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by doktorhladnjak 4y ago
Someone can still win a race to the bottom. Look at Walmart a generation ago in retail.
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All companies with stack ranking do some sort of merge sort to achieve this, typically called “calibration”. You have to rate employees at the team level because as you go up the chain, managers stop knowing how individuals more than one le
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My take is it turns out this way because Google’s map data is better but Apple’s user experience is better. Google Maps seems to have completely stagnated on both data and user experience whereas Apple seems to be getting better on both fro
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SF restaurants are the worst about this of anywhere I’ve been. What’s next? A high rent surcharge? Toilet facilities fee? A business income tax reclamation charge?
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by doktorhladnjak 4y ago
Agreed. These customer satisfaction surveys where anything less than 5 stars or 10/10 is a fail is just as dystopian as tipping culture.
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by doktorhladnjak 4y ago
Every layoff is a combination of factors. Although the specific combo is unique, from most to least common in tech goes something like: team/product: Product X is being deprioritized/sunset, cost centers vs revenue centers perform
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by doktorhladnjak 4y ago
Looks like the SF Chronicle is now requiring a subscription to read any articles? I don’t live in the Bay Area to subscribe but this article looks interesting. Anyone have an archive link?
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by doktorhladnjak 4y ago
> I will only suggest to get real human contact Isn't this the crux of the issue? If OP was getting real human contact, they wouldn’t feel lonely. This pandemic has really thrown us for a loop. New habits have been formed that are h
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by doktorhladnjak 4y ago
If a majority of senators did not benefit from having the filibuster, they would repeal it. The minority party is for it because it blocks the majority party. Moderates are for it because it protects them from having to go on the record by
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by doktorhladnjak 4y ago
Elon Musk is pretty much single handedly destroying their brand as we speak
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Same. I’ve been at companies that paid really well and ones that only paid ok. We still had to go through all these hoops. All things equal, I might as well get paid better. Moreover, it wasn’t better than the smaller startups I’ve worked a
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by doktorhladnjak 4y ago
That’s true. There’s also the flip side that those who choose the systems are likely the ones who succeeded in those systems. I’m talking about directors, senior managers of engineering who worked their way up the corporate ladder. The syst
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by doktorhladnjak 4y ago
I’d describe it more as optimism than happiness. You gotta believe in the future vision, how great a place this is, etc. The hope is that it creates a can-do culture. Downside is that it can create a culture where no one feels safe criticiz
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by doktorhladnjak 4y ago
I’m reminded of someone I met at a party who actually worked for Sears. They’d spent many years at Amazon on the retail side of the business, in the earlier days of Amazon. Sears hired several people with this background in Seattle to turn
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by doktorhladnjak 4y ago
> What other mechanism do you propose for communally-owned goals? A special assessment every time you want your private road plowed? This is exactly what happens where my parents live. They live in a subdivision in an unincorporated part
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by doktorhladnjak 4y ago
Many states have limitations on property taxes. That’s the lesser told reason why there has been such a push to privatization. It’s a direct consequence of the “tax revolt” that started in the 1970s.
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Reminds me of the time I had to fill out an expense report to get reimbursed by a company who had flown me out for an interview. It all had to be done in Excel. Unfortunately my bank account number was very long, which caused Excel to round
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by doktorhladnjak 4y ago
Whatever Google is, is the “real” Google
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by doktorhladnjak 4y ago
Not the above commenter, but these were things I experienced as a middle manager that really sucked: - Having to always sell the company message. No promotion because the system is fucked? Sorry, you gotta say “better luck next time”. No r
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by doktorhladnjak 4y ago
Your argument is the appeal to nature [1]. Sure, there is evidence for the healthiness of different kinds of fats, but that some are "natural" while others are "processed" isn't a valid reason itself. [1] https:&#x
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by doktorhladnjak 4y ago
I live in King County. The frequently published lists have one big advantage. Once your ballot has been accepted, you see a big dropoff in texts, calls, and canvassers within 1-2 days. Nobody wants to waste time on somebody who's alrea
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by doktorhladnjak 4y ago
I was working at an internet startup in 1996. We basically built custom sites for companies. It’s hard now to appreciate how “out there” the internet was at the time. One of the founders with a sales background would meet with CEOs to convi
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by doktorhladnjak 4y ago
I’m definitely getting spam texts out of nowhere after not really getting these in the past. They’re mostly of the sexual performance, obvious scam with misspellings variety. Like spam email at its zenith in the early oughts.
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by doktorhladnjak 4y ago
What’s to not understand? It’s cheaper. At least on a short term basis. Most people just take the lower pay and maybe complain a bit. A few leave for a pay bump. Still cheaper than giving everyone that pay bump.
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by doktorhladnjak 4y ago
Quiet quitting = coasting Quiet firing = managing out
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Largely worthless for tech where salary is often only a part of what you’re paid
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Most gas furnaces and water heaters won’t work unless they have electricity anyways
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Those companies aren't going away any time soon. Heck, IBM, Cisco, Hewlett Packard are all still around, and all still making profits. Doesn't mean they're desirable places to work at all compared to the olden days.
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by doktorhladnjak 4y ago
> I challenge the blowhards here to like, name one substantive harm someone has experienced from ad ID tracking on an iPhone The sense of entitlement from those on the other side of the ads business, and their disdain for what users migh
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by doktorhladnjak 4y ago
Netflix lets you take a fraction of your pay in long term options, not RSUs

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