jklein11

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by jklein11 11y ago
But you could create a "farming division" which then loans that employee to the software consulting division :)
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by jklein11 11y ago
unicorn?
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by jklein11 11y ago
Can't what you are saying be applied to all employees, and not just software engineers. If you aren't adding value that is greater than your pay then you will be fired.
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Because outside of the HN bubble an accelerator is the pedal next to the brake in a car.
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by jklein11 11y ago
I found the article to be a bit hand wavy. Specifically the bit about one hour of work being worth $.01 but $.01 being worth $15,000 in todays dollars. These numbers were just plucked out of thin air for rhetoric. However, the article'
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by jklein11 11y ago
<zenophobia>*story</zenophobia>
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by jklein11 11y ago
I think you are looking at this the wrong way. You have increased your value a tremendous amount. You should consider how much money it would take for you to stop thinking "wow I'm doing too much work" and instead think &quot
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by jklein11 11y ago
Couldn't the same thing be said about good/useful comments?
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by jklein11 11y ago
Anyone care to speculate as to why only comments can be downvoted?
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by jklein11 11y ago
Thanks for the answer! It was really just idle curiosity.
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What is the karma threshold for downvoting?
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by jklein11 11y ago
This is more a question of supply and demand. If you consider your problem to be the following: You need the following amount of work done per week: Accounting: 40 hrs HR: 40 hrs Marketing: 80 hrs Sales: 160 hours Software Development: 160
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by jklein11 11y ago
Can you explain what you mean by "got into obamacare?"
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by jklein11 11y ago
Can you explain the rational behind arbitrage being heavily frowned upon? Either arbitrage is effective, and prices are set efficiently without any intervention, or they aren't and the exchange makes collects their fees for the trades.
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Ask HN: Do you use a Chromebook for dev? What is your toolchain?
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In the USA at least, there is a much higher transaction cost for an employer than for the employee. If an employer makes a bad hire it will be costly for them to fire them, and the work they got hired to do will not get done. For an employe
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by jklein11 11y ago
This all makes perfect sense. My only problem is that this is not communicated with the seller clearly. If it is a stated policy that Paypal will hold the host of a conference's money until the event materializes to cover their costs t
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^this. A non-profit is just a tax structure.
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by jklein11 11y ago
Yo don't really need any special tools. Just keep practicing. I would imagine that you have already have the keyboard layout committed to muscle memory. Its just a matter of retraining your self to use all of your fingers.
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Carl Icahn Takes $100M Stake in Lyft(google.com)
1 points by jklein11 11y ago|0 comments
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tech
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Could you explain what you mean about the incentives from tax and accounting policy? Are you saying that tax benefits for having office space are richer than the actual expense of renting that office space?
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Better than what?
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by jklein11 11y ago
I think the conventional wisdom is to scratch your own itch. Figure out something that is annoying or difficult to do and then figure out a way that automating some of the steps could make your life easier. This could start as an awesome pr
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commonly known as acid reflux
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by jklein11 11y ago
The OP was saying that being lonely is worse for your health than drinking coffee.
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Apple
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by jklein11 11y ago
Why did you post a question posed to a specific person on a public forum?
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by jklein11 12y ago
Shopify makes their money on the transactions and their pricing model scales up to $180 per month. I honestly believe that this is an MVP and the "Pay Boost" might being interest free after they figure out how to conquer the regul
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by jklein11 12y ago
That's a fair point. Sorry I didn't mean to come accross as attacking you I'm just confused by the business model in general.

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