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by freddyc 10y ago
> Charles & David Koch didn't endorse or fund his campaign or use their political entities to support him. Maybe not directly, but Pence has pretty strong ties to the Kochs and his nomination as VP was widely seen as a nod to th
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by freddyc 10y ago
If threatening to quit is the only way to get the raise that you (presumably) deserve, then it's probably a good sign that it's time to, you know, actually quit and move to a better opportunity where your contribution is properly
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by freddyc 10y ago
> How many passwords do you have to type and licences to accept to do that on your Apple cloud? I made the switch to Nexus last year for work, but my wife is still a devoted iPhone user and recently upgraded to the 7. As I was setting i
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by freddyc 10y ago
Agreed. I was staunchly anti-Android until I was given a Nexus 6P last year and alternated between it and my 6S for a couple of months before finally ditching the 6S altogether. A lot of it comes down to personal preference of course, but
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by freddyc 10y ago
Add to that: never get separated so that you always have two earbuds! I see these quickly becoming an annoyance when you can find one earbud but for the life of you can't locate the other.
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by freddyc 10y ago
I was reading about tort reform once and stumbled upon NZ's ACC concept and was staggered by its effectiveness. I suspect its success is due in part to NZ's population size, but any system that ensures all accident related issues
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by freddyc 10y ago
That was the best $500 I ever spent! I had just wrapped up a job and spent the entire month traveling the US and parts of the Caribbean all for the price of one trans-continental flight. I was really hoping they'd repeat the offer th
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by freddyc 10y ago
Exactly. We went through the 409A process for the first time a couple of years back and the valuation firm will typically take the preferred price (assuming there's been no secondary sales of common) and then apply discounts for lack
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by freddyc 10y ago
I would say it wasn't until after the honeymoon phase of being new and excited wore off and I was given meaningful work to complete. It was a while ago now, but I think it was around the 6-8 week mark that I begun to really notice my
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by freddyc 10y ago
I had a very similar experience where I actually dreaded going into the office because I knew my productivity would fall off a cliff. I slowly found myself accepting the day would be a loss with pointless meetings and other distractions, a
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by freddyc 10y ago
From personal experience 5 year goals/plans can help to give you a very broad outlook on where you want to get to, but be prepared to tear them up every 2-3 years ;) When I look back to 2011 I'd never have guessed that I would be
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by freddyc 10y ago
>"When I see a company describe its “no assholes” rule, I see a company inclined toward calling people assholes." I've seen variations of this pop-up more-and-more over the last few years and from my experience it usually
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by freddyc 10y ago
It looks like you're based in Europe, so be careful relying on any US-centric advice if that's the case. It pretty much goes without saying, but HN is not a proxy for proper legal advice from a local lawyer who understands the fu
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by freddyc 10y ago
I'd add 3. Fantasy Football
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This was my experience when I worked remotely for an East Coast company while based in SF. When I joined the company the expectation was that I would work Pacific hours, coming online around 9am PDT. Of course reality proved very different
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by freddyc 10y ago
This is an important calculation that too many employees ignore. They get lured in by the stories of early Facebook and Google employees walking away with tens or in some cases hundreds of millions from their options, when in reality most