johnvschmitt

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by johnvschmitt 13y ago
This is another example of how you should handle fear-based news. This coming from a guy who played H.S. Football in Texas, & is still good at math: Look at your odds: 1) You are VERY unlikely to ever play in the NFL. 7B people, ~10k p
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by johnvschmitt 13y ago
People rightly crave accountability, & it's refreshing when it's displayed, as it's display is so rare lately. Don't fear accountability, embrace it. FYI, my company (GoPhoto) had a similar "oops" email event & can validate that th
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by johnvschmitt 13y ago
"Good" = competitive in a fair market. If it's an established company, you can/should use salary.com for ballparks on what is competitive. If it's a startup, they are often preserving the small capital they have (cash poor), so you're looki
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by johnvschmitt 14y ago
I bet that's it. And/or, "hey the sales are falling! Better hide that bad news" Both are bad ideas, blinding them just when they need the data. I'd rather risk having my competitors occasionally get some of my data, than risk not sharing
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by johnvschmitt 14y ago
Ouch! It's a bad sign when you starve your team of useful data! "He revoked access to Penney’s sales data for all but the top executives. But that took away valuable information: the buyer for, say, men’s big and tall could not see how wo
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by johnvschmitt 14y ago
Excellent points. This would, of course, lead to any individual, or entity, simply keeping 2 sets of keys. One legit, taxed, & one gray/untracked. That way, they could play either the clean or dirty markets. But, they still couldn't l
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by johnvschmitt 14y ago
This was inevitable. That's why I bought Google stock after they got into Android, as Android makes it possible for Google to now step in & protect against the MITTM attacks by ISP's blocking their ads. The OS gets the final word befor