wwalser

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by wwalser 9y ago
> this article seems to imply the only value of side projects is for future employers It doesn't imply that. When writing about anything, explaining all the things that you're _not_ talking about is a great way to never get to
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by wwalser 9y ago
That's a good question but one that I'm not 100% confident that I'm qualified to answer. If you have the flexibility it sounds like Austin is your best bet for a close-but-high-paying jobs. It's a beautiful city as well,
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by wwalser 9y ago
I was a bit brief on tactics. Yes. Don't just ask for a referral. Tactics: Understand that they are there to recruit. This should give you confidence. This isn't some weird game, you're not manipulating or tricking them. They
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by wwalser 9y ago
I'm in Sydney in Feb. If that's a location that works for you I could chat or get coffee.
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by wwalser 9y ago
I'd take the day off for the prospect of $100k+ raise.
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by wwalser 9y ago
Good call. I can't. I feel unreasonably lucky and make this claim to myself in an effort to engender urgency and grace — I have what many want and few have and it is fleeting. The other two shortage that I was aware of during my primar
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by wwalser 9y ago
In every single thread where someone publicly discloses rates like this the comments are flooded with people who use all kinds of FUD to explain why what they've just read must be untrue. It's strange. > Are these numbers real?
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by wwalser 9y ago
The entry fee for a referral is striking up a single conversation at a conference. If someone from a big tech company is speaking at a conference, the fact that they are speaking isn't the primary reason for being present. They are the
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by wwalser 9y ago
If you have the flexibility, most of the companies on this list recruit regularly in Australia for roles in the US. You may need to fly state-side of an on-site but the initial round can be done in Melbourne or Sydney. Tech companies love E
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by wwalser 9y ago
> outrage Someone kindly shared an opinion and gave their reason for having that opinion. Outrage is a different thing.
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by wwalser 9y ago
I think this looks super interesting. Great job shipping. I too would like to see more examples of the errors that it can catch in the documentation. Ignore the troll posts, they happen every time a hacker posts news about a project they&#x
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by wwalser 9y ago
Do you mean that you actually don't believe it? As in, "I think that's a false statement"? Or do you mean that you're jokingly in "a state of disbelief", as in… surprised or taken aback? I have friends in
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by wwalser 9y ago
I'm not in this guy's head but, it's not difficult to come up with a charitable interpretation from his perspective. Let me be clear, I'm not saying that this is what I believe. I'm saying that based on the rest of
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by wwalser 9y ago
I'm not sure if you're being facetious? If you are, I apologize as it's gone over my head. I don't have a dog in the Google controversy. But I will put my hand up briefly and say that you've you just said, doesn&#x2
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by wwalser 9y ago
This is entirely fair. I think when someone's take differs from our own, it's easy to assume that it took effort for them to get there. You're right though. It was probably just what jumped into their mind. When I do have a n
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by wwalser 9y ago
Why would someone reading this assume that they will do something illegal? Why is that the conclusion that _anyone_ jumps to? Considered, if possible, that if money isn't out by the deadline that they will do… some other legal and resp
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by wwalser 9y ago
This is content marketing for ceros.com. Their job was to build a compelling experience so that other people telling stories online want to use Ceros.
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by wwalser 9y ago
Regulatory capture. Is that the right phrase?
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by wwalser 9y ago
Thanks! Sounds pretty solid. I may check it out if my investment side gets a little more complex.
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by wwalser 9y ago
I agree that the GP missed the criticism, but… That's not how margin trading works. It is a loan, but it's collateralized against your existing holdings. Most institutions will only loan you a percentage of your existing holdings
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by wwalser 9y ago
I've been retargeted by Personal Capital on FB for several months now. Are you recommending the "free financial tools" from Personal Capital? I sort of assumed the "free" was just there to entice you into paying for
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by wwalser 9y ago
> How is that possible? I paid just shy of $3k for tax prep last year. The package of information that I sent to the IRS was more than 50 pages of documentation. I joke with friends that you'd think I was an international oil baron
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by wwalser 10y ago
You have to change your destination in the app which recalculates a new fare.
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by wwalser 10y ago
An alternative title for the post could be "I'm going to compete with two of the most dominant tech companies in the world and blog about it." I've heard that Slack isn't really interested in supporting paid Slack c
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by wwalser 10y ago
For software engineers, I haven't seen a company which doesn't offer all of those things. I guess it depends on one's definition of "normal", "plenty" and "certain degree".
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by wwalser 10y ago
Yeah, okay. If A) that's true and B) Users paid a different amount than what Uber indicates to drivers was paid, it seems like drivers have an excellent case against Uber. In which case we'll see Uber, a company that seems set on
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by wwalser 10y ago
I've used Uber in NY, CA, and FL in the past 6 months. Every time I've done so I was shown exactly the price that I would pay up front. It's a static price. I pay that amount to go from X to Y, regardless of minutes, miles or
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by wwalser 10y ago
This is not true anymore. It was at one point but now it's a static fare to take a person from x to y. That static fare is based on the route generated by Uber at the time that the trip is requested. Naturally, the static price is base
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by wwalser 10y ago
> They don't have any fiduciary duty to give the customer the "best rate." This, to me, is the critical point from the rider side. If drivers were ever told something along the lines of "We, Uber, take an x% cut of th
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by wwalser 10y ago
> 2) It tells the driver that it will pay them $Z to drive from A -> B and the driver agrees to it. I don't disagree with the overall sentiment that this seems like a non-issue. However, the driver doesn't see the route, pri

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