the_mar

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by the_mar 2y ago
Power in numbers etc. If enough people quit google then it would make a difference.
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by the_mar 2y ago
Right. No one in military conflict can really claim moral superiority. E.g., Nazis vs Soviets. While yes, I'm not here to dispute that Nazis were on the wrong side of history, the soviets committed a fair amount of atrocities includin
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by the_mar 2y ago
All politics should not be acceptable in some sense. As in it's fine to discuss your views with colleagues over lunch. It's fine to express concerns privately over appropriate channels. If you disagree with the contracts your comp
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by the_mar 2y ago
Just out of curiosity why would you have imessage turned off?
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by the_mar 3y ago
Sound like a skill issue
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by the_mar 3y ago
for posterity: - Steve Jobs - Sandy Lerner - Noah Glass - Mark Pinkus - Kyle Vogt
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by the_mar 3y ago
The answer is no. Companies don’t do things out of good intentions when lawsuits are involved.
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by the_mar 3y ago
Oh, honey. Never assume good intentions when lawyers are involved
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by the_mar 3y ago
Can and do are two vastly different things. The assumption that data privacy can only be accomplished by no one having any access to data is ridiculous. Of all the companies that exist right now, apple does a fair bit of work regarding data
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by the_mar 3y ago
You seem to be dealing in absolutes here. We are talking about specifically work-related scenarios, that usually have pretty straightforward boundaries and surface-level interactions. "All else being equal, a person who enjoyed an idyl
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by the_mar 3y ago
There isn’t a correlation. I am charming and would like to think generally pleasant to be around. But if you’re going to interrogate me about the entire life story of mine, you aren’t going to think that anymore. Screening for people with l
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by the_mar 3y ago
that's exactly the point I am trying to make? it's ok to ask about past professional experiences, it's not ok to ask personal questions about the past.
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by the_mar 3y ago
"At Shopify, all candidates begin the interview process with something called the Life Story, an interview in which the candidate sits down and discusses their work history, passions, and aspirations." None of that sounds like the
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by the_mar 3y ago
When it's your first job in the field? We still don't use personal experiences as shitty proxy for how you're able to handle work situations
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by the_mar 3y ago
Off the top of my head, working in an emergency department of any major hospital is guaranteed to be filled with emotionally-difficult circumstances. Yet we don't ask doctors, nurses and technicians personally invasive questions to det
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by the_mar 3y ago
Completely agree, it is very important to reflect on how your experiences shaped you and become self-aware. You may choose to share some of the deeper reasoning as to why you act one way or another, with certain people under certain circums
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by the_mar 3y ago
- "tell me about your childhood" - "I'm under NDA" thank you for a great laugh
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by the_mar 3y ago
All in all shit question to ask. And it's pretty obvious what sort of answers people are looking for.
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by the_mar 3y ago
Yes, I have a whole palatable origin story prepared, that lines up with what people want to hear and isn't traumatizing. So it is entirely useless as a signal. Not my fault that my life experiences aren't made for a casual convers
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by the_mar 3y ago
Yes. Which is precisely why my childhood is irrelevant.
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by the_mar 3y ago
I was told that asking about resume gaps is a very biased question and a no-no, especially if it is a single gap, as opposed to a pattern. Usually the answer to a single resume gap is something personal and none of my business as an intervi
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by the_mar 3y ago
Ok so how should someone with a traumatic childhood answer questions about their childhood? You can change the subject or answer very surface-level and be labeled "unengaged" or "socially inept" You can answer truthfully
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by the_mar 3y ago
Thank you. I found the part where the author throws in "cared for a dying parent" particularly distasteful, it's like a benchmark for "palatable damage"
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by the_mar 3y ago
It's not really faking it, but it is surface level. My coworkers don't really need to know about my childhood trauma, my struggles or my hopes and dreams.
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by the_mar 3y ago
I have a ton of stories of a "cared for his dying aunt..." variety, 99% of the time when asked about personal stuff in the interview I am forced to lie, because otherwise the interviewer is coming out of that deeply scarred. So my
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by the_mar 3y ago
"working on ambiguous organizational problems" is pretty much what I do. What's that gotta do with my childhood? I hate personal interview questions with passion, because I had an unusual upbringing, and I don't want to
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by the_mar 3y ago
I am not trying to argue with you. The method of separating or combining emails/numbers to me lies within the contact. Because imessages can be sent from both emails and phone numbers (e.g. iphone as well as ipad without cellular conne
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by the_mar 3y ago
I mean... it's not like they solved it in any way shape or form. I only really see cops by the turnstiles which is entirely useless at doing anything about the mentally unstable.
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by the_mar 3y ago
this is also how regular messages work, no? If you save 2 numbers under the contact they would show up as the same conversation
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by the_mar 3y ago
Yeah, that’s how contacts work. What would you like to happen instead?

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