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by mediaman 12y ago
You're right, it is hard, at least for me it is. But I think how a manager reacts to errors made in the hiring process is important. I try to be introspective, and evaluate how we could have better identified that potential issue preem
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by mediaman 12y ago
It's true, there can be many issues with lower level workers. But in skilled trades it is common to find people who have interesting quirks to their personality, despite being very good at their job technically. I see this often in ski
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by mediaman 12y ago
Most of our production workers earn over $21/hr, up to $45-50/hr depending on the position. There are a few doing very basic manual labor (stacking small objects) that are more in the $14/hr rate, but I'm not really refe
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by mediaman 12y ago
I addressed that. I do not make hiring decisions based on it because I do not believe there is a causal relationship that can (either functionally, legally or morally) be used as the basis for a hiring decision. Other factors are far more i
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by mediaman 12y ago
Many of our managers are also female. There isn't much drama between them and other female managers, or female employees. We work hard on getting the right people on board, and correcting the mistakes when we don't.
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by mediaman 12y ago
The outstanding arrest warrants are caught in our recruiting process, prior to a formal hire. We usually work with the candidate to try to resolve them before bringing them on board (it is possible to have an outstanding arrest warrant and
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by mediaman 12y ago
We have plenty of women in manufacturing, on the floor, occupying both lower level jobs as well as skilled trade jobs. I am not comparing guys on the floor with accountants.
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by mediaman 12y ago
I think this anonymous blogger should evaluate her hiring practices. I have hired many women and men. If anything I have had fewer melodrama issues with women. The women I have hired are focused, analytical, meticulate and disciplined. I ha
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by mediaman 13y ago
A recruiter didn't understand the illegality of specifying an age range? Wow.
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by mediaman 13y ago
I don't know the answer to your question of whether other countries fund development of Marburg or Ebola treatments. I believe at the time the DoD funded it out of pure national self-interest: regardless of geographic proximity, just o
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by mediaman 13y ago
There are two companies that have demonstrated cures to the Ebola and Marburg viruses: Tekmira, based in Vancouver BC, and Sarepta, in Boston. Initial data shows that they have 85%-100% cure rates receiving the medicine up to 72hrs from ini
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by mediaman 13y ago
What was your experience of the impact that policy had at that company? Anything? Did any lower performers leave to take the incentive? I've been curious about implementing this at my own company but I'd be interested in someone&#
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by mediaman 13y ago
It's just the anti-corporate parade of users on HN who aren't used to paying for software. The majority of users here are wholly outside the target market. There's a huge universe of companies more than willing to pay for the
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by mediaman 13y ago
What is unjust or inefficient about your example with purchasing the house? Should Dave not be allowed to borrow money to own a house? Should only the wealthy, with sufficient cash reserves, be permitted to buy a house, without financing? I
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by mediaman 13y ago
My understanding is that it was the Rolls Royce jet engines that were reporting to satellites for several hours, and that they were reporting some basic maintenance data about themselves (such as whether they were on and functioning). So if
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by mediaman 13y ago
The dealer cannot be owned by the manufacturer.
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by mediaman 13y ago
You always have the choice whether to install updates. If you don't want the update, just decline it.
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by mediaman 13y ago
Help me understand. Are you arguing that PG (or anyone) cannot take the position that the federal government subsidizing the EV sector is good, while simultaneously taking the position that a state government caving to incumbent political p
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by mediaman 13y ago
I was going to suggest the Ford Focus, but it turns out that Ford actually launched that in Europe before the US.
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by mediaman 13y ago
Your condescension is unwarranted. This originally pointed to an earlier Reuters article on the deal prior to the later story. The later story contains information from the official Google statement. Prior to the official company statement,
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by mediaman 13y ago
I know Google is trying to break out of their traditional business, but it seems like they've been trying to do that for years and nearly all their revenue is still ads. Just because very smart entrepreneurs are able to capitalize on a
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by mediaman 13y ago
You're right, I was looking at a different article. Source for the 10,000 number is below. http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/2014-01/30/content_17265533.htm
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by mediaman 13y ago
It makes me wonder how this will affect Google management's willingness to make additional attempts in hardware. For example, will they still push Google Glass? As you suggest, Google TV? Further out, they seem to be pursuing things li
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by mediaman 13y ago
The article suggests that 10,000 patents are part of the deal. I'm not sure if that's the same number as were originally purchased, but I have to think it's the lion's share of them.
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by mediaman 13y ago
Huge announcement if true, and if this accounts for the entirety of the Motorola purchase that Google made. That means that in less than two years, Google shredded 85% of the $13bn paid for Motorola. At the time, the high price paid was exc
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by mediaman 13y ago
Huge announcement if true, and if this accounts for the entirety of the Motorola purchase that Google made. That means that in less than two years, Google shredded 85% of the $13bn paid for Motorola. At the time, the high price paid was exc
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by mediaman 13y ago
One of the world's most complex engineering challenges, filled with tens of thousands of highly engineered parts and tens of millions of lines of code, with per unit pricing ranging from $10k to $100k+, is a "commodity"? The
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by mediaman 13y ago
Besides what others have mentioned with respect to helping people discover an otherwise undiscovered talent for engineering, coding, if only at a more basic level, has a tremendous impact on average office workers' productivity. Consid
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by mediaman 13y ago
If you can't appreciate George Grellas's contributions, then please refrain from giving us yours. George's writings on HN, from a seasoned startup lawyer who's been around the block many times and has much to offer, are
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by mediaman 13y ago
Many manufacturing companies can run on much higher debt levels, because much of the debt is collateralized by resellable equipment (good for the bankers) and because their revenues tend to have lower variance (good for the shareholders). T

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