xxSparkleSxx

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by xxSparkleSxx 9y ago
Bioinformatics scientist here. 1) There are lots of brilliant people in the field, but it is also the degree that dumb people who want a science degree or are "pre-med" get. It tremendously lowers the value of my undergrad degree.
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by xxSparkleSxx 9y ago
Mine did for most of it, still a rip-off. But at the same time I got a much better job out of it, just didn't actually need the degree to do the job.
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by xxSparkleSxx 9y ago
While I think it's ridiculous for women to have to dress a certain way, we also have to understand that sex sells and it's not illegal to use sexualized images to sell products. News is a product like any other. If the way anchors
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by xxSparkleSxx 9y ago
Apple's entire music ecosystem is garbage and it makes me very sad.
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by xxSparkleSxx 9y ago
So she completely disagrees with sociology as an academic discipline? That's just all sorts of crazy/anti-intellectualism
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by xxSparkleSxx 9y ago
I did a masters an Johns Hopkins and completed it all online. It's a similar style program where you can do it all online, on campus, or as a combination. Still cost me slightly over 40k even though Innever stepped foot on campus. It&#
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by xxSparkleSxx 9y ago
So you can never use the phrase "backed up by studies", then?
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by xxSparkleSxx 9y ago
I've long had this thought about charity itself, it seems that a lot of charity is propping up bits and pieces of capitalism so we don't look at the root causes of why we "need" charity in the first place. On one hand it
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by xxSparkleSxx 9y ago
but I only allow my close friends to follow me on Instagram...
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by xxSparkleSxx 9y ago
And your vague replies are meant to paint him in a corner and shut down all discourse on this subject. So...
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by xxSparkleSxx 9y ago
But what if that person is black? And they don't want to work with you because your black? Or insert trait here_____ Woman Gay Right-wing Omnivore Muslim
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by xxSparkleSxx 9y ago
It makes points that children can be upset about, adults need to learn to have discussions. Even on topics that they think are sensitive. If they can't do that, maybe they shouldn't even have a "grown-up" job. And to thr
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by xxSparkleSxx 9y ago
Focus on the pipeline, k-12, getting girls excited about tech. Then in a decade you'll have a much wider pool of talent to select from and can just take the best while appeasing diversity advocates. The same could be done for racial mi
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by xxSparkleSxx 9y ago
So much respect lost for google. If you're gonna be bigoted and fire people that don't have the same views as you, fine. But at least own up to what you are.
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by xxSparkleSxx 9y ago
What would be a better comparison is someone in the NFL saying racial diversity is stupid, black people tend to be better at sports. Stop trying to bring in Japanese and Chinese men to meet a quota. The QB is gonna get sacked (and possibly
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by xxSparkleSxx 9y ago
If a doctor misdiangosis someone based on an outside errant lab test, what happens? I think the situations would be viewed identically. I don't know the exact processes, but lots of documentation would go into it and if the lab that ga
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by xxSparkleSxx 9y ago
>If an employer names a range, all applicants would be demoralized if they don't reach its upper end. Probably expecting to reach that pay-grade sooner or later, somewhere else if need be. I don't know how much I believe this.
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by xxSparkleSxx 9y ago
Caveat: It's only a no-win situation because workers will waste their time sending resumes, interviewing, etc before learning the salary range.
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by xxSparkleSxx 9y ago
Spitballing, but I have read that when an industry begins to be dominated by women the average wages decrease and when they are dominated by men the average wages increase. This could be due to women being less likely to negotiate salary wh
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by xxSparkleSxx 9y ago
yep, and as a pleb I don't know if I should hold onto my ethics or say fuck it and follow in their footsteps.
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by xxSparkleSxx 9y ago
Which industries do you think are MORE meritocratic than tech? Tech's not perfect, but I think they do it better than most (all?).
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by xxSparkleSxx 9y ago
I'm of the opinion that we will have to use technology to restructure the fundamental ways businesses work. Whether that means every person is their own business or we try some other type of union to give workers more leverage when neg
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by xxSparkleSxx 9y ago
First job out of college Inhad something to prove and worked my ass off. What I did was extremely measurable and I was easily doing 2x the work compared to the department average. Every single day. 1.5% raise the first year, made a huge fus
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by xxSparkleSxx 9y ago
If you enjoy nursing, after a couple years of experience you can go on to get your NP (and I believe work full-time/half-time while you are doing it - and/or get it paid for by a hospital). NP's can bring in 150K outside bay
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by xxSparkleSxx 9y ago
> It pays better and is perhaps more fun than manual labour and cleaning jobs. No offense, but these are not really great comparisons for someone with the aptitude of a programmer. I don't really understand the point you are trying
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by xxSparkleSxx 9y ago
Yea, but they use reusable shopping bags and drive a Tesla. So obvs. they care about people and the environment.
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by xxSparkleSxx 9y ago
> What would have really helped was if staff weren't selfishly spending 5-10 minutes sitting on the toilet browsing the internet or playing games on their phones. Consequence of open offices? People need their alone time, this one&#
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by xxSparkleSxx 9y ago
That's fucking awful. Would love to see the state step in and take children from families where parents are working more than 40 hours a week. Seems like leaving your child to their own devices is much more irresponsible than parents w
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by xxSparkleSxx 9y ago
I worked under a lot of physicians and I have a deal of respect for most of them, but yea I agree also. I was in an administrative heavy medical lab and most attempts to streamline processes were met with a lot of backlash from the doctors.
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by xxSparkleSxx 9y ago
I just walk around the office park I'm in at least once a day. No objective except to listen to music and stretch my legs. Noticed a lot of my pants were getting tighter 6 months ago and after several months of daily walks things are b

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