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by volski 16y ago
In more extreme cases, look at John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil. Rockefeller used to be the wealthiest person in the world (according to some, if you inflation adjust his money, he may have been the wealthiest person in the last 200 year
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by volski 16y ago
>That he complained that he "never even got a card" meant that he was not even appreciated by his manager "I kind of forced him" to celebrate holidays, Rogers said. That quote kind of puts a different perspective on it. His roommate h
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by volski 16y ago
The real question you should be asking is if his pay is so low, why didn't he get another job? There's a reason he stayed. Did he deserve it? Maybe, the article mentioned he started out as a waiter and (moved up?) to dishwasher. Maybe dishw
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by volski 16y ago
Yea I'm sure the manager who probably makes 10 an hour can just start giving people raises at will. How aggravating indeed.
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by volski 16y ago
>Of course I can always ask on the web, but having to break off from coding, pose a question, and then wait for it to get answered before I can continue really breaks up my learning curve. You're skipping a vital step. Searching for
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by volski 16y ago
He has a PhD in physics, not math. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Witten
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by volski 16y ago
When looking at an idea it’s useful to ask yourself: “Would it have been possible to build this company 12-18 months ago?” This reads like a list of stuff that has been possible for a lot longer than 12-18 months: Direct Access To Cus
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by volski 16y ago
Windows Live, Bing, Xbox, Servers, Cloud Services... It's easy to bash on them, but they make quality products in a diverse range of markets. Sure they fail and fail big, but who the hell doesn't? If you have made anything successful, you'v
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by volski 16y ago
Maybe that's the problem at Microsoft: they think they can solve problems by throwing lots of people at them. They put together large teams to build products. And large teams require managers. I didn't know Microsoft had a problem, they s