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by whybroke 11y ago
And more broadly than just Alibaba or China, 14 of the 15 posts to this thread so far say the policy is wonderful. Indeed, there is praise that the company is massively invested in talent development. But not apparently enough to bring the
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> it's unlikely that the author of an algorithm that ultimately decides on its own to take actions that would probably violate the law if performed by a human would be held accountable for its actions. You maybe right about how the
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Only because there is a (probably accurate) perception that 1. performance indicators don't measure productivity accurately for developers. 2. they are game-able 3. they imply repetitive work such that as fits the metrics. 1 & 2 wo
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Pascal's Wager would also imply you may as well invent as many religions as you please each requiring the thing you want to do as its dogma. Since each such religion has an equal probability of being right in his formula, in this way y
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The S&P 500 and Nasdaq have the same shape.
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That is very true. Indeed we know fairness is an innate value for us and all primates [1] Likewise "meritocracy" is a very imprecise word depending a lot on what you want to maximize and so, if not focusing on net benefit to human
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The first paragraph mentions two employees with different salaries. One resents the others and so wants them equalized. If the difference is _not_ merit based then equalizing the salaries is a _good_ thing. Since the articles states equaliz
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>You are not identically valuable to all companies This is very true and certainly affects the very theoretically top limit of the job offer. But when deciding compensation the actual calculation is only remotely based on the value the e
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The reward you get from a (well designed) game is both nearly immediate and directly related to the work you put into it. Additionally there is just enough randomness to create realism but critically not so much as to create the feeling of
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The thesis of the article makes two assumptions: 1. that pay differences are due to merit and 2. employees do not want a merit based system so if they discuss salaries they will intentionally dismantle that system Both of these assumptions
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>I know many X... Confirmation bias mean that exceptional or confirmatory anecdotes are much more likely to be remembered[1] I continue to be amazed that there armies of people who consider sentences that begin with "I know someone
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Because empirically it would not be. There is a great deal of mis-information about them from right leaning media that might create the contrary impression: That they limit wages, but the screen actor's guild certainly doesn't cap
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Those unique skills did not protect them from being abused by Oracle, Google, Microsoft, Apple, Adobe, Intel or any others. Either you believe many companies abuse their employees with no real consequences or you don't. If you believe
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The lesson Eclipse taught was even more important and it wasn't to kids but to Microsoft: open up or become irrelevant.
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Individuals don't forget, organizations do i.e. when they loose the staff that knew it and replace them with staff that doesn't.
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I have rarely worked at a place that hasn't kept an ad on their site for an engineer even when not hiring. At one, the hr vp quite honestly admitted they interview continuously at a reduced level in case someone leaves. And really the
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You do realize that you're trying to provide a calm, reasonable explanation to a party who believes HN is plagued by communists.
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Yet others in this thread have explained low numbers of over 40 employees by claiming they often go on to become entrepreneurs. In that case we should see a higher precentage of founders in that older age group not a lower number. Of course
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>For those who seek a work environment where the latest/greatest is paramount, please prepare yourselves to deal with the consequences. ...because you will face well known and rampant age discrimination right? The wsj article list a
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The difference is that a fair effort is (quite rightly) made to counter misogyny and racism while none (quite inappropriately) is made to counter ageism. And while comments like "men are just smarter" or "whites are just smar
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So is it a felony to play this game as intended? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Fraud_and_Abuse_Act
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by whybroke 12y ago
>There are three areas I am aware of where labor can absolutely compound (in terms of output): business, software, and learning. Well this would mean that every 10 times engineer ends up 10^20 richer than average at the end of his career
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by whybroke 12y ago
I have no opinion on the this decade's fashion concerning evil vs good drugs. But expecting life changing increase in productivity from any of those things would be an error.
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Does labor compound? My understanding is that say a freelance carpenter who works 20% harder for 40 years ends up about 20% richer not 1.2 ^ 40 = 1469 times richer >Also, they make most people feel fantastic and like they can conquer the
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Honestly though what percentage difference does this make in productivity and is that percentage really going to be the difference between a startup's success and failure? Being fired or not? Being happy or not? If the thing makes you
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Interesting that paying marginally adequate wages is allegedly a difficult business decision from a competitive standpoint (although judging from the steady rise in profitability in industries across the board, I doubt it). But if so, perh
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Also, although racism is quite possible, the lack of social mobility may explain why race and social class are closely related (i.e. if you inherit both race and social position we'd expect a society to look like this)
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One alternative would be seizing unused addresses (as they are supposed to be) and auctioning them off. Repeating every so often if they're still unused. This would raise prices (in the event that is really desired) while avoiding squa
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But being guilty isn't a criterion apparently. http://www.npr.org/2011/03/09/134394946/illinois-abolishes-d...
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by whybroke 12y ago
I have noticed this too and have a humble suggestion: down-votes should require a comment from the down-voter. This would have the following advantages: - The extra effort will slow down causal unthoughtful down-votes. - If there is no just

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