lolwutf

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by lolwutf 13y ago
There's always management. That's my plan when I'm in my 40s/50s/tired of coding age, at least. Otherwise, don't worry about it, because there's lots of people out there right now jumping around companies
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by lolwutf 13y ago
Ugh. Here we go again. I'm really beginning to become tired of the constant tension associated with being in the tech industry (and, by proxy, its rung on the economic ladder): -we're driving up rent and destroying culture in San
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by lolwutf 13y ago
Hats off to that! Lots of the job postings on HN tend to make outlandish requests/offerings just because 'hey we got HN front page'. Some are downright shameful. Also, in before the HN cabal muzzles this one.
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by lolwutf 13y ago
Ditto. That's the hard part. Also, try being from the Southeast and missing Southern culture (well, the good parts of it, at least). There's very sparse tech hubs in the Southeast. Effectively none if you want to live in a coastal
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by lolwutf 13y ago
This in a big way. I'm curious to hear about the SF Bay Area tech scene frame in a similar point of view, from the older (wiser) hackers here. My young brain hadn't yet connected the dots about the whole 'reaching a point whe
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by lolwutf 13y ago
Well, according to this link, the average 2BR condo costs ~$900k. To put it bluntly, aint no way I'm gonna spend close to a million for a 2BR condo! That's even more depressing! So, this brings me back to the original predicament:
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by lolwutf 13y ago
In the grand scheme of things, Oakland and Alameda are or are becoming quite highly priced, compared to average national housing market rates. And this is in an industry where remote work is possible. Finance is less possible to work remote
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by lolwutf 13y ago
/me wonders how old you are.
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by lolwutf 13y ago
Sounds like an awesome recruiting product.
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by lolwutf 13y ago
It's a vicious cycle. Some behavior has to break it.
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by lolwutf 13y ago
Aha! Didn't see even this reply before I had posted this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6259899
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by lolwutf 13y ago
Maybe more. A 1-bedroom in a building next door to the Mission Hotel - San Francisco's biggest SRO hotel, located in the Mission District - just went for $2800/mo. And the building isn't rent controlled.
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by lolwutf 13y ago
IMO, this braindrain could possibly synergize with the current trend of increasing remote work and we'll begin to see the stranglehold the SF Bay Area has on tech workers/startups chip away at an even faster pace. Arguably, the SF
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by lolwutf 13y ago
So even you, 30 year SF resident, have some slight natural incentive to not stay in the area, once Having Kids Time rolls around. To think that the bold 20-somethings flooding into SF these days have a path charted for long-term residency h
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by lolwutf 13y ago
In my opinion, this is what will eventually spur a braindrain in SF in 5-10 years. My theory, if it holds, says that a bunch of 20-somethings flooded into SF in the past 2-3 years. When they reach their early/mid-30s, they will begin t
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by lolwutf 13y ago
'If you don’t love San Francisco like those of us who love it do, there’s a simple solution; don’t live here.' Does this girl hear herself talk? The pretentiousness of that makes me want to gag.
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by lolwutf 13y ago
I....wh... that really needs to be explained to you? (This is classic Shit HN Says material.)
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by lolwutf 13y ago
scott_karana - What you're describing is true, but is closer to anarchy (which I'm not quite an advocate for). Do I think the military forces have grown to an excessive level? Yes.
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by lolwutf 13y ago
On some things, yes (and I take the position of disagreeing with the military's management structures, here). On other things, no, definitely not. These are the actions that I consider heroic defense of our freedoms.
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by lolwutf 13y ago
> I remain unaware of any imminent threats to my personal freedom other than from the Military-Industrial-Surveillance (and also Prisons and Police) Complex. As someone who identifies as fairly libertarian, I'll give you that. But i
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by lolwutf 13y ago
Well, technically speaking if there isn't anyone signed up with BDUs and a rifle in hand, then your liberty would be in peril. I mean, if the US government and her lands were just up for whoever wanted to call dibs, I'd ta
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by lolwutf 13y ago
Ok, I was wrong.
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by lolwutf 13y ago
Thanks for your family's service! ('family', because everyone is uneasy when a loved one is away on duty)
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by lolwutf 13y ago
> It's a fact that the military-industrial complex exists to protect the military-industrial complex. No it's not.
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by lolwutf 13y ago
Perhaps you philosophically disagree with the strategy of the upper management of our Military Operations - and rightfully so, IMO, on many counts - but it's a FACT that they are the ultimate line of defense for our nation's indep
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by lolwutf 13y ago
<reposted correctly as a reply to toomuchtodo's comment. see it there.> /noob
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by lolwutf 13y ago
Whoa, whoa, whoa, hombre. To broadly estimate the heroism of every other serving member in any singular statement is foolhardy, at best. There are lots of good people doing good, heroic, insanely patriotic, admirable, and honorable things
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by lolwutf 13y ago
Knew this was coming. I'm worried about the new trend of the hivemind unilaterally attacking employees from companies they are morally opposed to, regardless of their internal level (i.e. NSA, Walmart, etc). I'm fairly confident t
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by lolwutf 13y ago
Laypersons can and should read peer-reviewed medical journals and learn how to make their own, personal interpretations, within reason.
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by lolwutf 13y ago
As someone who grew up with ADHD managed by stimulant drug therapy since age 7, I can earnestly say that my experience was that ADHD drugs did boost my grades and were a crucial factor in my career success, to date (and still are).

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