yekko

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by yekko 13y ago
Then those other companies are not competitive and will wither away in a Capitalist economy. Problem solved. tl;dr: paying high salaries is becoming a competitive advantage.
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by yekko 13y ago
Keep in mind the housing price. Making 200k on a 1.5 million house is significantly poorer than $150k on a 300k house. All your extra incomes goes towards interest payments and then some. Inflation have been crazy for the last decade, salar
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by yekko 13y ago
Base + bonus + stock grant basically. Checkout glassdoor.com to find those companies. Be sure to read the reviews (especially the negative ones). For reference, 150k base should easily get you over 200k total, if not more. 180k, and you are
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by yekko 13y ago
There is a shortage of good people willing to work for peanuts. There is no shortage of good people. Offer 500k/year, you'll have more people than you can manage.
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by yekko 13y ago
There is a real shortage of people willing to work for peanuts.
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by yekko 13y ago
Do not move to SF without at least 120k. Thank me latter.
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by yekko 13y ago
In the last year or two, salary levels have gone up significantly, 160k is easily achievable now, with 180k/190k being a glass ceiling for devs, although that also seem to be breaking.
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by yekko 13y ago
99.9%+ won't even make you a millionaire. Be a founder or VC instead.
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by yekko 13y ago
Really? Those people with MS degree are nothing special, they interviewed pretty poorly.
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by yekko 13y ago
Get the hell out of there, find a better job, always be looking.
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by yekko 13y ago
We hired so many people with MS degree, we treat them no differently than people with no MS degree. Actually, they are paid less as they are considered to have less experience...
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by yekko 13y ago
More startup needs to move to low cost areas.
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by yekko 13y ago
We'd all retire rich!
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by yekko 13y ago
There is active discrimination against older engineers. I should know, I'm on many interview/screening rounds.
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by yekko 13y ago
You should NOT have gotten yourself into that situation in the first place. ALWAYS be looking.
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by yekko 13y ago
Helps if you all do it together, eg, a union.
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by yekko 13y ago
This is why you should NEVER work for below market salaries, you loose all leverage.
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by yekko 13y ago
This is true, I've never been to an office more sick than and open-plan office. HALF the office was off sick during 1 week in a flu season. It was unreal.
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by yekko 13y ago
The more things change, the more things stay the same.
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Is Tumblr's co-developer out in the cold after $1.1billion deal with Yahoo?(dailymail.co.uk)
1 points by yekko 13y ago|0 comments
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by yekko 13y ago
I hope Google moves to Texas!
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by yekko 13y ago
And he's totally correct.
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by yekko 13y ago
Because it's no longer science. It's corruption.
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by yekko 13y ago
As long as there can be great exits, the VC will fund it.
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by yekko 13y ago
Why not, it seem to be a great business model, that's what America is all about lately.
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by yekko 13y ago
Profit is more important than public health. This will end badly for the people.
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by yekko 13y ago
Coming soon to the real world with Ben's continued money printing. Maybe we can rollback the bank accounts to pre-1999!
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by yekko 13y ago
And you just know more than the experts. Armchair expert...
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by yekko 13y ago
VC probably got over 50% votes and forced this on them. Valuation goes back down.
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Is America’s Entrepreneurial Spirit In Trouble?(blogs.the-american-interest.com)
2 points by yekko 13y ago|0 comments

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