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by itamarst 7y ago
This article is full of very explicit racism.
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Interesting. I switched to an archive.org link.
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Based purely on chewz' quote, since paywall: the problem isn't just the impact on founders, it's all the employees who get screwed as a result of the founders' misguided beliefs. If the person on top works long hours, th
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Every startup competes for the same people: young, single men. They don't necessarily set out to specifically hire young single men, it's just that all the other criteria they have get them there. Specifically, most startups want
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by itamarst 7y ago
http://meganmarshallauthor.com/books_peabodysisters.shtml - since I live in Boston area, especially interesting to hearabout both how the area has changed culturally and physically, and to learn about people whose homes I h
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Yeah, a lot of worker/management conflict is result of some combination of prioritizing power over efficiency (overworked workers don't have time to complain/organize), and plain old bad management. Things like long working h
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1. Most startups either don't have HR departments, or have HR departments with no power at all, so sexual harassment scenario you describe can and does happen with no recourse. (Recent example: CEO harasses employee. Company does nothi
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I've had good managers, and I've had good relationships with my managers in general, and my managers have usually been very happy with me. But—I once got to visit the people who did a menial task for a Very Large Software Company
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This is true... up to a point. 99% of employers will pick an acceptable salary range they want to pay you, and then offer you the low end of the range. If you ask, you'll get more, if you don't ask, you'll get less. The emplo
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You say "I accepted an offer without negotiating", but that's not true. Every job is a negotiated relationship, as is every job interview. You negotiated—badly. Negotiating skills are a thing you can learn, though. I've
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You might want to start thinking about a new job, because you are working for people who want you to be an indentured servant.
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Every employer I've had has been _very_ happy with me. And the two companies which hired me not-full-time probably wouldn't have even interviewed me at all if I'd said I wanted a 4-day-workweek upfront. So basically I am doin
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Yeah, billable hours is bad (for everyone). Jonathan Stark talks about this a lot: https://jonathanstark.com/ Lots of programming jobs aren't tied to that, though.
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Oh, you don't start full-time on the second job. For the second job you just only ask for shorter workweek _after_ you have the offer. Obviously it worked out for you with being upfront, so that's great. But you get more offers if
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What you're describing are symptoms of not-so-great management, basically. Similar problems will occur if you're the only remote employee. And to be fair not-so-great management is fairly common. I actually think if you work less
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Basically the CTO in the scenario you give is incompetent. If you work for an incompetent CTO (and they are legion, to be fair) you're going to have problems, yes.
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This was from memory, and my recollection is he then segues into "and now use this free time to start your dropshipping business or whatever". Perhaps I'm misremembering, though.
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In the US, for IRS purposes of "you must give health insurance or pay a penalty", full-time is 30 hours a week or more. (Specifically companies with >50 employees, IIRC). So as long as you're working 30 hours a week you sh
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Typically this ends up involving a salary cut, yes. However: the point is to negotiate. And if you're negotiating you can also negotiate other things at the same time. Including your pay. For my book on negotiating a shorter workweek (
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His main point is to have people start their own businesses. Whereas what I'm talking about (and in fact also wrote a book about: https://codewithoutrules.com/3dayweekend/ ) is working shorter hours while still bei
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"Minimizing hours worked" is a great positive sign. You hire a programmer to solve problems (or better yet, identify and solve problems), not to sit on their butt for the maximum number of hours. There's always a limited amou
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This won't work at a company that inherently values long hours, yes. And it's much easier at a job you've been at for a while, yes, because then you're much more valuable in a whole bunch of ways. It is doable at new job
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What you're doing (only mentioning you want part-time after you get offer) is a good first step. More suggestions: 1. You're underselling yourself in this page, so you might be doing that in your interviews too. E.g. "SALE! F
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A rational company would, but in practice lots of companies either don't know how to measure productivity, or they are confused enough to believe that long hours will result in more output. So as an employee you want to ensure you have
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If you want a shorter workweek you should definitely sign up for the 30 Hour Jobs list ( https://30hourjobs.com/ ), but—keep in mind there just aren't that many companies that have advertised positions that qualify. Whic
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