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13y ago
Most likely multiple vendors. It probably depends on the component and contractor.
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The IRS cannot and will not put people in jail for unpaid taxes. Please do not spread false information.
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A Detailed Diagram of Healthcare.gov- And what went wrong
(npr.org)
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You have to remember that most actual employees are white-collar types. Almost anything commoditizable or blue-collar gets sent to contractors. Also, let's not forget the cost of living in DC.
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Full Disclosure: I'm not certain who 3minus1 is, but I used to work on the project he/she works on. There was content at Healthcare.gov prior to 10/1. The applications that delivered the content to the site had very similar f
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I tend to apply some expectation on him as well as the TSA. He knows they might think he's fasting. Say: I ran out the door and didn't have a chance to get breakfast. I'm pretty hungry. He knows that they might be suspicious
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Look at it from the TSA/Police/FBI perspective: Someone goes to the airport on the first day of Ramadan, refuses the scan, sets off the chemical detectors, then asks to leave. During further interview he indicates that he hasn
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I don't think it's unreasonable to expect that kind of coordination from employees in a large firm. Joke as we may about how big firms are inefficient how else are you going to get health, safety and legal compliance coordinated f
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Have you heard of the term "Up or Out"?
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Because they don't get the money if they don't sign. It's not absolutely literal, but I can almost guarantee everyone will sign.
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Nope, there are windows. That's why your microwave has that grid-looking stuff over the windows. It keeps the cage intact and avoids cooking your eyeballs when you look in.
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14y ago
The article makes a point to say that he started with a job that paid a "humble" $60,000 per year in 1997. Based on my quick and dirty run on wolfram alpha, that is the equivalent to $120,000 per year today. Not so much of a humble beginnin
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How is this different from the core functionality of KeyRing?
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The expected value of 0.5% of the equity in that startup should be 0.5% of the valuation. That said, not everyone has the savings or investments to offset that level of risk. For someone with a "low" risk-tolerance, that value drops dramati
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14y ago
This article sounds distinctly like a list of excuses for why your company isn't equal opportunity. A huge list of rationalizations about why you chose the white, young, middle to upper-middle class, guy over other candidates.
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Given that all their modern shows have about the same idea: Politicking, Gossip, Backstabbing and Drunken Whining Top Chef was sort of an exception on their network, which is sad. (Though it isn't exceptionally grounded in what an executive
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I think it's because the attitude in the startup community is ridiculously egotistical. It's a problem around development community as a whole but amplified with startups because there is a ton of get-rich-quick hero worship. The fact that