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This is the sort of thinking that the Church used to put Galileo in prison.

Do you live in Europe? Schengen is only about passport control at the border, but any EU citizen had the right to work in the UK, no visa required. Eastern European workers lowerin…

> The United States itself had "open borders" for a long period of time. There was mass immigration from Ireland, Italy, and many other places and it worked out quite well for us. …

> In many metro areas property values have increased more the savings from the median income, meaning that the application, or aspiration, of the majority of people is going in rev…

Lithuania is not the US. You saw Swedish and Italian people on the website, in Lithuania they are minorities.

Because it's for your mum that doesn't know what a program is. Because you're in a place where you don't have the right to install new software. Because it's quicker. Because it's …

Dude, the stock you get as a Facebook employee is literally money. It vests every month, so you can go to a broker every month and sell it for thousands of dollars of hard cash. No…

> But what if someone failed miserably, does one still try to switch collective or choose a more humble mediocre one? I don't know. I've never seen someone switch and do well, but …

> In your opinion how much does the specific high school matter overall? It's the only thing that matters. Go to a top high-school (there's 1 or two in most important cities, 4-5 i…

I'm a Romanian dev living in London. The tech situation in Romania is quite decent, there are a few good companies to work for, some established (Adobe, Fitbit, Bitdefender), some …

> Even if you wanted to, it's nearly impossible to immigrate to the US as a skilled worker legally. Nearly impossible? Come on, this is a gross exaggeration. Get a job at a FAANG o…

> Doesn't this assume that the interviews get to the salary negotiation stage? If you don't have the name recognition of the FAANG you're probably getting subpar applicants regardl…

> someone earning $120k here would have to earn at least $200k out there to get the same standard of living. So are people flocking to the DC area to work as software engineers, th…

> As a tech lead / team lead over the last five years in a small East Coast market I've experienced real difficulty finding competent Software Engineers at any level. Pay more. Goo…

> This and the "insult the president" sound both like cases of the offender being an asshole. I fully agree. I think we should start jailing all the people who called Trump an idio…

The N in FANG stands for Netflix.

That wasn't very clear, let me clarify what I mean. Let's say Bob is a programmer and always loved games, and only wants to work for game companies. Let's also say that game compan…

Obviously market forces should dictate what an employee should be paid, but I think the problem here is what we consider the market to be. If you are hiring remote employees from a…

And then all the high-paying jobs will go to people who went to MIT and Stanford, and if you're great but couldn't afford more than community college, tough luck, because your cred…

Yes, just like we took away the right of companies to fire people for being black.

There's no alternative because there's no demand. Almost no company wants to hire remotely and pay good wages, and those that do have >10 qualified candidates for each position.

I think project based learning is the only way to actually learn programming. It's why most people suggest new programmers to "just build something they want" (which I think is bad…

Something like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKUE62hOvHM

> The Eastern Europe "market rate" is lower than the US because cost of living is. It's the other way around.

I am talking total compensation (salary + bonus + stock), and at Google you get past 200k at L4, so after the first promotion. New grads used to make around $160k, not it's somewha…