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by wikibob 4y ago
A data point you may find useful: If your salary has only increased 4x over what you made doing tier 1 support it is likely you are leaving a massive amount of money on the table. Check https://levels.fyi Now you might not be wi
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by wikibob 4y ago
> Data sovereignty per microservice > An important rule for microservices architecture is that each microservice must own its domain data and logic . Just as a full application owns its logic and data, so must each microservice ow
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by wikibob 4y ago
WARNING The above post is utterly false. This was always known to be false, but was a popular opinion in pop-psychology for a time. It is untrue. Stimulant medications DO NOT have this claimed opposite effect on people with ADHD. This is no
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by wikibob 4y ago
If you want more savings your absolute number one priority should be to get a higher total compensation. http://Levels.fyi for true TC numbers http://Blind.com for gossip on the industry http://Leetcode.co
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by wikibob 4y ago
One big benefit of directly compensated on-call time is it removes much of the difficulty of covering shifts. Instead of everyone feeling like they have to keep track of who owes each other a shift covered, it’s just paid out. In vacation h
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by wikibob 4y ago
As it turns out: “The OMNY system is designed by Cubic Transportation Systems, using technology licensed from Transport for London's Oyster card.” https://www.cubic.com/news-events/news/cubic-wins-contract-n..
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by wikibob 4y ago
There’s another team in the opposite timezone that handles on-call, for the majority of Google SRE teams. Additionally as noted elsewhere, on-call time is directly compensated. With a 5 minute response time service: you are credited 2/
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by wikibob 4y ago
Spoiler, It’s a new webcam.
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by wikibob 4y ago
In the rest of the world pharmaceutical drugs come in end-user retail packaging. Primarily blister-packs. It’s mostly only the USA that has bulk packaging that is then counted out into bottles at the time of dispensing.
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by wikibob 4y ago
They are definitely not fried in the usual meaning of that word.
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by wikibob 4y ago
The only correct answer in this entire comment section.
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by wikibob 4y ago
I would suggest to buy one at Walmart or Target, set it up, and then FedEx it yourself.
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by wikibob 4y ago
Yes. It sucks. I haven’t found a solution.
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by wikibob 4y ago
I disagree. What matters is your BATNA, or perceived BATNA. I've been able to negotiate great compensation multiple times after taking an extended break and not being actively employed.
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by wikibob 4y ago
Having lived in both: LA is extraordinarily different from NY. Both have attractive advantages, however those characteristics are nearly diametrically opposed on most aspects.
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by wikibob 4y ago
OP should absolutely not live in Jersey if they want the things expressed in the original post. There is a distinct culture in NY that is very different from anywhere else in the US. If you live in Jersey, nobody you meet in the city will v
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by wikibob 4y ago
False.
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by wikibob 4y ago
Can you name the library? I’ve found most don’t have access.
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by wikibob 4y ago
This is the plot of Ascension https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascension_(miniseries)
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by wikibob 4y ago
That’s interesting. Why does all of engineering live out of New York City? Cost of living?
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by wikibob 4y ago
What do you do for money now?
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by wikibob 4y ago
That is a gross exaggeration of the situation. California has a total ban on non-competes. A very small handful of other states put restrictions on non-competes, but even those generally allow non-competition agreements if time limited, and
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by wikibob 4y ago
Are you familiar with all the resources? Buy a leetcode.com subscription and do all the questions tagged for your company. Do at least the “Blind 75 leetcode” list. Study system design: Designing Data Intensive Applications book, the system
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by wikibob 4y ago
Thanks for the data on pilot compensation. So it doesn’t come anywhere close to software compensation: https://www.levels.fyi/2021/
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by wikibob 4y ago
Strongly strongly disagree. The average produce, meat, cured meat, and seafood in the western EU is vastly superior to the average available in the USA. Bread is especially disgusting in the US compared to EU.
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by wikibob 4y ago
You are wrong. This debate is long since settled. Use the cloud, and devote that mental capacity to building things customers will pay for.
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by wikibob 5y ago
This is absurd. They are $9 for a pack of 3 on Amazon, buy a 3 pack and be done with it.
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by wikibob 5y ago
- make sure everyone is using headphones or earphones - use zoom and enable “Original Audio” under advanced settings and disable the echo cancelation.
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by wikibob 5y ago
Levels.fyi Teamblind.com Leetcode.com study these 3 for 6 months and you will easily get over 200k.
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by wikibob 5y ago
Water boils faster with an induction stove than with gas.

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