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by granshaw 4y ago
Chicago. Chicago is a real city too.
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by granshaw 4y ago
Actually at the start the founders didn’t think search would be continue to be as dominant as it has been (will have to find the source and update…)
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by granshaw 4y ago
Not to mention being in control of what you can do and when you move (if ever)
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by granshaw 4y ago
I dunno about the mega back door Roth part… unless you truly have tons of excess, I don’t wanna be old till I can enjoy my money
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by granshaw 4y ago
Right now google could do antics like this and much more, and their employees would still stay… and they know it
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by granshaw 4y ago
Amen to that. It’s profoundly sad actually when you step back to think about it. Most of mankind slaving away 40+ hours in the prime of their life, missing their kids first years, not having much time or energy to do or think about anything
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by granshaw 4y ago
Yeah another point in seniors’ favor vs junior: Say a company averages a $1M ROI per engineer, but a senior is 3-5x more likely to actually produce that ROI within a year. They’re not gonna bat an eye towards paying them 200k vs a junior at
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by granshaw 4y ago
Yes it’s all nice and cozy to take a job somewhere an acquaintance works, but I wouldn’t be in my current high paying position if I relied on my network.
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by granshaw 4y ago
That world exists. It’s called Europe
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by granshaw 4y ago
The problem is, Amazon is one of those cult-like places who drill you into thinking you’re blessed with the best job in the world and to live the “amazon way” I can totally seeing someone who joined early in their career falling for that BS
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by granshaw 4y ago
The version of this which pairs developers with marketers is way more needed
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by granshaw 4y ago
Yes. Yes. And… Complaining-about-work type texts (eg you can text on the Mac) Leetcoding or similar, anything that indicates you might be looking elsewhere or preparing to look Even just watching YouTube etc when having a break can make you
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by granshaw 4y ago
Enterprise software is not art and shouldn't be approached the same way. You want a roller-coaster-like experience, go join a startup
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by granshaw 4y ago
What's with all this "you get to keep your laptop" moves... do employees really use their company laptop for everything? Protip: Have your own laptop for your own stuff – it'll save you from all kinds of headache down th
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by granshaw 4y ago
Not only that, I believe it’s an extremely bad look if they never let you take your full entitlement for the year, after some back and forth on the scheduling part
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by granshaw 4y ago
It would be an absolute game changer imo. So much of the ills on a individual, family, and society level can be traced back to all adults needing to spend the majority of their life working jobs they most often don’t like, and then not havi
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by granshaw 4y ago
See the word “fiat”… Ok, bro
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by granshaw 4y ago
The most talked-about coming recession ever... don't go overboard, in case it doesn't happen...
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by granshaw 4y ago
Do you do mostly staff augmentation or do you have a true speciality/niche which you get brought in to do?
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by granshaw 4y ago
Looks like it’s 10 units _built_, but yeah, seems like weak sales regardless
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by granshaw 4y ago
Yes once you reach a certain size, predictability >>> everything else. This trickles down, and risk aversion becomes the name of the game even at the individual level
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by granshaw 4y ago
Somebody needs to hire this guy!
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by granshaw 4y ago
Its ironic that many companies with interesting work (startups mostly) will have inexperienced managers, mostly of the engineer-turned-manager kind It's at the bigger or more dinosaur companies that you'll have a better chance of
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by granshaw 4y ago
Which school district?
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by granshaw 4y ago
What are some examples of the above in other countries? eg in Europe I don't think much of that has happened along with their secularization – if anything I think its more cafes (of which the American versions suck cause they're n
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by granshaw 4y ago
Or, you know, have energy leftover for their family
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by granshaw 4y ago
Most countries have mandatory military service? Care to back that up? While it’s certainly common I doubt it’s the majority
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by granshaw 4y ago
Ooof I sense a juicy backstory here
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by granshaw 4y ago
Having the time to grow my bootstrapped Saas business which is currently doing about 3k/mo in revenue, to eventually quit my 9-5 Just moved to a high COL city a year ago (for wife’s dream job and this is her dream place to live), bough
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by granshaw 4y ago
Perhaps there’s something at play where for more “common” languages like C# and Java, there’s more competition hence lower rates, whereas something more niche like Rails can command higher rates even if the total number of opportunities are

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