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by granshaw 3y ago
All the laid off tech workers disagree
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by granshaw 3y ago
Not everyone wants to pee squatting in the bushes, or not have access to running water or electricity
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by granshaw 3y ago
Or you know you could work towards owning your own business. There are many pathways to get there, more than in any other country. If you can’t beat ‘em join em
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by granshaw 3y ago
Anyone who ever wants to make an argument against maternity or even paternity leave just needs to experience a kid of their own. Seriously
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by granshaw 3y ago
Wait what do you have more info/links on that method of entry?
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by granshaw 3y ago
I think more-and-more the culture angst isn't against building but rather ownership and equality; As in, you might be willing to build, but soon you might be frustrated that you don't see much of the fruits of your labor in terms
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by granshaw 3y ago
Yes would be great if OP could share their customer count. Even if in the single digits or tens, there’s no shame in that
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by granshaw 3y ago
Tried that in the past but the wifi speed was too awful for even voice only zooming
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by granshaw 4y ago
It’s very hot outside of white collar professions
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by granshaw 4y ago
This might be one of those times to remove some experiences from your history, push forward your graduation date, and settle for a “normal” senior position (assuming all else fails)
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by granshaw 4y ago
Was there talk of tech worker unionization before 2002 tho?
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by granshaw 4y ago
Meta point (pun unintended): the gravy times are over for us SW engineers, and I won’t be surprised if looking back many will see the past decade as a wasted opportunity for some sort of collective bargaining, or a greater seat at the table
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by granshaw 4y ago
Employers wanted to regain the upper hand and it's working – bye bye great resignation
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by granshaw 4y ago
> A not-so-fun fact is that all but one large-company recruiter I talked this has since been laid off. So 9 out of 10 were laid off? That's pretty shocking and dire if so...
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by granshaw 4y ago
Not true if you’re reading many of these comments - managers view these hires as risky even if they agree to the lower salaries
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by granshaw 4y ago
High IQ, low EQ
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by granshaw 4y ago
What? No. People have always wanted to be as wealthy as they could, even in non capitalist systems
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by granshaw 4y ago
I've had a similar overall thought – as a CEO/CFO seems that you'd want a relatively in-line growth/margin/whatever target each quarter, and so if you get a windfall you'd be incentivized to somehow spread that
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by granshaw 4y ago
No. Hardly any startup allows common employees to sell options on the secondary market
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by granshaw 4y ago
Not sure if it’s touched on but one cofounder focuses on product while the other focuses on marketing. Cannot stress enough how much of a winning formula this is
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by granshaw 4y ago
The amount of tech folks that don’t realize how much their jobs and lifestyles only exist because of the commercialization of the internet and “capitalism”…
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by granshaw 4y ago
Big tech is not hiring now. Those absurd total comp levels may not be coming back.
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by granshaw 4y ago
For the average user, yes, yes they are
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by granshaw 4y ago
There are always exceptions to the rule
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by granshaw 4y ago
Simply the current dynamic taken to its logical conclusion
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by granshaw 4y ago
Breakdown of community and extended family has also contributed. The amount of chores needed to raise a modern family with two working parents and no help, even factoring in childcare, is insane
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by granshaw 4y ago
No, men aren’t looking for dates cause online dating has made it really brutal for them and allowed women to be more choosy It’s not by choice
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by granshaw 4y ago
Not a comfortable thing to say, but this is one reason I’m glad my kid is a daughter and not a son If the dating game is already like this now, it’s scary thinking about how it’ll be 18 years from now
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by granshaw 4y ago
But it wasn't like this before tho... ~20-30 years ago it was perfectly normal for American kids to be all over outdoors playing by themselves... what caused the regression?
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by granshaw 4y ago
This can work if you’re good, otherwise you’d lose out to those who would be working fulltime and would deliver faster But you could also charge less too so maybe that’s your advantage Heck, I know I’d jump on anyone who’d just come over an

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