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by htormey 12y ago
As someone working in the US on a H1B I am against raising the cap. Instead I think this visa should be replaced with one that can not be used by consulting companies and offers a short clear path to a green card. The main problem is that t
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by htormey 12y ago
In my opinion, this is a pretty good critique of his writing style along with some constructive suggestions on how to improve it: http://www.mondaynote.com/2014/07/13/microsofts-new-ceo-need...
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by htormey 12y ago
I'm not sure I see your point. Isn't what you are describing the risk reward ratio: http://www.investopedia.com/terms/r/riskrewardratio.asp By trading salary (you could get paid more at a big co) for equ
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by htormey 12y ago
"Much better to say that you should consider salary and equity separately. One is for doing the job and the other for doing it now when uncertainty and the possibility of failure are high. Also, some people (like me) would trade an inc
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by htormey 12y ago
"But there are so many rules that obeying the law may become impossible. They could use a parking ticket as an excuse to deny you a visa, there is too much left up to your visa application reviewrs' discretion." Sure but in h
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by htormey 12y ago
+1 this. I've been on a student visa and several work visa's during my time in the USA, on each occasion it was made clear to me when I could and could not travel without risk of not being readmitted. It really feels like this per
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by htormey 12y ago
"Take a step back and look at all the arbitrary requirements that some people make up in order to keep other people from being able to work within some arbitrary bounds." I've been going through the US immigration system for
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by htormey 12y ago
While it sucks that the author was verbally mistreated by the CBP officers it’s kind of difficult to feel a lot of sympathy for her without knowing the details of her case. I feel the article would have been more instructive if she had prov
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by htormey 12y ago
"But still, it's insane in the Bay property market again. Anyone from the Bay knows a bubble when we see one by now. When all the hipsters and their credit-cards run out, the market will crash and the locals MIGHT be able to buy s
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by htormey 12y ago
"For people just moving to the city and haven't established any roots, don't rent or own: be a roommate. It is the best deal possible and you'll be own your way to making this place your home, if you want it to be."
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by htormey 12y ago
His place is rent controlled and or he has roommates.
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by htormey 12y ago
Sure, but you're less likely to be fired at short notice from a big company. Unless you do something stupid or illegal you will be put on a performance plan and have some time to get your act together. Lets say you're working at a
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by htormey 13y ago
Good QA people are incredibly hard to find, especially ones that can do automated testing. One of my old managers started at Apple in QA and then transitioned over to being a developer after a year or two. I’ve seen this pattern a number of
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by htormey 13y ago
Yes, their are plenty of startups with less brand name recognition hiring. A friend of mine from a non technical background managed to get a decent PM job after finishing hackbrite. Alternatively you can get in the door of a brand name comp
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by htormey 13y ago
I'm from Ireland and I have been living/working in tech in the Bay Area for the last 6 years. While rent in SF is more expensive pretty much everything else (groceries, booze, coffee, restaurants) are significantly cheaper than in
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by htormey 13y ago
"pebbles is programmed in C++." Don't they have a new js api? http://developer.getpebble.com/2/guides/javascript-guide.htm...
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by htormey 13y ago
Michaelochurch, I've read a bunch of your blog posts concerning alternatives to VC funded startups and I have a question for you. Why raise any funding at all? Instead why not save a year or so's living expenses, pick a niche market, do con
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A good critique of crowd funding from Bill Payne(billpayne.com)
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Signs of economic trouble that China’s official data won’t tell(alsosprachanalyst.com)
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