johnward

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   by johnward 11y ago

   Yeah it's either train and get severance or leave now. However, IBM just reduced the severance from 2 weeks per year of tenure to a standard 1 month. At that point I'm not sure it even matters.
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   by johnward 11y ago

   Probably not watson. r/ibm has mentioned Global Technical Services.
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   by johnward 11y ago

   Fellow ibmer here. I'm in a growth area too. I feel safe for the next few years but have the same outlook as you. I meet people who have been with the company for 30+ years. I can't fathom how I could be with any company for that
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   by johnward 11y ago

   Referring to humans as "resources" in general is creepy to me.
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   by johnward 11y ago

   I too have heard that those consulting firms "churn and burn" young talent. I'm a consultant at IBM so I don't know if it's actually much different though. I've seen decent turnover in my org.
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   Fitbit refusing to acknowledge firmware issues

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   by johnward 11y ago

   IBM's commitment to growing Cloud, Analytics, Mobile, Social, and Security (CAMMS). Investment into Watson branding and advertising. Maybe the feeling that I want to feel secure since I am in Watson group.
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   by johnward 11y ago

   Watson is a growth play. I would expect it to be the last group affected.
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   by johnward 11y ago

   I guess it would work for anyone who can file a 1040EZ. The rest of us will still be stuck doing the same old forms to fix what the government thought we owed.
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    by johnward 11y ago

    TurboTax and many others still have a free option: https://apps.irs.gov/app/freeFile/jsp/index.jsp
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    by johnward 11y ago

    I don't see this working in the US without first simplifying the tax code. Right now if the government sent this out I would assume a majority of people would have some deduction they could take.
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    by johnward 11y ago

    > I was under the impression that you only have to break out the crazy worksheets or software if you want to get fancy with your deductions or take advantage of tax credits. I don't think you can use a 1040EZ if you want to take any
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    by johnward 11y ago

    Just click the Web link under the article on HN
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    by johnward 11y ago

    I'm following the snowball method now. The reason I like it is that I free up money faster. If I have $4000 on a credit card and the minimum is $100 a month. If I pay that smaller balance off quicker I free up that $100 a month to be u
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    by johnward 11y ago

    Did not know the web link trick.
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    by johnward 11y ago

    I've never run a startup so I don't know exactly how you feel but I do feel many of these things in my corporate job day to day. There is even some creep from startup culture finding it's way into corporate life. Now megacorp
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    by johnward 11y ago

    We get random boxes of baby formula and wipes after having a registry at target. side note: It's pretty hard to have a decent discussion when pay wall links hit the front page. Half of us can't even read them. There is probably a
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    by johnward 11y ago

    I've locked out my galaxy s6 using the wrong password and it just wiped and reinstalled by itself. Then allowed me to restored everything that was on cloud backup.
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    by johnward 11y ago

    " Or is that the weapon has been created and could be used?" I'm pretty sure it's this. Once it's created it's only a matter of time until it's leaked and anyone can use it.
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    by johnward 11y ago

    There is no way to recover a phone if you lose the passcode?
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    by johnward 11y ago

    I don't know if you mean daily dietary changes but I feel very different mentally when on a strict keto diet.
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    by johnward 11y ago

    Even with tapering I get severe sides from ssri/ssri drugs.
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    by johnward 11y ago

    Google tracks your location in android without having to have an app open.
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    by johnward 11y ago

    Would that block injection like Comcast does for bandwidth notifications? http://blog.ryankearney.com/2013/01/comcast-caught-intercept...
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    by johnward 11y ago

    On top of that you have enough exposure to that company's risk by working for them.
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    by johnward 11y ago

    I know there is a personal responsibility part of this but banks end up prying on the financial illiterate. Somehow my wife has a student loan with 12% interest. I'm not even sure how that happens. I also don't understand how inte
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    by johnward 11y ago

    It's taking me about 10 years but the last time I got a significant increase I did not actually increase my spending/lifestyle, which is a first. It's strange. I used to always imagine if I had X amount of money I would never
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    by johnward 11y ago

    I used to do some crawling on comcast using what is now IBM Watson Explorer. I got a ton of phone calls from them. It sounded like those calls would go away if I just paid a little bit more for business class service.
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    by johnward 11y ago

    Because that is the expectation in the US for any salaried employee.
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    by johnward 11y ago

    I thought they just made a deal with CMU and then proceeded to recruit everyone to leave.