johnward

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by johnward 12y ago
I'll throw in Pittsburgh. There is some type of tech meetup pretty much every night.
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by johnward 12y ago
I'm not in CA but there does appear to be cases where they can be enforced per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-compete_clause#Exceptions_-... "Non-compete agreements are automatically void as a matter of law
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by johnward 12y ago
I didn't up or downvote you but from my perspective I don't feel that employers deserve more protections. If I want to run off with the secret recipe it's already protected by IP laws. I think it should be illegal for an empl
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by johnward 12y ago
I'm not at a high enough level that I think an employer would actually try to enforce a non-compete but the fact that I signed something that says they could still scares me.
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by johnward 12y ago
Now i'm curious if anyone has actually challenged this in court on the grounds that it's unconstitutional.
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by johnward 12y ago
My understanding of the CA model was that they are unenforceable except for when an employee has a controlling interest in the company. For example you could enforce a non-compete on a co-owner who tried to create a competing service. At l
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by johnward 12y ago
I'm hoping that companies pushing non-competes to workers at this level causes some discussion around non-competes at national level. Hopefully, as a country, we will treat non-competes more like CA does.
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by johnward 12y ago
I remember chewing on some lead fishing sinkers once or twice before my dad told me I was an idiot and playing with mercury one time when I broke a thermometer. I just wonder what "safe" things we use daily that we'll look ba
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by johnward 12y ago
"2. AWFUL OFFICE SPACE Not providing an environment that nurtures productivity Open oce setups report 62% more sick days Fix: Re-think the open oce layout" Or maybe allow partial remote work. I think I have called in sick 1 time
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by johnward 12y ago
I agree. If I am happy I won't leave for 5%. If I am unhappy I would leave for a pay cut. In my current position I wouldn't say I'm unhappy but would consider leaving for a 10% raise. Only because jumping ship tends to be the
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by johnward 12y ago
On bluemix (the IBM PaaS) you can use Ruby, node.js, etc. So they probably chose Ruby as the language for the example.
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by johnward 12y ago
I also imagine that distinguishing between many of these languages is not a trivial task for a computer to handle.
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by johnward 12y ago
I don't really remember those two talking about startups being gameable in the way that PG is talking about megacorps. Most of the reasons they prefer bootstrapping vs startups are around the idea that bootstrapping has a predicable mo
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by johnward 12y ago
I thought he kind of built the empire by winning the startup lottery with viaweb?
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by johnward 12y ago
Yeah part of bootstrapping is identifying a business that is capable of being bootstrap. Super high R&D costs would rule it out as a viable option.
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by johnward 12y ago
I think you mean Windows 8 or maybe I missed that phase of Windows 7 but I like it better than 8. I don't like it as much as OSX though.
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by johnward 12y ago
In mega corps (worked for 2) I have never witnessed a manager or employee being fired for performance. The only times I saw a manager get fired was for sleeping with another manager's wife. I've had team members that literally did
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by johnward 12y ago
Same buyer didn't work out as well for us
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by johnward 12y ago
An ecosystem and the fact that it powers 18% of the web.
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by johnward 12y ago
I wish. I took the position because my previous position was so terrible that I was taking the first offer someone shot my way. Had I not been so desperate and naive I may have negotiated for more salary or equity. I did manage a 43% raise
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by johnward 12y ago
I took a below market salary to work for a startup. When we were acquired I ended up with about 8 grand. I was kind of exciting because I honestly didn't think that the equity in my contract would be worth anything. Founders made somet
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by johnward 12y ago
In the US California seems to be the closest to some of the worker rights the EU has.
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by johnward 12y ago
My wife was told "money isn't everything" when she asked for a dollar raise from $10 to $11 an hour...
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by johnward 12y ago
"Requiring people to have a competitive offer in-hand basically says, "if you want a raise, go interview somewhere else." That's toxic and only effective for the people who game the system." I agree with you on this
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by johnward 12y ago
Generally if you threaten to quit you should be prepared to quit. In the US most employment is considered "at will" unless a contract specifies otherwise (and a few states have different laws). Meaning employer or employee can ter
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by johnward 12y ago
In any negotiation it doesn't hurt to have some leverage. Especially when the company already has most of the leverage in employment situations. In my experience not burning bridges is entirely overrated. I also fail to see how asking
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by johnward 12y ago
Also I don't think it's the best idea to suggest your product might be spam when trying to market it :) Teslaweekly is relevant and I haven't seen it plastered on every tesla story on HN. Doesn't seem spammy to me at all
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by johnward 12y ago
I've decided that due to company policies I shouldn't really say much more.
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by johnward 12y ago
I believe this to be true. However, in some cases you can get a competing offer and have your current employer match it. My experience is that suggesting you are underpaid without a competing offer doesn't get you very far. Most employ
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by johnward 12y ago
How did you find the h1b quarterly data you posted below?

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