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by hn-VZ4N8hcYCjKw 6mo ago
I know a citrus farming family in the Orlando area. In the past two years they’ve closed most of their facilities and fired most of their staff (with decent severance). They're pivoting to real estate, selling farmland off to develop
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by hn-VZ4N8hcYCjKw 8y ago
Con: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/23/technology/personaltech/p...
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by hn-VZ4N8hcYCjKw 10y ago
I pay taxes, and in general urban areas pay more in taxes than they receive in federal services. So, effectively, urban America is already subsidizing rural America, through transfers, through fees like USF. Rural America is over-represent
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by hn-VZ4N8hcYCjKw 10y ago
Roles: mostly management or CTO. Usually, but not always, recruited by the management team, but bounced in the early stages of the process. Most memorable was being told I was unqualified for a role because I did not clearly whiteboard how
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by hn-VZ4N8hcYCjKw 10y ago
That's just great, we have to overcome the economic drag of Rural America on successful Urban areas while playing along that "Rural" is "better" than Urban. Thanks, but no thanks.
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by hn-VZ4N8hcYCjKw 10y ago
Various reasons, most common was that I would be recruited for one role, and within a short amount of time after starting the role would radically shift to become a role I was either unsuited for, or excruciatingly overqualified for. Don&#x
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by hn-VZ4N8hcYCjKw 10y ago
Perhaps rural America should cease voting against its own interests time and time again. There's this onus on urban dwellers to "understand" rural America. Where's the reciprocity? Rural America has a structural advanta
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by hn-VZ4N8hcYCjKw 10y ago
I took a sabbatical after my dotcom imploded in 2000. Huge, huge mistake. When I tried "returning" I was either too corporate for startups and too startup-y for large organizations. I was both too young for roles I had already fi