jowdones

21 ms·

181.
by jowdones 7y ago
While I think debating ways to implement UBI is a very valuable thing as it may eventually lead to a realistic solution, it doesn't take reading much into this "thought experiment" to realize it's a naive, New Age sort o
182.
by jowdones 7y ago
I'm probably the smartest guy in Romania and can tell you I got my certification that I can do 99% by making sure my usual cognitive load stays at 1%. I was also poor, which means there was no way to enforce my internal policy which me
183.
by jowdones 7y ago
"The dogs bark, but the caravan goes on". "the caravan" == employers.
184.
by jowdones 8y ago
It reeks of "scientific management", a scrupuleless way of exploiting the slaves^H^H^H^H^H^H employees. Ruthless con named Frederick Taylor looks for a way to make himself a ton of money by "consulting" on improving work
185.
by jowdones 8y ago
This IS the greener pasture.
186.
by jowdones 8y ago
"Boss is 90% of employee experience" was only true for 1 of my 4 employers so far (across 20 years). Now the bosses are great but I hate the nature of my job deeply and sincerely. Maintenance and bugfixing, only reward after torme
187.
by jowdones 8y ago
I've been reading recently books on the former Soviet Union. "Beria, my Father" by Sergo Beria, "Krushcev" by William Taubman, "Conversations with Molotov" by Feliks Ciuev... Then tried "Stalin's
188.
by jowdones 8y ago
An optician mentors an apprentice on how to sell glasses. "You look in client's eyes and say 'That'll be 100 bucks'." "If he doesn't blink you continue '... for the eye frame. The glasses will co
189.
by jowdones 8y ago
Fucking Christ, both the OP's answer and logfromblammo's one are all that's wrong with this industry: really zero field experience and requiring the academic, PhD-thesis level clever fucking answer. A seasoned professional wo
190.
by jowdones 8y ago
I don't disagree in principle, but my advice for postponing wife and kids is directed at young, intelligent and not-destitutely poor HN readers. Best predictor for future wealth (and accompanying success) is prior wealth. Valid in US a
191.
by jowdones 8y ago
You're being mean. Solution, which can not be applied retroactively, is to not get married, if you get married don't make kids, if you do make kids limit yourself to one... Until you solidify your finances so that you can offer yo
192.
by jowdones 8y ago
I live in low cost area with a relatively high salary (astronomical for the area) and I'm actually saving close to 100% of my cost of living, but... that would be 400-500% if I weren't: 1) Married. 2) Having a kid. Most stories
193.
by jowdones 8y ago
I have a strong hunch that for reasonably smart people, IQ tests are gameable the same way academic tests are. I mean, if you test someone "out of the blue" you get some measure on how much they know. If they prepare, the more the
194.
by jowdones 8y ago
In all likelyhood all he paid himself was the price of his game ($2.99) times the number of units sold (about 100). So about $0.375 / hour. Given the horrendous competitivity and sheer statistics his efforts at making a profit were a p
195.
by jowdones 8y ago
Where I live (EU), if I pay myself "for accounting purposes" $60 / hour, then I own the state $24 / hour in taxes. Did he actually pay =~ $20,000 in taxes? If so, respect, he did pay himself $60 / hour. But I bet a
196.
by jowdones 8y ago
Makes me vomit in my mouth when I read this sort of self-sufficient "I payed myself $60 / hour". You know what? An amount can only be quoted if you're PAYING someone else, it's only then when it stings. These sort o
197.
by jowdones 8y ago
And for every dignified refusal to take that abuse of an interview, 100 spineless moluscs will happily suck up to it. You can't beat the corporate system because the corporations are not the cause, only the effect of the slime that get
198.
by jowdones 8y ago
>> break the build... disable failing tests (under pressure) This is the norm in the software industry. As grunts or lower management getting tasked with the impossible, saying "yes" and doing "maybe" is really the