I been reading into that, willful patent infringement vs unintentional. I been trying my best to get into the "why your approach is different" bucket but there's so much reading to do in the first place that it still feels ri
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by ditherblur 4y ago
I'm near NYC and I see rates going for $900/hr but I also saw a few near me going for $200 but quality would prolly vary a lot. I know this is why companies have whole IP departments because it's just cheaper to have them in
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Ask HN: How to avoid patent infringement/patent trolls?
2 points by ditherblur 4y ago|8 comments