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yes... only the worthy and entitled deserve it clearly! The plebs should work 60 hours to support the lifestyle of the wealthy elites. In all seriousness though it's clear his book…

which part of `liberte egalite fraternite` does worker exploitation come from? Amazon is free to do business in France, and they are free not to (as they threatened) They are not f…

> I am often amazed at how good HN readers are at valuing labour of both workers and executives. I suppose you are naive enough believe the world is a true meritocracy

Nope, I am not saying cease growing. From my POV the most productive growth amazon can make as a company would be engaging in better ESG practices There are forms of capital outsid…

My answer to your initial question (what do people think amazon should do?) Invest less in growth and more in the human capital that is essential to running the business. Playing b…

it makes no profit yet Bezos is the richest man in the world by some margin? How can you buy into that narrative. The no profit book keeping is just a way to avoid paying tax. As a…

Agreed. Where could we get the tax money to make those pay rises from? hmmm

Reading this makes me thing I should divest. I feel ashamed owning shares in a company that thinks 20 hours unpaid time off a quarter is reasonable.

Tesla are using Scala actors for their power distribution network. https://www.infoq.com/presentations/tesla-vpp/?utm_source=pr... I guess cool is subjective.

I feel like this is promoting wantrepeneur lifestyle and taking low paid long hour start up jobs to get on the ladder. Whilst innovation is important, and earning your stripes too,…

Hiring Java devs is the problem. It's a lowest common denominator language. Try looking for Ruby or JS devs. It's a lot easier to teach someone from a dynamic background how to lev…

Yeah Scala on Graal will be fantastic - as I say in my post Scala isn't a great fit for serverless, but Graal is likely solve that. I adore Finagle/Finatra and wish it had the mind…

To all those saying Scala is dying: Personally I am making top money on Scala gigs, and I don't see that changing anytime soon. The people I meet on these gigs share my opinion. Mo…

1) Agree 2) Partially agree - I haven't gone to the length of writing anything down but I have been modelling it in my head for weeks. As you say later in your post a lot of it is …

I am currently working as a contractor for the Government. I am paid around UK market average for my skill set at 520 per day (124k per year based on 242 working day - I am single …