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by plonh 11y ago
Also, those 1%ers pay for the scholarships that send the 50%ers to Harvard free and move those 50%ers into the 1% shortly after graduation
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by plonh 11y ago
Retraction Watch is close.
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I recall a past article about Americans have a strong irrational aversion to eating alone. Generalizations are fun
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if you pay back pre-tax, you also reduce your income by that amount, so you pay less taxes. You aren't "in the hole".
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by plonh 11y ago
A few ex-Amazon startups have exported Amazon culture and failed in industry . Pelago, for example.
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by plonh 11y ago
That's nonsense and unsupported. Steve Jobs had asshole management patented before the New Economy, and Google and Facebook are doing fine without Amazon culture. Come-and-go employment is Uber/AirBnB 1099s, and MSFT's old pr
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by plonh 11y ago
Amazon is so stingy with RSUs ( and base salary and 401k and benefits ) that 10x growth doesn't make it worthwhile.
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by plonh 11y ago
That's not what "victimless" means. Victimless means no one is harmed, not even statistically, in consensually. Getting high at home, or having consensual sex, are victimless crimes.
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by plonh 11y ago
Using the word "salary", and talking about paying cabs to drive to buses shows that you ignoring the reality of a huge segment of the working population, who work hourly, and have childcare needs.
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by plonh 11y ago
Driving is not the same as traveling . being a passenger is a right.
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by plonh 11y ago
People think they drive better when slightly drunk because they have impaired senses and do not notice potentially hazardous conditions that they luckily avoid .
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by plonh 11y ago
Do the contractors offer senior engineer pay (10+ years experience) that is more competitive with private sector? The direct employment jobs max out at mid-level engineer wages.
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by plonh 11y ago
In an employment environment, that is clearcut sexual harassment. The OCC is bringing some of that professionalism to open source communities. Why would it be a joke to ban annoying personally-targeted behaviors that are unrelated to the wo
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by plonh 11y ago
It is very tempting to question the motives of who believes a 0% solution is better than 55% first step.
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by plonh 11y ago
>Obviously if you're in the bottom 5% you're well below average. This is not true. If the bottom 50% are all very close in absolute performance, you get exactly the situation described, which is exactly the steady state of the
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by plonh 11y ago
How did you find enough new hires to replace the massive attrition? Or did high achievers alternate between working hard and slacking off?
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by plonh 11y ago
Most lawyer work is bog standard paperwork, and clients pay by the hour. Extra years of experience is not useful. You need a few experienced people, but mostly for their sales and strategy skills.
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by plonh 11y ago
Culling the bottom 10% is great when you measure accurately and you have 15% dead weight. But what about when those conditions are not met?
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by plonh 11y ago
How do you define "full"?
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by plonh 11y ago
That is a contentless rebuttal. Obviously people choose among their options. That doesn't mean the options are optimal or efficient.
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by plonh 11y ago
TFA says the policy is 1 year paid leave, with an option to work (toward promotion/bonus, i assume). not unlimited. Calling it unlimited is just nonsense.
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by plonh 11y ago
They cracked down when they got people using the benefit as advertised? Adobe is striking out all around these days.
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by plonh 11y ago
Why not just give everyone 6 weeks vacation a year, like a civilized nation, and meter it to avoid politics?
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What? Why? That's insane.
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by plonh 11y ago
Why is SFBA sacrosanct? Open a startup in Kansas City.
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by plonh 11y ago
Sure, many prefer to live in a big well built private home, but we can't afford it. Even individual apartments doing provide that much audio privacy, in USA construction.
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by plonh 11y ago
People who think they can be roommates with anyone, because they have minimal life commitments and they go out a lot and don't care about their home environment, are often people others find to be bad roommates.
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People had bad and good roommates, and matchmakers (for dating) long before Gen X.
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by plonh 11y ago
I read Google's plan was rejected because Mountain View didn't want more Google employees living in the city -- they wanted a more employer-diverse resident+business base.
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by plonh 11y ago
This is a renters coop. In a coop, the owners approve/reject apartment sales. This is the same, except the residents are renters, while the owners still pick who is allowed in. I am surprised this doesn't run afoul of Equal Housin

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