walshemj

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by walshemj 5y ago
But this is only true if you live in major cities and quite often only the capital. You often see this (in the UK) where people living in London assume that everyone else has 24 hour bus services.
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by walshemj 5y ago
Well I believe you can play cricket in central park
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by walshemj 5y ago
Sounds like an ordinance a "karren" would draft. At least one of the reasons give is "not readily believable"
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by walshemj 5y ago
Science and Tech professions have much lower status in the UK basically we are a source of cheap well trained English speaking Engineers.
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by walshemj 5y ago
Better transport links you have two on the mainline stations next door and Euston is a 10 min walk. Soho is cool but not many large modern office blocks.
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by walshemj 5y ago
Ah sorry I forgot I meant the City of London - not London the City
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by walshemj 5y ago
Maybe fintec startups want to be closer to the city
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by walshemj 5y ago
Not surprised there are nicer bits of London to set up in - not surprised the Googles moved to Kings Cross now its gentrified. Before it was Silicon Roundabout BT had a couple of big offices that I used to go to occasionally and the area wa
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by walshemj 5y ago
Given the way that inflation looks switching some investments out of bonds is a good idea.
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by walshemj 5y ago
Even at night in a Childs bedroom that's a creating CSM right there which is a strict liability offence remember.
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by walshemj 5y ago
The whippet was around 8MPH and the tanks for plan 1919 where designed for 15-20
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by walshemj 5y ago
That's not how piece work, works in reality. A fast worker will slow down when measured to game the system - it's one of the reasons why those Amazon workers piss in bottles. There are a lot of "industrial practices" tha
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by walshemj 5y ago
Based on how disclosing CEO pay went it will have an inflationary effect.
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by walshemj 5y ago
And you over look the Ferrari components that come from the FIAT parts bin.
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by walshemj 5y ago
Ah so your employer admits it descriminates against those from atypical backgrounds that's disability, race and quite likely sex discrimination. "I am shocked shocked" I tell you"
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by walshemj 5y ago
Co located teams always wins sorry if you don't want to hear this but its true. December 94 did first agile web project in BT took a month two developers flew up to Edinburgh collocated team. The traditional remote (Cardiff) quoted 2 y
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by walshemj 5y ago
Just like when OOP was the new hotness any one suggesting that maybe OOP wasn't suitable for 100% of projects - used to get shouted down on slash dot.
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by walshemj 5y ago
You didn't see "static and siloed" that's just asking for a disruptor to come in and eat your lunch
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by walshemj 5y ago
And I think the number of new employees not making it past probation will increase.
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by walshemj 5y ago
Even outside the US - there was some of this. I was in Brighton Conference Centre (Uk) where Tony Blair was due to give a very heavily trailed speech. After Tower one got hit we all went out of the main auditorium - I then realized I had st
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by walshemj 5y ago
Not for the UK examples which where like for like jobs not the fake self employed "gig" workers
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by walshemj 5y ago
Rather odd as in the UK id expect to get paid a lot more as a contractor for the same roll as a FTE. A bit of "schadenfreude " that clerical jobs in HR are some of the one in the UK Update Having said that I was underpaid as ful
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by walshemj 5y ago
Boris seems to be trying to pivot some aspects of the conservative party that way.
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by walshemj 5y ago
Yep the GOP needed a long term project like the Labor had in the UK to remove clause 4 and kick out the "tankie" / "hobbyist" element. One member one vote instead of primaries would be a good start as would be outl
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by walshemj 5y ago
Lol with my luck this would be like tonight's Rise of the rune lords pathfinder game where my l14 wizard got doppelganged twice. The first doppelganger first critted a disintegrate spell and killed the rogue 200hp dammage The second d
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by walshemj 5y ago
More like an advanced apprenticeships where like me you'd be doing 1 day a week and possibly an evening at community collage and that is in my case was a four year. The trouble is the cohort that would be ideal candidates now go to uni
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by walshemj 5y ago
The Bin Laden family is well known in middle east Civil engineering circles. I probably have a Bin Laden number of 3 or even 2 given I used to work for a well known Arab Consulting engineers in London and I am sure my department boss knew B
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by walshemj 5y ago
You know where those come from ?
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by walshemj 5y ago
Well from experience in the UK M&P (managerial and professional union) unions you right. They are not into old school craft union practices.
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by walshemj 5y ago
Mac rumors has really drunk the cool aid with that headline and not actually call out what apple was trying to do.

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