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by kamaal 5y ago
>>It's astounding that Joe Rogan's contract with Spotify is worth more [0] than what Spotify is willing to "incrementally invest" in content from marginalized groups. Capitalism can be very brutal at times. The app
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by kamaal 5y ago
>>lot of people out there who are getting into FAANG companies (especially Amazon) at lower compensations with the hopes of moving up to those higher levels. A lot of FAANG down level you while hiring, that way they ensure you are bas
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by kamaal 5y ago
In all my years working in this industry I've seen very no boomerang promotions. Definitely not in the same team. In the same team of course, if you leave your current and future positions are taken by others, there is little logic for
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by kamaal 5y ago
>>artificially inflated in all sorts of ways like having fb.com tab open on my browser and never actually going to it as one example. Worse, Logged in once, then told Facebook to keep themselves logged in forever. This technically mea
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by kamaal 5y ago
Most people from third world countries who move to the USA do so because of the infrastructure and quality of life, not because they read 'Bill of Rights'. Also machines are coming for your jobs, you wont need that many people any
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by kamaal 5y ago
My dad took weeks(like more than 2 months) to back to being some what confidently ok'ish with things after his coronary artery bypass graft. He needed physiotherapy. His knees were weak and he needed a knee replacement only an year lat
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Matthew Effect(en.wikipedia.org)
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by kamaal 5y ago
Also "the fastest way to demotivate a good employee is to allow them to watch you reward a bad one" This happens more frequently and anybody rewarded is automatically assumed to be better regardless of their contributions.
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by kamaal 5y ago
Getting a 30% raise yoy, is something even the most optimistic entrepreneur starting up out there would salivate at. Even going from 50 -> 300k, is no easy joke. Its not even worth starting a company if you can make these kind of 6x incr
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by kamaal 5y ago
>>The person giving the feedback was the boss's boss, and they clearly didn't have the entire picture of the situation. Then why even have a discussion about something you don't know. It looks a straight up case of cya,
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>>First, he basically tells me this project should have been finished a long time ago and he can't believe it's taken this long etc. >>He looks at the code and criticizes design decisions, some of which were made large
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by kamaal 5y ago
These candidates aren't exactly spending their lives to get hired at your place because they think you are special. They just don't take their day jobs seriously enough and spend most of their time on LC, when you hire them, they
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by kamaal 5y ago
>>Friend of mine started a role there (this was 4-5 years ago) and was fired (sorry... more or less asked to leave, being told he could keep his signing bonus if he just left) within about six weeks because he wasn't immediately
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by kamaal 5y ago
That saying is generally for people who wish to keep cake as a trophy, but cant wait to enjoy eating it too. In this case the point being brutal working hours and affluence don't go hand in hand.
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by kamaal 5y ago
>>Yeah, maybe you were in a bubble. Chinese are awesome, but they are human. Many a deeply racist, and have a number of other problems. My interactions have been very positive, and being an Indian I have never experienced any racism f
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by kamaal 5y ago
There are long hours, and there are long hours. I consider my self a fairly hard working person, in my first job I've seen situations where people came in on a Monday and would go to their homes next Monday. I've done a full time
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by kamaal 5y ago
>>American society depends on personal responsibility in the aspects of healthcare, retirement, and employment. All societies in all aspects are like this. Regardless of people like to accept this or not, a person as an individual is
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by kamaal 5y ago
>>I don't hear/see enough people turning their lives around or achieving the so-called "impossible" Makes perfect sense because hard things are hard to do, I'd like to believe a lot of people quit mid way. You
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by kamaal 5y ago
>>I meant "Practice maketh perfect" isn't a new message It isn't. But it takes a lot of effort to make the obvious, obvious. That's where unfortunately you need these things. For example merely saying Where t
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by kamaal 5y ago
>>I’m not sure what you mean here. It's a phrase in the english language. >>Are you saying…that your coworkers are dogs and are eating each other? Google Search "define dog eat dog" dog eat dog phrase of
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by kamaal 5y ago
>>What prevents someone in India who happens to have an unfortunate caste association to switch caste? It's possible, it's called changing one's religion , its a politically charged topic in India currently. Most Musli
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by kamaal 5y ago
>>Caste concerns in America shouldn't be one of them. It is a concern. As much as struggle stories you hear there in the US, they are on top of some next level cheating, privilege and machiavellian play involved in trampling pe
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by kamaal 5y ago
People are genuinely evil. And will do worst possible things, if they don't see enough consequences. This extends not just to violence, but actively doing things to harm other people or people's interest. And when dealing with peo
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by kamaal 5y ago
>>AI wakes up, says WTF, convinces us it’s all a waste of energy and pain. Everyone is disillusioned, the end. "Everyone, deep in their hearts, is waiting for the end of the world to come.” — Haruki Murakami
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Exploitation by man of the capitalist man?
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Thanks for these :) Cool way to remember things.
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by kamaal 5y ago
I recently went back to emacs to try working out some problems in SICP. And the first goal I set for myself is not to go down into emacs config hell. I went for the simplest thing I could set up: paredit, aggressive-indent, parens-mode, che
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Man's exploitation of Capitalism for man?
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>>My perception is that everyone knows job hopping is normal and companies will be happy to have you for that 1-2 years if you’re good. People who haven't worked on any significant projects start - to - finish, and have a demonst
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by kamaal 5y ago
>>you pay $1 for the coffee beans and you $4 for the coffee shop rent Not just this, every last bit of economy is designed to benefit the exclusivity enjoyed by land lords. No wonder the biggest beneficiary of the big salaries in Bay

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