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by lsc 8y ago
One of the arguments I was advancing was that there is a very strong correlation between pay and how well I am treated once I get there; to the point, I think, where evaluating pay might be the most effective way to evaluate how well I&#x2
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by lsc 8y ago
> My comment was that even though 401(k) plans are defined contribution plans and are very different than pensions, most people are still dependent on their employer for access to them and there are laws severely limiting what you can co
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>There are a lot of dubious claims about education though. I would take the whole thing with a grain of salt. Some even claim that gaining an education will result in earning more money, all while incomes have remained stagnant for decad
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by lsc 8y ago
>Your strong ties to the Bay Area suggest that you are probably involved in tech. Which is no doubt centred around the Bay Area, and pays less outside of the Bay Area no matter who you are. But what if all you knew was farming? Do you th
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by lsc 8y ago
>Moving from a poor area, where cost of living is generally lower (although not always), to a rich area, where cost of living is generally higher, does not mean that you, yourself, will become rich. For the average person, that only resu
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by lsc 8y ago
lol. I'm pretty sure that on the scale of status displays... hn carma rates pretty low. No, developers display status more directly, by pointing at a thing and saying "I did that" - or on a lower level, simply displaying i
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by lsc 8y ago
I also couldn't machine a part for your carburetor. My understanding is that the ECU controls the fuel injector, though, and that most of the inputs and outputs are fairly well known; and I'm told that it's a pretty simple c
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by lsc 8y ago
social security isn't an investment program. When it started during the great depression, the money put in by workers was immediately paid out to retirees who hadn't contributed to the system. This is how it works today; worki
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by lsc 8y ago
>So we are still equally reliant on employers as the facilitator of access to a retirement benefit. Functionally it’s truly not different than pensions, only the underlying financial instrument is different. No, 401K pensions are 'd
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by lsc 8y ago
>Most people only get access to 401(k) plans through an employer, and the only reason it’s worthwhile for them is for the employer match (asset growth won’t be meaningful, particularly compared with inflation). It's tax deferred, to
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by lsc 8y ago
> I think the very fact that people in wildly different circumstances are living paycheck to paycheck is a huge flag that this isn't as simple a problem as "they don't get paid enough". so, certainly, that's not
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by lsc 8y ago
I'm pretty sure that this is actually a thing; Like once you step outside of the technical field; most everyone else really needs to "dress for the job they want" in the form of, for example, having a class-appropriate car
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by lsc 8y ago
>We can't keep the engineers working with us because they're either getting fired for some reason, or leaving while complaining about different things. All but salary. They had two raises in 2018 and pretty much everyone left g
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by lsc 8y ago
I personally would rather connect with the small subculture that connects with large primes than with the much larger (but in my opinion, less interesting) subculture that connects with sports. I mean, I'm not saying that one is any m
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by lsc 8y ago
>Problem is, we're growing, but can't keep engineers. In the beginning of the year we had half the number of employees we have now, but twice as much engineers as today. An engineer left us three weeks ago and two more gave not
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by lsc 8y ago
I dunno, people have been saying this about electronics in cars for longer than I've been alive, and I'm not that young. I mean, first? finding a weird part is finding a weird part... and you are totally right that the electronic
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by lsc 8y ago
Electric cars are going to have way fewer engine/transmission/brake issues. The nature of regenerative breaking means that you don't use the actual friction pads/rotors much. The nature of the electric motor means th
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by lsc 8y ago
I actually think the rise of "free" news is a big problem; like there has always been the crazy free daily that you could get if you went down to your local city, but it was local and of limited distribution, 'cause printing
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by lsc 8y ago
Anyone who gets lied to by marketing who then takes it out on the tech who has to then attempt to implement is part of the problem.
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by lsc 8y ago
I was reading a few years back that they didn't have anything like double-blind studies on chiropractic medicine, in part 'cause double blind studies are much more difficult for procedures than for pills. I mean, I'm not clai
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by lsc 8y ago
>I don't understand what medicare for all seeks to accomplish that isn't already available with medicaid. Medicaid is only available for the extremely poor; Many states have expanded this after the ACA passed, but my understand
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by lsc 8y ago
>In the real world there are lots of drop-dead deadlines with no possibility of extension, usually imposed by external constraints. What I find interesting is that people like to talk about how much harder the real world is than school..
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by lsc 8y ago
this is... well, yeah, a surface reading of the test is clearly not how it legally plays out, 'cause from a surface reading, almost all "contract" jobs are not. I think this is legally dealt with where I am by ensuring that e
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by lsc 8y ago
>What do you do where a degree is critical? I've never even been asked about my education in over 20 years. I am a "linux systems administrator and programmer" in silicon valley, me too. I mean, I'm sure that my lack
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by lsc 8y ago
> The benefits package a direct employee is typically worth 40% of the salary. Hence, a contractor without benefits or employment stability gets paid more to compensate. I... think you may be mistaken. I've heard that big companies
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by lsc 8y ago
So my impression is largely a bay area/silicon valley impression, every time I try to work elsewhere, people start asking for degrees, which I don't have, and they also mention that they pay dramatically less. Or, at least, that i
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by lsc 8y ago
What I find interesting is that at the higher end, contractors used to get paid more than full-timers. I've got about two decades of sysadmin work under my belt, both contract and direct hire. I mean, I've probably worked more
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by lsc 8y ago
I had this problem buying a motorcycle; I don't know if or how the local dealers coordinated, but I got a dramatically better price half a state away. I took the quote to the local dealer and offered to add on half what shipping wou
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by lsc 8y ago
that's sort of what I was getting at? I mean, I think that we have the same problem we have with spam; it's so cheap to send it that it doesn't really matter that only a tiny fraction of those who receive the spam might actu
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by lsc 8y ago
Hm, thanks. looks like you are right.

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