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There is a big difference between back-office and front office or finance pay. I'm sure back-office monkeys get jockeyed around for at little as possible in salary negotiations with promises of a huge bonus to help them ignore it. Law
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Those are trustfund lawyers who plan to join the big boys in a few years or switch careers(like running dad's business).
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IDK, I'm calling horse on that. I'm a self taught developer who have roughly 1 year exp. and moved to Tennessee(40th poorest state in the union, ultra low cost of living) for a software gig last year. I'm black, 30 year o
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Some subjects aren't really fun until your good at it though. I used to hate it until I forced to do it and found it was fun after I got the basics down pat. When I think of somebody who enjoys programing, they usually have a goal or t
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Make sure you pile on the private software projects: without the CS degree, they're gonna want either experience or some proof you can code. Ironically, plenty of tech departments hire guys who are skilled first rather than having some
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The backend of sites like weebly or Shopify are kinda limited....and peeps who earn a ton of money on those sites have all sorts of ideas on how they could make more(usually need some extended back end work or at least buying a pricey add-o
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Most companies ask race during the initial application process. Being a government contractor, this 100% happened at some point or would.
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One shady tech company gave me an IQ test
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These guys applying dont care what you write: its immigrate hell or high water.....worse, palantir might actually hire foreigners on visas... I used to run an import/export business......Pakistan guys would try to connect online to sc
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Some companies prefer a "white" office and too many asians is an issue. Alternatively, they trashed resumes with south east asian names and schools becuase they usually arent even usa citizens.
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Id imagine indians in india looking for visa sponsorship. They spam alot of jobs regardless of visa sponsorship
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Im guessing they assumed the CS degree was a magic job getter and were too cocky to study
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Myguess is he's not pocketing the asian tuition money.
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Hiring asians count towards the quota i believe.
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Foreign students are a cash cow for usa colleges. If you cant get into the ivy league of your own country, usa schools are a backdoor prestige option for the wealthy.
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Planned Obsolence is also beneficial in some cases. Many products are significantly more energy efficient although they function the same(fridge and cars come to mind). In the software realm, plenty of software that should have been replace
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I can tell you never lived in a poor country. Often times it's the reverse: international goods are same or significantly higher than USA or first world prices: the west embraced free trade but the rest of the world not so much.... A f
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welcome to mexico and india
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Usually you pocket your entire salary since cost of living and taxes are so low. Yes, you won't be buying Teslas on that salary but most things not over $3k won't break the bank.
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Google Hangouts?
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It's moreso becuase it's 50 cents to $1 an hour or a flat rate fee. Usually the extras also do stuff like security or function as backups labor. Bartender cancels last minutes? At least one of these 10 muscle head security guys li
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These casinos offer alot more than games...tons of discounts, cheap food, comps, advertisements aimed at seniors, a community of seniors always there, etc. Nearly every fun business ignores seniors except casinos. Night clubs dont want them
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drug dealers and mules being robbed are not uncommon.
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Only if forced too....not every employee likely got payroll or maybe got a reduced amount with an IOU.
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Labor is so cheap in developing nations that automated anything is rare. It was not uncommon for venues to over staff by 50%-200% even on slow nights becuase labor is so cheap. Ever been to a club where security outnumbers customers 5 to 1
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They changed the laws to that in a lot of places and airbnb aided new york in removing people renting entire blocks to turn into ghetto hotels.
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Even generic can be pretty dang high without insurance at the cheapest vendors.
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I have a funny feeling your talk about chinese tourists and others from poorer countries. Ice in drinks is rarer due to concerns about tap water. Chinese also seemed to greatly prefer all drinks to be warm or hot....the concept of ice cold
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Tesla is eating into their luxury sales: The 70-100K+ car market segment is smaller and the USA/Japanese dominate the lower end. Every rich guy buying a Tesla instead of an Audi or Merc is taking away market share the euro car makers a
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There is a con where guys looking for a usa visa get accepted at a school with no classes. i wouldnt be surprised if some for-profits did this on the side for extra cash. Also, some foreigners just dont know any better and get conned.
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