johnward

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by johnward 11y ago
Interesting. I guess it depends on where your job falls within "IT". Then there is that valley skewing of salaries that happens on HN. My first "real" job was with a mega shipping corp supporting software for logistics a
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by johnward 11y ago
Probably, but employers don't want to invest in hiring someone that could be taken away. Even if the new employer is not involved in anyway they could get sucked into the legal battle and then have to pay to prove they have nothing to
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by johnward 11y ago
So far they told me that I should have a copy. My assumption is that they can't actually find it. Found a generic copy from around the same time period that should be similar.
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by johnward 11y ago
HR is unable to produce it...
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by johnward 11y ago
Even though the chances of the broad non-compete actually being enforceable are low the threat of being tied up in a litigation is real and expensive. My gut feeling is that they would not enforce it on lowly engineer like myself but if the
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by johnward 11y ago
Just did that.
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by johnward 11y ago
Nice. How do you sync the DB?
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by johnward 11y ago
I agree. I almost didn't sign but I also couldn't afford to go without a job. Two years later I'm trying to figure out exactly what I signed because I believe it was very limiting.
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by johnward 11y ago
Any suggestions on Non-compete clauses that basically say you can't work for any competitors or customers. In a multi-national corp that is basically every possible employer.
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by johnward 11y ago
Teachers sometimes. Doctors? Never heard of a union representing doctors in the US.
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by johnward 11y ago
Why?
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by johnward 11y ago
We had people refuse to sign after being acquired by IBM. They no longer work with us.
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by johnward 11y ago
or sugar?
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by johnward 11y ago
Does 1password work on android and ios now?
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by johnward 11y ago
"We can start by demanding that remote work be accepted by our employers." I used to commute somewhere between 3-4 hours on average each day. Then I started doing part time remote. Now I'm full time remote. I get 4 hours of m
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by johnward 11y ago
I thought that feeling was just normal. I've experienced it basically since I started working in tech. I can't imagine most people want to actually wake up and go to work. It's not possible. The funny part is I find myself dr
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by johnward 11y ago
Most of those things are kind of worthless in the US too still. Many retailers have no idea what NFC or Apple Pay is. I used Google Wallet at gas station a few months ago and blew the cashiers mind. The only thing I know about apple maps is
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by johnward 11y ago
That plus the family pricing thing is enough to have me consider the service. My wife loves iOS. I currently use Android. $14 a month isn't too bad for multiple users.
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by johnward 11y ago
Had a recruiter contact me about a consulting role. Then he never responded. Any idea what I should do besides apply on the website? I saw a few of your consultants at a customer site and almost asked them.
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by johnward 11y ago
Currently a consultant with IBM Watson Group on the Watson Explorer software (search engine/big data product). I'm just bored and looking for something more interesting/challenging. I'd probably be good in a consulting o
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by johnward 11y ago
Just FYI a general rule is hourly rate x 2,000 or easier for most people to remember is hourly rate times 2 and add 3 zeros.
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by johnward 11y ago
I guess the counterpoint to this is if the site can detect ad blockers than they could attempt to use methods the blockers can't pick up yet.
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by johnward 11y ago
Don't they need to prove they were shared?
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It's kind of a problem. If users should be allowed to choose not to view ads then content creators should be allowed to not serve that content.
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by johnward 11y ago
Ad blockers should develop a way for sites to know if a user is using the ad blocker. It's not about advertisers winning it's about people that pay for hosting with the expectation they will make ad revenue from their content. I f
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by johnward 11y ago
I see different incentives within my own organization. Sales and sales engineers makes commission so they want to close the deal no matter what. I deliver a specific product so I just want to get it done and stay under budget. Another consu
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by johnward 11y ago
Can it teach you enough to be an entry level dev? Probably. Professional devs come from on the job experience not classrooms. Not that there isn't some value from class learning but experience is the most important from what I see. Dis
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by johnward 11y ago
Is it easy to detect people who are using adblock and serve them nothing? Not that that is the best way to handle it but the OP does have a point. At least it would stop leaches. If you put content out for "free" because you make
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by johnward 11y ago
I've never used an ad blocker and I feel like you are over-exaggerating each of these points. I'm guessing I'll be in the minority on HN though. What kind of sites do you visit that have all these terrible ads? I don't e
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I'm sure you could insert any of the big software companies

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