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Once democracy takes a beating, free speech will be the first to go.
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Something about stable doors and horses.
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I'm not saying H1B should be the option. Just pointing out why corporations don't train employees. Even if they could, maybe the bigger ones can afford it but what happens to the 20-person startup that's trying to get by with
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The problem with training Americans is that due to at will employment, they can leave as soon as they are trained and can get a better job. Whereas if you can find someone who already knows how to do this job, even if they leave in a 2 year
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No, this is wrong. It's a duel intent visa. You can apply for your green card while on H1B.
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From the outside, it came seem like there are no problems. The process can be nerve-wracking. The interviews need to happen clandestinely because if your current employer finds out and fires you, you have to leave the country in 60 days. Af
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For the kinds of jobs being moved, their merit-based points system grants permanent residency immediately and citizenship in 3 years. In the US, if you are from India, you can find yourself waiting for up to 20 years of indentured labor to
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For every job that's done by an immigrant, there are 10 that are moved overseas. Politicians have taught people here to look at the immigrant as the boogeyman while they silently kill regulations that prevent jobs being offshored.
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Borgen. Way better than House of Cards since it's more realistic and gives you a close view of Danish politics.
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As someone who's 40, had to go through cancer treatment and is lacking in energy, not all 40 is equal.
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"They are completely against privacy and have don't have any ethical values at all.". Should be easy to become the next Facebook.
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Pro-human, Pro-democracy, Pro-equality. Not anti-Trump but I can see how it might appear like that. :)
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What world record was he breaking?
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Trump is somehow trying to make money out of this. He has repeatedly said money needs to be paid to the US Govt. By US Govt, given his corruption record, we'll have to assume it means him or his family.
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Where's the proof that others are being forced into debate?
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Just like miscreants are taking advantage of free speech by spreading misinformation and conspiracy theories on FB the platform?
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6y ago
Please use imagination till delivery.
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You can do that on a Nikola too. You need to start in a hilly area and ensure that you are going downhill. Nikola leverages gravity to deliver a form of transportation that uses the cleanest possible energy - gravity.
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6y ago
I'm in the process of changing jobs and will be hiring/rolling this out in my new role. Will reach out once that happens.
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Which part. Except the presentation, there's no prep required. It's all about what you know and what you have done in your career. No Leetcode, no algorithms, no bs questions.
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45 minutes - write a simple API matching the spec in one of the 3 languages on your/our laptop. Use Google if you have to. Someone will be in the room to help answer questions. API should be functional. Returning fake data is fine (or
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Chrome does the same thing on Android. These days I prefer Safari because Google thinks it's ok to show me ads and news items based on my searches for medical issues.
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45 minutes - write a simple API matching the spec in one of the 3 languages on your/our laptop. Use Google if you have to. Someone will be in the room to help answer questions. API should be functional. Returning fake data is fine (or
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You get more power as a manager because you have influence over engineers and their careers, even the ones that get paid more than you unless they have been with the company for a long time and have built relationships with the higher ups.
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If the child care situation is solved, productivity will likely go up. My team is distributed across Europe and Asia with key members working from home. Before Covid, I didn't notice any performance difference compared to past teams th
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"Hitler did right by killing all Jews. All Jews must be wiped out from this earth." - what should happen if someone posts this?
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Indeed. A list of Google's decisions that drive me crazy. 1. Killing Google Reader 2. Removing swipe from Google News feed (both Chrome homepage and News feed in Android that's part of the launcher) 3. Deprecating Google Play Musi
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I stand corrected then. I wonder why for a cohort that doesn't believe in science.
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The problem is, no other field allows you to copy/paste code from Stack Overflow, call yourself a "Senior" Engineer after 2 years of experience, etc. There are lots of really crappy programmers out there. The process is to we
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Absolutely. There's no reason to do this. No one has written code on a whiteboard at work. To do this just for interviews is very silly. You've to also second guess what the interviewer expects from you. Not every interviewer is c
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