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by jogjayr 7y ago
Why would someone making $2400/monthly after taxes rent a $1500/mo apartment on their own? I'm not sure they'd even qualify because most landlords require at least 2-2.5x gross income. Renting a room with other housemate
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by jogjayr 7y ago
> Is it not like this already in the US? Wasn't the case at Georgia Tech. I assume it's similar everywhere.
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> Even the course instructors are likely to have comparable salaries Why is this? Isn't there a glut of qualified liberal arts post-grads and post-docs, compared to engineering?
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> Uncomfortably, this will mean a liberal arts degree will become much more difficult to secure a loan for. Or colleges might charge differently per credit hour depending on course and major. It's always seemed a bit ridiculous to m
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Right. I understand that as "H-1B holders can't be offered an inferior health plan/401k plan/commuter benefits/bonus plan/FSA than US employees". But none of those things count toward the prevailing wage c
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by jogjayr 7y ago
The base pay offered i.e. hard cash already has to be >= prevailing wage under current law. Bonuses and even stock-based compensation are not counted.
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I'm pretty sure this is incorrect, unless you have a citation for this. The base pay has to be more than prevailing wage. You can't count any kind of bonus or stock-based compensation. This is based on personal experience.
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by jogjayr 7y ago
It may help to document ideas and pitfalls as you think of them. If you're trying out things in code, leave that work on your own branches, and link from the doc. It gives managers a tangible artifact to see you're making progress
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by jogjayr 7y ago
I once had to do a full-stack coding task for a YC company - I think it was something like build Tic-Tac-Toe with backend validation and storage of game state. I built it, and instead of being called onsite, I had a phone call with an engin
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by jogjayr 7y ago
> Sure, they don't have debt (the rest of us will foot the bill), If taxpayers only agree to foot a much smaller bill, universities will be forced to cut all the frivolous stuff and get serious about education. I'm all for ta
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by jogjayr 7y ago
Does the team's performance affect the football coach's job evaluation/progression? And is this the case in every school in the country? I've gathered (from popular media) that high school football is taken very seriou
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by jogjayr 7y ago
If a large chunk of that goes to salary, and a large chunk of those salaries goes to SF's crazy-expensive housing...I think you know where I'm going with this. I'll admit I don't know what the actual numbers are, but if
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Innisfil, ON subsidized Uber rides in lieu of bus system, forced to raise fares(citylab.com)
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by jogjayr 7y ago
> I don’t know if you understand how 401K matching works on the backend. A lot of times the employers are capped on their own plans at a percentage rate that matches their employee’s participating. I actually do not understand this. Coul
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by jogjayr 7y ago
> If you're talking about an employer matched 401K, I don't think it's unreasonable at all for them to select it. What's special about 401k matching that requires the employer to choose plans? My employer doesn't
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by jogjayr 7y ago
> And I think we can start this today. We need to focus on accuracy above any and everything else I'm not sure why the onus for absolute accuracy has to be solely on the side that's urging action against climate change. The opp
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by jogjayr 7y ago
Most people alive have children or descendants, and therefore have an incentive to care. You're in the minority.
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I was told it was not an option, when I discussed an engineering IC role with them.
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by jogjayr 7y ago
I meant more in the sense that practically every town and city in North America was throwing tax breaks and incentives at Amazon to land HQ2.
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by jogjayr 7y ago
> There should be incentives for companies to move away from places like SV and NY. There are already tons of incentives and tax breaks like this for companies. Just for a recent example, see Amazon HQ2. Companies also have the added inc
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by jogjayr 7y ago
> from a purely economic aspect owning is better than renting This is not the case in many places, especially the Bay Area.
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by jogjayr 7y ago
I still borrow audio books from the library for free using the Libby app.
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by jogjayr 8y ago
AFAIK internal referrals at best skip the phone screen interview. As for popular open-source projects, I don't know about Guido van Rossum or Rob Pike, but Max Howell definitely whiteboarded in his interview: https://twitter
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by jogjayr 8y ago
> I do think there's some signal in whether a candidate can get the syntax right I agree with that. I've had candidates explain certain points of syntax as they worked, or demonstrate their knowledge in other ways, or write the
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by jogjayr 8y ago
As an interviewer, I can confirm that I don't care about syntax or whether the program compiles if I'm convinced their solution and approach would work. I'm also OK with candidates using placeholder helper functions or shorth
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by jogjayr 8y ago
And yet, $54/month won't buy you gigabit Internet in Cleveland (if that's the Paris-equivalent US city we're going with). Spectrum charges $70/month for a measly 100 Mbps (after the 1st year's promotional price
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by jogjayr 8y ago
It seems unfair to compare Maryland, a relatively wealthy state, to all of France, a nation with regional economic disparities. The Île-de-France region has a per-capita GDP about $10k higher than Maryland - but the price of internet servic
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by jogjayr 8y ago
> Here in Maryland, our Comcast/Verizon duopoly is working pretty well. 60% of households have access to fiber. Only 2 providers, especially in a heavily urbanized area, is not that many. How do your rates compare to other countries
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by jogjayr 8y ago
> Behavioral issues in young males without a physical outlet for aggression? There are so many other sports though. Soccer can be played without heading (Barcelona under Pep Guardiola were acclaimed for playing it that way), and there&#x
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by jogjayr 8y ago
At the very least it's useful as a guide for what keywords to put in your resume or LinkedIn profile as a designer.

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