souprock

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901.
by souprock 8y ago
Perhaps you can skyrocket your career rapidly, at least in terms of tax bracket, but is that what you want your life to be about? My coworkers and I are doing all sorts of things that seem unlikely in the Bay Area. I have 11 kids. I once li
902.
by souprock 8y ago
The age range of 21 to 40 needs to be expanded greatly in both directions. Well, really the limit should go away. This fall my wife goes over the limit. She might be pregnant with a 12th kid already though, so she'd be excluded. We&#x2
903.
by souprock 8y ago
It also seems she is used to the sort of place where it is normal for one income to support a family. There, she'd have neighbors to visit with during the day.
904.
by souprock 8y ago
Worst case: You move again. Sure, that sucks, but you moved there in the first place. You can move again. It's not that big of a deal, and that negative is balanced off by all the nice things about being out of the urban environment. I
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by souprock 8y ago
The compiler won't care unless you "#define true 0". The "for(;;)" loop is easier and faster for the human to parse. It stands out in source code. With the "while(true)", you have to pay attention. It coul
906.
by souprock 8y ago
Indialantic, FL This is a 4-bedroom house, supposedly for $275,000 but likely to go cheaper: https://www.trulia.com/p/fl/indialantic/421-e-riviera-blvd-i... There are a couple smaller places, a tad cheaper, o
907.
by souprock 8y ago
Heh, the psychology underlying that opinion is fascinating. Part of this could be a need to feel that one's own choice was rational or ideal. People make decisions based on emotion, and then invent reasons to justify the decisions. A r
908.
by souprock 8y ago
Each day on my walk to work, I pass by a couple houses for sale. They are on .25 acre lots, less than a mile from the beach, and likely to sell for about $250,000 each. That is, uh, about 10% of the San Francisco cost or 20% of the general
909.
by souprock 8y ago
In the USA, I'm pretty sure that violates federal contracting rules. Maybe you ought to report them. As I understand it, they have to pay overtime if you work 48 hours in the week. The typical expectation is thus 47 hours. Perhaps you
910.
by souprock 8y ago
Security is the big problem, even if not international. You essentially have to connect computers with trade secrets (source code, CAD files, etc.) to the internet, which is a big no-no. If you go international, then you are probably dealin
911.
by souprock 9y ago
Heh, that actually is in my official job title. I'm a "Principal Cyber Engineer". That came about as a way to offer better pay and benefits without affecting a parent company; we all got "Software" changed to "
912.
by souprock 9y ago
Southeast USA including: Virginia (Arlington and Dulles), Maryland (Annapolis Junction), South Carolina (Greenville), Alabama (Huntsville), Florida (beach east of Melbourne), Texas (Austin and San Antonio), and possibly others, all ONSITE.
913.
by souprock 9y ago
I wouldn't say "They don't know any better." For them, the top priority is to get actual work experience to go on a resume. That first job is partly a continuation of their education. I know a person who failed at this.
914.
by souprock 9y ago
Oh come on. Being 50 or even 60 does not make you unemployable. Maybe that is true for web development in the Bay Area? It certainly isn't true for all the places I've worked at, all doing serious low-level engineering in less-tre
915.
by souprock 9y ago
Of course! Seriously, if you're good at it, want a job? (see appropriate post if so) I think assembly has only gotten less popular in a relative sense. Sure, there are now many jobs doing high-level stuff, but the low-level stuff hasn&
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by souprock 9y ago
What may seem to be "single character at a time" may not be. Recent chips from Intel can run the built-in string operations very quickly. It's as if they are internally vectorized by the hardware.
917.
by souprock 9y ago
I agree on that first point. The goal is not to attract the maximum number of job seekers. Driving away people who would be unhappy is good. I suspect that "always bringing politics into the job" and "bringing non work relate
918.
by souprock 9y ago
Pardon the odd question, but how would one recruit somebody like yourself? Recruiting the less-experienced people is easy. We just show up at a college, and they are there in bulk. They are all looking for jobs. They don't hesitate to
919.
by souprock 9y ago
A century ago, my family swiped a recipe by spying on another family. I suppose it could have come from a molasses bottle or even from an 1800s cookbook, but good luck finding such an origin at this point. It makes lovely gingerbread men.
920.
by souprock 9y ago
It can be project turnover. Take mine for example: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16283252 It has that attribute you are complaining about, but without the problems you presume. Suppose we hired you. Perhaps a couple
921.
by souprock 9y ago
Free food makes sense due to travel time and taxes. When you buy your own food, you pay with post-tax income. The employer can provide that food for less money than it takes to pay you the extra money to buy the food. Alternately, you can g
922.
by souprock 9y ago
Sometimes an employer has more than one slot to fill, or the business is growing and gets another slot to fill. I may post the same thing next month, but that doesn't mean we haven't hired. There is an ongoing need.
923.
by souprock 9y ago
Southeast USA including: Virginia (Arlington and Dulles), Maryland (Annapolis Junction), South Carolina (Greenville), Alabama (Huntsville), Florida (beach east of Melbourne), Texas (Austin and San Antonio), and possibly others, all ONSITE.
924.
by souprock 9y ago
Lots of people like being in a right-to-work state. It means not having to pay a private tax to a corrupt union that mostly serves to create dumb rules that cause problems. If you are a decent worker, you don't appreciate rules that ma
925.
by souprock 9y ago
It is not legal. Federal law has not changed. The fact that enforcement in Colorado is minimal does not make usage legal. The federal government sure does care. You won't be getting a security clearance if you are a user. This cuts you
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by souprock 9y ago
Two typical problems with this study: 1. There is a failure to clearly specify what is meant by a given city. In this case, linkedin is at least kind enough to use the word "region". For "SF Bay Area", would that count D
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by souprock 9y ago
Florida has this solved. Wood rots and breaks. Burial has flood issues. The solution is to install better poles. Most commonly, the poles are concrete with a square cross-section. Some are round concrete, spun while hardening to allow a hol
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by souprock 9y ago
The entire list is expensive cities. This is a typical problem for such lists. It's easy to ignore nearly all of the country. Austin did best, but that isn't cheap.
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by souprock 9y ago
A few more things: Interviews aren't perfect. Actually, they are awful, but everything else is worse. An interview is largely what determines the level at which an offer is made. Giving a salary isn't simple when you don't kn
930.
by souprock 9y ago
It's not a bullshit job. It's 3.5 million supposed jobs, many of which are bullshit. All sorts of unrelated things are being lumped together. a. compliance b. red teaming c. actually trying to secure stuff d. trying to f

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