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by seem_2211 9y ago
I think the hardest bit about salaries is that most people bring an intangible amount of value to their companies, with pay usually determined by the local market. For example, I'm not sure how you'd accurately determine how much
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by seem_2211 9y ago
Warren Buffett has made his money through a few businesses that aren't quite in line with his folksy image. For example, his Mobile Home Empire: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/times-watchdog/min...
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by seem_2211 9y ago
I take Glassdoor reviews in the same way I take Yelp Reviews. If there are 9 positive reviews, and a single negative review, that's probably not a problem. If it's 50/50 and the majority of the positive reviews seem like slig
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by seem_2211 9y ago
If we were honest, we'd find it very difficult to properly condemn the spending habits of the poor. I spent $20 on breakfast today for goodness sakes - that's probably more discretionary income than a lot of these folks have for a
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by seem_2211 9y ago
Salespeople in the tech space in SF start on about $70k (first year) and can expect to get to $200 (all in) after 5-7 years. Top reps aren't going find it hard to get $250k+ by their early 30s. I don't know a huge amount about eng
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by seem_2211 9y ago
I actually have a friend who taught in the UK for two years. While I'd have to ask him for the specifics, he told me there was a lot of gaming the system so people would get their bonuses.
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by seem_2211 9y ago
This is one of the biggest problems with trying to evaluate individual teacher performance (and reward / punish based on this evaluation), is that you need to watch out for incentives. Rewarding teachers who have best highest test scor
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That's very true if you're selling something with a low value (most things consumers buy really), but you're dreaming if you think you can sell a technical product to a business for $10k + without salespeople. Enterprise sale
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I'd be so happy with this outcome if I was Benchmark. Even exiting with a 50% haircut (so what $4.5b) will return their funds a couple times over.
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by seem_2211 9y ago
Cool idea. I like it overall. I don't know about the idea of having "experts" talk to you. I've spent a lot of time thinking about my career and talked to a few experts and it's a real mixed bag. In some ways I see