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by geebee 8y ago
The h1b visa is a govt program that allows corporations to control who is allowed to move to the US and the conditions under which they are allowed to remain here. Corporations use this state bestowed power to prevent their workers from par
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by geebee 8y ago
You do raise a fair objection, but "black swan" events are a known issue where it comes to sampling. For example, an answer to your question could be: "you asked us to find the average wing span to beak size ratio for male an
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by geebee 8y ago
Fair enough. Keep in mind, the appeal of San Francisco before all of this happened wasn't that it is vibrant. Different cities can appeal for different reasons. San Francisco, when people spoke of it affectionately, was the cool grey c
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by geebee 8y ago
Oh wow, you're right about suits. I've read Wall Street people are great at figuring out who is wearing a suit the right way. I truly can't tell the difference between one off the rack at a department store. The subtleties of
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by geebee 8y ago
I think this is an important article. One part that really resonated with me is the studied informality, in a way that becomes a kind of shibboleth for class membership. "The name that we gave to the culture there was “studied informa
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by geebee 8y ago
That’s interesting. The friends I talked to did mention this, but it sounded more like you could knock the bill down a bit, perhaps in the 10-25% range (10% being a lot more likely). The er physician I spoke with seemed skeptical That you c
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by geebee 8y ago
I spent a night once in the ER for observation. I never got anything but Tylenol, though I think the concern that led to the overnight stay was reasonable. The bill was $16,000. This was certainly a defensive, risk-averse treatment, but I t
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by geebee 8y ago
25k/year for full time preschool would be pretty typical in SF. If you have 2+ kids in daycare or preschool, that can more or less wipe out an income. The problem is, it takes two incomes to pay for the typical mortgage or even the ren
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by geebee 8y ago
These articles are kind of fascinating to me. I'm in my late 40s and grew up in SF, and I'm raising my kids here. The change in SF and how it is perceived is stunning. SF used the be the place you moved to when you were tired of
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by geebee 8y ago
I wish this comment were higher in the thread, because it's essential. I'm very interested in this finding from triple byte, but we have no guidelines for what hard and easy questions are. I know these questions are part of triple
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by geebee 8y ago
Do you have a link to the nytimes article? Can’t find it in the twitter thread though it is mentioned there.
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by geebee 8y ago
None of this changes your point, but to add to it: - they can leave change professions and apply to law, medical, dental, or nursing school. - they can save up, quit their job, and travel around the country, try to write a novel, paint, pla
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by geebee 8y ago
This article and discussion does show, in a pretty stark way, the options and demands of very different career paths for a software developer. One option is to become a programmer for hire. You keep your skills up, and those skills are as m
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by geebee 8y ago
I agree. It's also not simply a matter of making more money on the next job, it can be a matter of having a next job.
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by geebee 8y ago
I didn’t realize anyone had read it, I moved it To the parent comment in the thread.
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by geebee 8y ago
In SFUSD, there's a big debate around algebra right now - in particular, the decision to remove it from the 8th grade curriculum. It's important to note that this is both a controversial and complicated topic, since it isn't
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by geebee 8y ago
You've accurately described what San Franciscans complain about. The writer of this piece mentioned that San Franciscans don't tend to show hostility to people based on where they're from, and that's largely true, we don
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by geebee 8y ago
You did say "do not appear to be poor". Is there a chance you're noticing wealthy people, because they tend to be more noticeable? Yes, people who bought a house while ago in California, sell, and move to Texas would have a l
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by geebee 8y ago
Do you have any stats on the wealth distribution of people leaving California? This really is a situation where more demographic information would be helpful, since an average wouldn't tell you as much. Do the wealthy Californians tend
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by geebee 8y ago
Elite private schools in SF and NY are closer to 40k/yr. Catholic schools tend to be much less, with elite high schools in the 20-25k range, though it’s not an exact substitution. Catholic schools teach Catholicism, and while students
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by geebee 8y ago
DuckDuckGo's product is search without privacy violations. I'm actually pretty delighted someone is demonstrating that this is a profitable product.
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by geebee 8y ago
The problem with this article is that it could have gone either way. For instance, I could tell a story about how my company was going through a rough patch, and how my friend left and tried to recruit me away, but I stuck with it, and when
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by geebee 8y ago
I'd offer a softer version of this. If you are capable of becoming a programmer, you're probably capable of entering a field with better prospects. This is a slightly ambiguous claim, because a "programmer" can be such a
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by geebee 8y ago
You did just discuss the difficulty of finding qualified workers without mentioning salary. Yes, talented software developers are scarce at 50k. They even appear to be scarce at 150k/yr. To me, that doesn't signify a shortage, it
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by geebee 8y ago
Just so. But they also take it because it’s good
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by geebee 8y ago
Competitive, yes, certainly. But is it competitive in the same way? I’m other words, do “cracking the coding interview” style questions play as big a role? EDIT: I figured, why not do a quick web search. I found this link: http:/&#x2F
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by geebee 8y ago
Interesting observation. I was under the impression that getting hired into research groups at a FAANG was a different process than getting hired as a SWE, and that you could bypass some of the whiteboard "find all sub matrices with ma
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by geebee 8y ago
That does sound bad, but I would want to know more about the specific situation. For instance, top law firms often pay interns the same salary as a first year associate (prorated for summer months, of course). That can be $180k/yr for
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by geebee 8y ago
Why not just have immigrants, who come to the US as free and full citizens, at liberty to decide on a job in response to personal preferences and market signals? If that means going to med school or becoming a florist instead of working in
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by geebee 8y ago
I'm really glad to hear you enjoyed it. I grew up in SF, lived here most of my adult life (I'm in my late 40s), and the state of SF hurts. San Franciscans might have a rep for being a bit snobby toward tourists, but a lot of us ac

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