khaolak

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by khaolak 10y ago
This is very encouraging if true. The difference between a 17 year old applying to "a top-10 institution" and a 17 year old applying to "Tumbleweed State" is almost exclusively what their parents income is (both directly
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by khaolak 11y ago
I remember a time when people protested their local governments to enact laws and policies which they thought were best. Which is exactly what's happening here. I haven't followed the situation with Uber closely, I don't know
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by khaolak 11y ago
I'd say it's too much to ask at the application stage. If you want to give a code test after a phone screen, that seems more reasonable. Both parties have more confidence that the position is a good fit, which makes the time requi
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by khaolak 11y ago
I can think of a dozen perfectly good answers. "I'm the tech lead", "I was a developer for X years before moving into management", "Fully technical - I wrote/designed this blah", "I have a degree
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by khaolak 11y ago
Or stated differently, make everyone pay their fair share. The current system is "I got mine, screw you" for those fortunate enough to have bought property years ago. It's surprising to me that people can look at the milliona
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by khaolak 11y ago
Assuming you're in the US, that's not how healthcare works. You'd still be covered by your current plan as part of the provisions of COBRA. You have 60 days to elect coverage, if you had a medical need at any point during tha
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by khaolak 11y ago
> If guns had been outlawed, I wouldn't have been shot. Murder is also illegal. In your hypothetical scenario, you're assuming the shooter was willing to break the law to murder you, but would not have been willing to use an un
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by khaolak 11y ago
Which actually highlights the unstated cultural elements of class aside from income. Is an Ivy educated woman working at an NGO for 30k the same class as a shift manager at Walmart making 30k? Is a postdoc at Stanford lower class than a fac
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by khaolak 11y ago
I'll try to help you understand the parent's point. The current environment of VC-backed companies is such that almost all companies in the tech startup ecosystem are following high-risk, high-reward paths. Barber shops and restau