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by sharadov 3y ago
That happened over several decades with the mechanization of agriculture - gave people enough time to adapt and skill up to other jobs. The pace at which it's happening now with no social safety net for the work force being left by the
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by sharadov 3y ago
Not for Masters degrees, undergrad yes, because you don't have a lot of scholarships, but for Masters degrees you have a good chance of getting an assistantship or a scholarship.
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by sharadov 4y ago
He goes quite a bit into the history, social mores and culture of places. His best writing is about Africa - Dark Star Safari is brilliant.
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by sharadov 4y ago
Fun Fact - Naipaul and Theroux were great friends, in fact Theroux credits Naipaul for encouraging him to become a writer. But when Theroux criticized Naipaul's writing they fell apart and there was a long lasting feud between them.
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by sharadov 4y ago
6 years remote now and similar experience as yours - I get to spend time with my kids - play with them, take them to classes, help with homework, at the same time able to eat healthy, work out and have a more focussed and disciplined life.
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by sharadov 4y ago
The interest on my BOA HELOC is about 8% now, not sure how borrowing at that rate makes any sense unless rental yield is about 10% and up ( which is insane!)
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by sharadov 4y ago
It's the Baader Meinhof Phenomenon https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/human...
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by sharadov 4y ago
It's hard to keep up with niches - but more power to you if you can keep up, definitely keeps your day-day interesting. I am a data guy - and hoping to move into consulting in a few years.
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by sharadov 4y ago
All sysadmins have transitioned to Devops/SRE roles, given your background, you will be able to pick that up pretty easily. Everything that you previously did on-prem has transitioned to the cloud. The fundamentals remain the same - on
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by sharadov 4y ago
Apple is an entire ecosystem of devices that work very well and look really cool - phone,airpods,watch,macbook, ipad.
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How activist short sellers are uncovering fraud for profit?(theatlantic.com)
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by sharadov 4y ago
I see this most often with people who get all gung-ho about working out, they get themselves into these hours-long intense workout regimens and then either run out of steam or hurt themselves. Rather just do a 30 min routine 3-4 days a week
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by sharadov 4y ago
Working out a few hrs before bed time, followed by a shower and dinner has always helped me get a great night's sleep. Even during the most stressful of times, that evening workout helped reset my mood. Reading in bed helps immensely a
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by sharadov 4y ago
This is life advice - print it and hang it.
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by sharadov 4y ago
The best explanation I've read so far, layoffs are more a sign of "social contagion" and "copycat " behavior rather than based on sound economic reasons. https://news.stanford.edu/2022/12/
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by sharadov 4y ago
Honestly I was not sure about tech when I made a choice to get an electrical engg degree, a few years down the road I thought of an MBA, but then went and co-founded a startup while holding a full time job. I could afford it, was still in
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by sharadov 4y ago
This resonates - a meaningful life is far important to pursue, and meaning for the most part is tangible - you know immediately when you are stuck in a rut, that means time for a change. Happiness is too fleeting IMO.
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by sharadov 4y ago
"SmartLess" with Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, & Will Arnett
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by sharadov 4y ago
"So good they can't ignore you" - the book has a contrarian viewpoint on how you don't look seek out the field that you are most passionate about, but rather you work at getting good at something and the passion finds y
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by sharadov 4y ago
Unfortunately a lot of authoritarian/fascist regimes have done phenomenally well in the past decade - China, Russia and India is slowly following that path. As much as I hate it, and west touts democracy as a necessary catalyst for gr
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by sharadov 4y ago
The economist had an article on how Indonesia is the next economic powerhouse https://www.economist.com/leaders/2022/11/17/why-indonesia-m...
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by sharadov 4y ago
You said so yourself "write that on your resume along with whatever else you think they want to see."
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by sharadov 4y ago
That's insane, what are some of the jobs that you conned your way into?
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by sharadov 4y ago
Universities have been around for thousands of years. Good universities offer a unique combination of factors - people of the same age group, professors and a distinct atmosphere that encourages learning. How are you going to teach science
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by sharadov 4y ago
But the media has been surprisingly lenient so far.
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by sharadov 4y ago
I find it hilarious that Elon would actually go on stage in SFO after all the shenanigans of the past couple months - he is hated at the moment in the Bay area. His audience now is the extreme-right QANON nutjobs!
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by sharadov 4y ago
well deserved!
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by sharadov 4y ago
Used to work as a sub-contractor for Deloitte, all the work was done by us, the Deloitte folk would spend 12 hrs a day at work - looking super busy, attending meetings, schmoozing with the client, go for lunches and dinners and building rep
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by sharadov 4y ago
Straight up fraud, had a code backdoor to funnel money from FTX to Alameda - which only he and his 3 cohorts knew of! I expect him to be sentenced like Madoff, nothing less.
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by sharadov 4y ago
100% agree, I was a skinny kid who taught himself to fight to ward off bullies. I bought a punching bag and started training when I was 12 - in 6 months I got so strong that I was bare-hand punching into cement walls. There was this bully w

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