xxSparkleSxx

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by xxSparkleSxx 9y ago
Damn. We might actually have to start investing equally in US children of all socioeconomic classes to ensure we have enough entrepreneurs and bright minds to compete in the global economy. EDIT: WOW, didn't think such an obvious comme
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As someone that buys 80% of my clothes online, this has rarely been the case for me. I'm lucky if I can get free shipping to my home and have only experienced free return shipping, uhhhh, well not sure if I ever have. Where do you buy
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by xxSparkleSxx 9y ago
I don't know why, but the comment I originally replied to really bothered me and I thought of a simpler example. If women understood men perfectly, there wouldn't be so many examples of classic male-female miscommunication. AskRed
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by xxSparkleSxx 9y ago
>whereas women seem to understand men perfectly. Ummmmm, this has not been my experience at all. Women seem as perplexed by men as the other way around. Believing you understand how someone works and thinks is not the same thing as actua
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by xxSparkleSxx 9y ago
TL;DR People who stay in their hometowns are more likely to be Trump supporters than those than move away. Digging into the data shows these Trump supporters are more likely to be economically disadvantaged. People who return home after mov
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by xxSparkleSxx 9y ago
That's too bad. I've heard a lot about them, but never tried on a pair. However, I do have a pair of AG chinos that I bought on sale and they fit like heaven.
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by xxSparkleSxx 9y ago
Where are you located? I found my last job through Indeed. Typical channels work, job search sites, finding specific company career pages, etc. If you want to be in academia (which I don't recommend), then search for labs through unive
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by xxSparkleSxx 9y ago
If your docs approve it, then you should probably be doing it! And if your docs don't approve it and you want it anyway, pay out of pocket! I don't see how this would be detrimental to a single-payer system.
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by xxSparkleSxx 9y ago
How often do your docs suggest tests that you think are not worthwhile? I'm young, but have never had a physician want to run tests on me where I thought they were a bad idea. If anything they normally say "that's not a big
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by xxSparkleSxx 9y ago
Are there any other areas you are passionate about? Particular industries that you may have more knowledge than the average coder? Having inside knowledge of an industry can help make-up for lack-luster coding skills. For example, I work in
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by xxSparkleSxx 9y ago
I would say it's more akin to a huge portion of the population choosing to die than to sacrifice so those above them can live luxurious lives. The only power the average worker/teacher has is their ability to say "No, I won&#
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by xxSparkleSxx 9y ago
Why is it admirable to plug holes in capitalism? They're literally keeping afloat a broken system instead of allowing it to fail. Like I get that they're helping individual children in the here and now, but the morality of sacrifi
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by xxSparkleSxx 9y ago
The reality is there is opportunity to make money by breaking the law. Fines/punishment are too often not great enough to deter law breaking even in the even that the perpetrator is caught, let alone the fact that there is a chance the
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by xxSparkleSxx 9y ago
>In a letter to the pension fund, a lawyer for United explained that it would harm the company to give the board “unfettered discretion to recoup compensation” in cases involving wrongdoing. “Where such discretion is out of step with ind
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by xxSparkleSxx 9y ago
But if they derive happiness from contributing to something larger than themselves, they are still working for their own happiness. No?
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by xxSparkleSxx 9y ago
>its a few big cities where people want to live Correction, it's a few big cities that have all the jobs and offer a chance at upward mobility.
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by xxSparkleSxx 9y ago
In the city I grew up in they had some arcane law on the books regarding brothels, so something stupid like no more than 8 women could live in one dwelling. Made it impossible to have sorority houses, though fraternity houses were still all
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by xxSparkleSxx 9y ago
I'd be happy with average if average in America meant I could afford healthcare, a mediocre home, and a mediocre car. I almost make the average salary in my city (after 2 STEM degrees) and I can't afford 2/3 of the things I
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by xxSparkleSxx 9y ago
And to extend this, think about all of the Americans in poverty that would flourish if we all had equality of opportunity in this country.
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by xxSparkleSxx 9y ago
Absolutely agree. It's funny, first time my boss brought up upping my title my response was "it really doesn't make a difference, but sure that's fine." Because of my lackadaisical response it never got changed. Cou
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by xxSparkleSxx 9y ago
I'm at a startup now. When I was looking for a job last year, I had 3 offers and this startup was the lowest in terms of compensation and while the other two offers were higher they were with large corporations. While I'm a little
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by xxSparkleSxx 9y ago
Interesting. Do you have tons of side projects/other work you have available for potential employers to view? My sister only shows her degree and that she's been licensed in whichever state. I'm in bioinformatics, so not pure
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by xxSparkleSxx 9y ago
If anything, there aren't enough C-level folk. Low supply is why their wages are so inflated, we should be allowing H1B for CXO's.
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by xxSparkleSxx 9y ago
It's just as much credibility as any college degree in computer science. There are still lots of crappy nurses that are licensed.
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by xxSparkleSxx 9y ago
>minimum wage is nowhere near what developers are paid Why would you compare developer salaries to minimum wage? You should be comparing them to the wages of doctors, lawyers, and CEO's.
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by xxSparkleSxx 9y ago
Yep and when my company gets contracts they don't jump through hoops either. Our sales team doesn't do white-board exercises for clients and neither do our engineers. So what's your point? You are not a traditional employee.
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by xxSparkleSxx 9y ago
I think the market is just way over saturated. Hiring practices for developers point to just that. I mentioned in a different thread how simole it is for my travel-nurse of a sister to get a new job (her stints around the Bay Area paid ~100
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by xxSparkleSxx 9y ago
When I was in college a decade ago there were multiple sites like this. Juicy Campus was one of them, but I can't remember others. You could find some really abhorrent things on there, but no one ever got into trouble. It's a shit
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by xxSparkleSxx 9y ago
Of course I don't think they would do that. I'm just saying people that would choose that are likely on the moral high ground compared to those that choose to take jobs that don't even pay a living wage.
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by xxSparkleSxx 9y ago
My little sister is a travel nurse and whenever she needs a new assignment it goes like this: 1) Talks to recruiter about positions heybhave open, she selects the ones she wants. 2) They send her resume to these hospitals and if they are in

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