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by nthngtshr 5y ago
Sure, it's beneficial for some and not beneficial for others. US employers win some US employees lose some Oversees employers lose some Oversees employees win some --- But it's going to be a net positive for the whole world becaus
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by nthngtshr 5y ago
Hence my comment about steel and coal. I get it, globalization is not always great. But like, we're not in the same situation here. Even if it's a totally level playing field you and I will be fine. Do you really think your life i
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by nthngtshr 5y ago
I'm in SV. What a horrible take. Globalization of tech jobs is net positive for the whole world including the US. We're all gonna have more thing made cheaper and faster, isn't that great? I can see how you can argue it'
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by nthngtshr 5y ago
> Wasn’t it 1/250 I guess my point with that is that you'll still make some money if you get a job at top company #2,#3,#4,#5, etc out of those 250. > In order to hit it big, you need to either be at the top of your field, w
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by nthngtshr 5y ago
At least I have some math, it looks like you pulled your numbers out of your butt. It's true that you won't have 250 jobs in your career. But you don't need 250 jobs in your career. Take 10 jobs over 10 years. Eventually stay
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by nthngtshr 5y ago
> OP was wrong about Facebook having a hard time beating 1M per year. I know plenty of people at FAANG above that. It's competitive but not impossible. It's competitive but not impossible. What are the chances that a person rea
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by nthngtshr 5y ago
Take it with a grain of salt as I'm someone who only worked at startups my whole career (~10 years), but I had a very different experience over the years, and it saddens me to see this kind of content on HN. I love small companies, I l
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by nthngtshr 5y ago
rip zenhub
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by nthngtshr 5y ago
There's a difference between what you tell your kids and public policy. People like to mix the two and I think this is why this topic is so controversial.
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by nthngtshr 5y ago
I only ever worked at startups, always one of the first employees. Different projects, from consumer stuff to enterprise computer vision tech. Most of those companies failed. One was a moderate success (~100M valuation), and when a liquidit
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by nthngtshr 6y ago
I don't think we're in disagreement. The game is rigged against you. You do have a lot less information. My point is more like, don't just give up and instead try to understand and learn the game, try to improve your chances.
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by nthngtshr 6y ago
As someone who recently got a decent chunk of money after a liquidity event as an early employee of a mildly successful startup I find this to be bad, borderline dangerous advice. It makes me very sad that this is such a common view on this
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by nthngtshr 7y ago
Not a lawyer, but I think it might be illegal to only hire US citizens, unless you're some government contractor. Did you mean you don't sponsor visas? Then you should clarify I think.
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by nthngtshr 7y ago
Are there any companies that are doing something similar in the bay area?