paulhauggis

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by paulhauggis 11y ago
"The hubris you have in saying this is farcicial. The fact is that you as an individual do not have the skills to out-negotiate this leviathan." How so? I own my own business now (multiple, actually). But when I didn't, I ea
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by paulhauggis 11y ago
Then it's a moot point. Software developers are some of the highest paid professionals. This pays for the cost of any education already (college, etc). The OP is implying that an employer should not only pay a salary, but pay for an
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by paulhauggis 11y ago
Unions aren't 'fun'. They're serious business. "Seems like a no brainer for skilled programmers." Why? As a skilled developer, I can freely move from one job to another as employers are begging to get me to wo
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by paulhauggis 11y ago
"The problem is that there's a shortage of companies willing to invest in training." This is a sad excuse. Companies should be paying for training of specific skill sets to the company, but not for knowledge and skills you s
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by paulhauggis 11y ago
This is a result of the ridiculous rent in places like sf. Why not figure out a way to lower the rent?
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by paulhauggis 11y ago
More taxes and regulations is a definite way to kill small businesses in the us. Its sad that the democrats are the ones trying to get these regulations and laws passed.
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by paulhauggis 11y ago
The issue isn't just the money. It's putting the people that otherwise wouldn't make $70K/year because their skills just aren't worth that much in the marketplace, in a bad position. Most people want to improve the
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by paulhauggis 11y ago
"Potential solution - Quit. But this would burn a lot of fingers/relationships and put the company in a spot since I'm pretty sure most things will break if I leave. There are no processes in place for anything. I manage a lo
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by paulhauggis 11y ago
The reason the airlines have little competition is because it takes lots of money to run an airline and keep up with all of the regulations. Which is a good thing. With the thousands of flights going on every day, accidents are pretty min
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by paulhauggis 11y ago
I probably wouldn't join a mastermind for this sort of thing. Why? There's nothing stopping anyone in the group from taking the money-making idea. It's hard enough to come up with a good idea to make money.
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by paulhauggis 11y ago
I guess this article was right. Hopefully, nobody here is trying to start a business. According to PG, you will fail.
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by paulhauggis 11y ago
It's an interesting topic, because many of the people and posters here on HN are pretty mean. As soon as a topic comes up that goes against the narrative, personal attacks and down voting commences. I just chalked it up to the folly o
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by paulhauggis 11y ago
Your professor has some good advice. The problem I see is that many students discard the basics as 'boring' and 'pointless' and want to jump straight into new and fresh ideas. The end result is huge knowledge gaps. If
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by paulhauggis 11y ago
The truth wont go away. Silence me all you want and i will just come back stronger.
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by paulhauggis 11y ago
Paying everyone this amount of money just isnt practical and wont really help the employee in the long run.
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by paulhauggis 11y ago
What about the billion dollars that Al Gore made from his carbon credit company or the fact that he tried to get alws passed that would require most major businesses in the US to by credits from his own organization? Since we are talking ab
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by paulhauggis 11y ago
This is like asking "who's looking for a boyfriend/girlfriend"? I've had many co-founders over the years and finding one that will actually work out in the end is like finding a unicorn.
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by paulhauggis 11y ago
That's why you shouldn't make foolish and quick decisions like this and at least give it some forethought.
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by paulhauggis 11y ago
The problem is that you can't be both the bread winner and give equal time to your kids. One will always suffer over the other. It's much better to have one bread winner and one care giver. It's been like this for most of h
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by paulhauggis 11y ago
Has the world gotten this childish? "The protest, flanked by an army of TV cameras and amused onlookers, was in response to a directive from SFPD Park Station Captain John Sanford, who ordered his officers to punish cyclists for "
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by paulhauggis 11y ago
"CLIMATE change puts humanity at risk. The Pope’s celebrated encyclical letter on the subject released last month emphasised this risk “for our common home”, arguing that “doomsday predictions can no longer be met with irony or disdain
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by paulhauggis 11y ago
"There's nothing holy about working in a factory as opposed to making a bed or cleaning a toilet. In the case of workers in the hotel industry, we have seen with good unions they can in fact earn a living wage and good benefits.&q
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by paulhauggis 11y ago
You weren't there, so you can only judge by a video..just like me. However, there were witnesses that said that the he tried to run over the cop.
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by paulhauggis 11y ago
"My point is that by exaggerating the importance of frameworks, we’re ending up with an army of technicians and no engineers" This will continue to happen. Now, companies only need to hire one engineer to oversee all of the decis
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by paulhauggis 11y ago
Why shouldn't they? This is the shitty, mob mentality that needs to stop.
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by paulhauggis 11y ago
It wasn't murder. I watched the entire video. The officer was very nice to the person he stopped, I didn't detect any attitude, etc. After the final time he asked for his license, the guy drove off and tried to run the officer o
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by paulhauggis 11y ago
"We’ve seen videos of innocent black citizens gunned down by the police that is supposed to protect them" Really? Where are these videos. I think I only saw one video making the rounds where this was the case. The rest was spec
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by paulhauggis 11y ago
"You're right. People should not care about anything and should just never voice an opinion. Back to your video games, sheep." So when I get someone fired from their job for voicing their opinion (regardless of what it is), i
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by paulhauggis 11y ago
It probably won't work long-term. What's great for the consumer is not so great for the person trying to make a living. It just surprises me that so many people have no problem undermining the unions and essentially creating an e
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by paulhauggis 11y ago
Linux is free and can run on really old computers. buy a used/cheap computer from Craigslist and download a distro and install. There are tons of tutorials online that can get you started. Once you get some experience, apply for a job

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