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by s73ver_ 9y ago
"Don't be in that situation." That is not an answer. If you are actually trying to discuss in good faith, then please respond to the topic at hand. Playing Captain Hindsight helps absolutely no one, especially the people in t
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But it still happened, and there's really nothing in place to stop it from happening again. And Valve would have no control over it.
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"While I don't particularly agree with OP's premise that only education can solve this problem, it can also be argued that the situation you describe is a result of a set of choices made that directly correlate to bad persona
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"And, if your so poor you can't afford that, then it's irresponsible to have kids." Hindsight is 20/20. What do you do if you already have kids?
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Your car breaks down. You have absolutely zero money in savings; you work two jobs to pay rent and put food in your children's belly and clothes on their backs. You absolutely must have your car in order to get to your jobs; public tra
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
You posted a comment on a website. You have not done a single thing to implement that, nor a single thing to tackle the immense logistics of getting everyone, including people who might not have a computer, a private key, securing that key,
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You know, if we switched our law enforcement priorities from low level drug offenses to getting rid of these scumbags, our prisons might be just as full (appeasing the private prisons lobby), but at least they'd be full of people who a
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
Given that the US Supreme Court made the obscene mistake of saying that 3rd party debt collectors don't fall under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, expect harassment like this to become more common.
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That's assuming a perfect, infallible market.
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I mean, as long as they're learning, so what? And if their GPA reflects that they're not, after a probationary period, they get kicked out.
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"Well, in this great country, you're perfectly welcome to start your own company and distribute 95% of the shares to your first 1000 employees." That is a cop-out answer that shows that you're not interested in discussin
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"If you got fired from a job that had a potential $500M payday attached to it and only got a $25M severance package at the end of it, trust me, you'd be pretty bummed about it." I'd be bummed. That's it. I wouldn&#x
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Not at all. When I leave the office, I want to leave work concerns along with it. My off time is for me, not my employer.
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They already face the risk of getting laid off.
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"His risk isn't asymmetric. He (or she) has got to justify their job each and every quarter to the investors. A couple of bad quarters and you can expect the shareholders to be looking for a scalp and it's usually the CEO.&qu
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"- Had the company declined, the CEO would have gotten all the blame and been crucified. Can't give blame if you can't also give credit." And he would have been given a golden parachute worth far more than most of us wil
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
I don't put company email or company chat (slack) on my phone.
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And I disagree. I cannot believe that is regulating someone's economic behavior in any way. For one, the budget you have for a job opening is set before you interview anyone. Whatever you price that job at, it has nothing to do with wh
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No, they're not. To say otherwise betrays either an enormous ignorance of other people's situations, or a complete lack of empathy for them.
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"However, I wish you hadn't insinuated that I could only hold the opinions I do because of a character deficiency." Your post did the exact same thing regarding individuals with a criminal history. If someone got into a drunk
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by s73ver_ 9y ago
So is asking someone's age, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, etc. Many of those are also banned.
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And then those companies go on to whine and moan that they can't find qualified candidates.
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Not everyone is in your position, and feels they have a strong enough bargaining position to do that. Nothing in this law changes things for you, but it can change things for the better for many other people.
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You're gonna have to prove that it wouldn't be.
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I guess I don't see how C makes things any more complicated. The employer has a budget in mind when creating the position.
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""Agile" isn't always as agile as I'd like, but becomes rigid in peoples interpretation of the rules." I think a lot of this is because, if you don't enforce the rules rigidly, they tend to get cast by the
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"It's supposed to be hard" No, it's not. This false machismo doesn't help anyone, and just serves to try and keep people out of the industry.
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That's where commit messages come in. Sadly, those can be just as poor as inline comments for telling you why something was done.
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That's my point; YC is just as much at fault here. They could easily hold YC anywhere else in the country. They just choose not to.
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Right, but who says all that has to be in the Bay Area?

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