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by ghaff 3mo ago
"Easily making six figures on Substack" is doing a lot of work there. But I agree that, if you're seriously looking to make money, Substack is probably a better avenue than having a blog someplace.
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by ghaff 3mo ago
There was a pretty small slice of bloggers like Michael Arrington who really put in a lot of time and created a brand/company that did pretty well off blogging (for a time). But blogging then and now is pretty much a side-gig for a lot
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by ghaff 3mo ago
There's a difference between informal expectations and requirements. We don't have indentured servitude in the US although if an employee does quit right after a paid relocation, a company may try to claw back those expenses. (Not
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by ghaff 3mo ago
Very few mechanical engineers for example are licensed.
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by ghaff 3mo ago
I have to imagine those are the people being hit hardest at the moment.
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by ghaff 3mo ago
The problem is we've ended up in this place where most companies don't do a lot of training and employees often don't stick around for more than a couple of years. You can finger point about the chicken and the egg but it&#x2
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by ghaff 3mo ago
I do think that's part of it. A lot of people jumped into the roles when they saw it as an alternative to other types of STEM or, heck, any work and was likely to pay a lot more money.
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by ghaff 3mo ago
This is one of the problems with a lot of the data in this area. So many different things were/are happening in the space. Gold rush because tech is profitable including bootcamps, AI and companies planning for AI in the future, intere
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by ghaff 3mo ago
Well, yes, I'm talking about ~1g on earth. And, also yes, rock type makes a difference but I assume there is some commonality with the tallest peaks.
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by ghaff 3mo ago
I seem to recall for some long-ago course that the 8,000m peaks are up around the compresssive limit so yoou couldn't really have a taller mountain.
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by ghaff 3mo ago
I would have said cloud and AI but dot com probably works too.
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by ghaff 3mo ago
I think it probably depends too on what different people's living situations are. I have an exurban house with a large driveway and I've basically never had an issue with an Amazon delivery. (Yes, it can be late sometimes but I ca
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by ghaff 3mo ago
I honestly don't know where the nearest Costco is but it's nowhere convenient.
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by ghaff 3mo ago
In fairness, Amazon does seem to have improved in this regard. There's less plastic and fewer comically oversized boxes.
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by ghaff 3mo ago
Not groceries, which I'm typically buying locally anyway. But I'll frequently drive to a store for some item I need.
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by ghaff 3mo ago
I'm not sure what a ticket for me from Boston to NYC would be these days as I essentially always take the train. But airline tickets in the US have been hundreds of dollars in my experience as is my transportation to and from the airpo
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by ghaff 3mo ago
Assuming Boom or someone else makes it, it's potentially interesting if you routinely fly business/first class today. Which is thousands of dollars for trans-oceanic flights. So, yeah, if you're looking for bargain economy fa
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by ghaff 3mo ago
When I was graduating from grad school I certainly sent many dozens of letters. Which I think was pretty typical. When I went to another grad school a few years later, I probably traveled to a good dozen interviews in addition to a whole bu
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by ghaff 3mo ago
I don't know what the options are these days but MCI used to do it. Yeah, it's some friction on both sides.
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by ghaff 3mo ago
An interesting question but arguably a lot of the most qualified applicants will go FU at that point and only the most desperate will put a stamp on an envelope which is probably not what you want. Honestly, it probably comes down to more n
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by ghaff 3mo ago
There's nothing wrong with retiring a few years early if you're comfortable doing so. I sorta did. On the other hand, I didn't really want to hang around too long after either.
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by ghaff 3mo ago
My guess is that it's simultaneously easy for a lot of companies to do automated filtering and for candidates to do a lot of automated applications in a way that's easier than sending out a bunch of envelopes. Which makes it harde
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by ghaff 3mo ago
It wasn't that anonymous. A lot of people were posting from work accounts with full email and other contact info.
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by ghaff 4mo ago
I sorta agree to a point. It did used to be the case that cross-posting was generally a bad idea from an SEO perspective. Where I'm working now the theory seems to be, by all means, publish on your own site and we'll republish wha
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by ghaff 4mo ago
Ha! I have a signed (after a talk in undergrad) copy for my mother that I gave to her. I guess my dad didn't want it after she passed away so it survived the fire at his house many years later. Lots of classic restaurants. Many of whic
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by ghaff 4mo ago
It's not really a great term but, at the same time, calling it fraud--which it sort of is in some contexts--feels kinda strong.
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by ghaff 4mo ago
It's not just academic. If I've been paid for writing something original for a magazine or newspaper and I give them a piece that wholly or largely is just a copy of something I've written in the past (and has been published
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by ghaff 4mo ago
The upper deck was really intended as a first class lounge and I think I was up there once. But obviously wasn't very economical and got turned into business class seating once that came in.
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by ghaff 4mo ago
Or, for certain content, buying the CD, DVD, or book.
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by ghaff 4mo ago
And, in fact, the town where I live in the northeast does have a lot of issues voted on in town meetings by the residents who attend. Not every little detail certainly. But zoning changes, budgets, etc. yes. (Not that our infrastructure wou

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