killtimeatwork

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by killtimeatwork 5y ago
Employees also set their own prices? "For me to accept a job offer, you have to pay me at least $150k" - that's setting your own price.
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by killtimeatwork 5y ago
> But the most depressing was a bad smell from nearby chimneys of their neighbors. Apparently they couldn't do anything about. This is fixable, but requires central air in the house. Just don't ever open your windows in the smo
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by killtimeatwork 5y ago
Software industry is also paying much more that most other industries. Maybe it's special in some way?
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by killtimeatwork 5y ago
It's not that stupid from company's point of view - they're preselecting for people who really want the job, and have enough energy to pursue it. These are the people you want to for your company.
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by killtimeatwork 5y ago
The reason is that it doubles or triples regular SWE salary.
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by killtimeatwork 5y ago
It not literally asking to write any code, just to read it.
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by killtimeatwork 5y ago
A large enough company, which can have thousands of systems running in prod, needs someone to be the gardener pulling out the weeds (systems which duplicate each other's functionality, systems which try to introduce obscure technology
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by killtimeatwork 5y ago
> (embedded dev and firmware/OS dev are some fields desperate for competent hires). There's a Samsung R&D center in my country where they do very cool and tough stuff and they ARE desperate for hires - mostly because their
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by killtimeatwork 5y ago
For some reason (perhaps affordability?), Amigas were much bigger in Europe than in the US.
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by killtimeatwork 5y ago
> They were basically wage-slaves. Most people are wage slaves, they biggest difference between them is the quality and quantity of beads and trinkets they receive to sweeten the misery.
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by killtimeatwork 5y ago
Capitalism is about providing value to consumers at lowest possible prices, not about maximizing some abstract (i.e. non-monetary) efficiency. If destitute workers are cheaper than robo arms, then the company will obviously have no reason t
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by killtimeatwork 5y ago
> the other reason is that demand for USD is legitimately going up. I don't think that's the case, the price of dollar against other currencies does not indicate that.
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by killtimeatwork 5y ago
If the app lauching the window is placed as an icon in the task bar, you can pop its window app with Windows + (number of icon, counting from the start menu button). It doesn't work for some misbehaving apps which I guess didn't b
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by killtimeatwork 5y ago
The old age is where it sucks the most, and money/being privileged can only help so much. For example, even with money for great care, it is just torture to be mostly immobilized in bed, in pain, half-deaf and with mild dementia (this
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by killtimeatwork 5y ago
Sometimes I lol at the self-promoting nonsense people I know for a fact are net-negative contributors post there.
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by killtimeatwork 5y ago
> Except it doesn't work for me. It's in an uncanny valley of near realism, where I notice every flaws and bugs that instantly break the immersion. Same for me. The high-fidelity of graphics promises me a realistic simulation o
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by killtimeatwork 5y ago
I tend to fully agree with the thesis. Sadly, there's nothing to return to, so I am condemned to live in a current barren wasteland of modernity.
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by killtimeatwork 5y ago
Regarding LinkedIn, it's possible to configure it so that only people in your network are able to pm/email you. Set it on, delete any recruiters from your network and at least LinkedIn will stop bothering you.
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by killtimeatwork 5y ago
> 90 min of very little action It's like a boxing match. The formations are constantly jockeying for tactical advantage, taking calculated risks, outplaying and outsmarting each other on a micro scale etc. [1] Perhaps it's bori
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by killtimeatwork 5y ago
> Also, not much happens? I just sit here watching numbers go up. That describes past 10 years of my life. Fortunately, I'm (early) retiring this year.
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by killtimeatwork 5y ago
> note that contracting requires establishing and maintaining relationships. What relationships? In the UK, most people find contracts on job boards. You just filter by "Contract", instead of "Permanent". After that,
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by killtimeatwork 5y ago
> We did four releases a year, across the entire organization (so mainframe and more modern platforms), on Saturday nights/early Sunday mornings. There was plenty of testing but there was still plenty of errors only found on the day
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by killtimeatwork 5y ago
> If you know it's happening, you'll just gift what you own to the preferred recipients before you die. You can treat all gifts a year or less before the date of death as inheritance. Many wealthy parents will be hesitant to gi
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by killtimeatwork 5y ago
That's pretty bad, but nonetheless you detected and fixed it very quickly. Compare that to lingering bugs in Twitter iOS client (it's just broken on iPhone 5s, I guess they simply don't test on that device anymore), or happy
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by killtimeatwork 5y ago
Of course. Even the Space Shuttles blew up, twice. I'm guessing even pace makers and software in nuclear power plants have bugs. The point is, these things are exceedingly rare or have very limited scope (occur only in most obscure cor
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by killtimeatwork 5y ago
> Production issues are a part of life. Only if you accept them. The alternative is to do very few, rigorously tested releases per year. This way you don't have production issues. That's how industries like banking make sure ba
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by killtimeatwork 5y ago
At least in Warsaw, there are various kinds of developers. Some specialize in luxury housing, while others cater to the mass market, with tall building of small-ish flats, hundreds of units per flat, built on cheaper land further away from
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by killtimeatwork 5y ago
I'm always baffled by stories like this. If there's indeed so much interest in an apartment, why not increase the price to the point where 90% of contenders lose interest? The owner must have been in a huge hurry, or doesn't
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by killtimeatwork 5y ago
> Apart from Sydney having almost perfect weather and being one of the most stunning cities in the world there are the political aspects. The first thing that comes to mind of many people when thinking about Australia: what about the sca
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by killtimeatwork 5y ago
My Polish cell provider has an option for disabling voicemails altogether, is that not the case in the US?

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