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by johnward 10y ago
Some postings go way overboard on skillset. You must be a master at everything. I've heard that this is done sometimes so that they can't find the talent locally and then can outsource for that specific role. Some recruiters, not
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by johnward 10y ago
Anecdotally, I've been applying to a ton of jobs over the past 2 years. PHP compensation is much lower than Ruby by my observations. However, having multiple languages opens you to a wider market. I'll see "senior PHP develop
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by johnward 10y ago
I'm in the US and find that even within the country many of those jobs are listed as "remote" but then I will hear something like "we're not looking for people in your area". Do they understand what remote mean
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by johnward 10y ago
If you don't continue to punish them it sends the message that it's OK to do bad things if you back pedal. This is basically Facebook's strategy on everything including privacy. Let's say they want to implement some new
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by johnward 10y ago
I wonder how many people realize, halfway through the phone screening, that they don't care enough about Google to jump through those hoops.
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by johnward 10y ago
"Where the rotor holds the seals in a normal Wankel, the housing does that job in the X1 engine." I'm not sure how that will affect durability though.
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by johnward 10y ago
Trying to understand what is different and found this: "The basic idea is similar to a Wankel rotary, but turned on its head. Where the rotor holds the seals in a normal Wankel, the housing does that job in the X1 engine. This allows s
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by johnward 10y ago
Or have a family
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by johnward 10y ago
Yes and if the owner hears your complaint and doesn't care because he knows you're the vocal minority just move on.
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by johnward 10y ago
My favorite part: http://www.wipp.energy.gov/picsprog/articles/WIPP%20Exhibit%...
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by johnward 10y ago
I'm not sure I understand. What do you have to be right about? I would assume if a brand has a registered pantone color they know the code? Why do you need a book? I'm no designer but it seems like Pantone created a solution then
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by johnward 10y ago
Maybe "value" wasn't the right word. I would hope that these types of things would fail because the users would give up clicking through 20 pages of ads but the fact that "respected" outlets like Forbes still do it
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by johnward 10y ago
Right. "They ruining the web" for us but apparently they are providing value to someone else.
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I find that a lot of times people post here with "Remote" jobs. Then I contact them and they say "we're not looking for anyone in your area". Doesn't remote imply that the location doesn't really matter? I
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by johnward 10y ago
Location: Pittsburgh, PA Area Remote: Yes - Currently working remote Willing to relocate: No Technologies: I'm mostly a generalist. Pretty good at a lot of different things including consulting, IBM Watson, enterprise search, front-end
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by johnward 10y ago
"analytics and cloud is their growth segment". Have been laying off employees in the segment as well as others.
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by johnward 10y ago
To be fair "most number of patents" doesn't mean they were good. They have an army of people whose sole responsibility is patenting anything they can in the hopes of enforcing that IP later.
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by johnward 10y ago
I really appreciate the time you took to write this constructive reply. I'm employed but looking and also selective of what I will take right now. If I was out of work I probably would have taken something already or moved. I work remo
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by johnward 10y ago
I've applied for around 60 jobs over the last year. I'm not sure how much time was wasted crafting cover letters that actually explain why I would be a good fit. They are not worth the effort. Spray and pray seems like a better ap
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by johnward 10y ago
"It's a little different as gmail is useless without search." Are you suggesting the reason they read your email is for search? What about the ads they serve on the promotions tab? What about the fact that it can parse my tra
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by johnward 10y ago
I stopped listening when I heard that. The fact that "analysts"don't understand this...
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by johnward 10y ago
I guess I really don't. According to the comment above the terms can't change. So long as the terms stay the same and I can pay online it wouldn't really impact me.
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by johnward 10y ago
This also tends to require that you look at CP in some way. I'll pass on that...
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by johnward 10y ago
I use it as a borrower. I was able to get better rates than banks to do some consolidation. I like the platform from this side. I just worry who my loan will get sold to if they tank.
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by johnward 10y ago
Doesn't Google still but a lot of weight on your degree? Sounds like a waste of time to me.
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Who?
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I take it you are still following your own hiring process and haven't been bluewashed yet?
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"I as a developer can't understand why anyone skilled wants to be employed." I'm mostly scared of the lack of a "guaranteed" salary. I'm a consultant for IBM Watson. My skills are in demand. I could probab
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by johnward 10y ago
Those bloomberg recruiters must contact everyone. I'm like "yeah I play around with Rails on side projects". Then they want to interview me. I've never gone through with it because I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be
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by johnward 11y ago
Stockholm syndrome. Pittsburgh gets less direct sunlight per year than Seattle. 6 months of the year you basically can't go outside without freezing your face off. It's still snowing in April...

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