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Probably this UI: https://www.facebook.com/live/create I didn't do it alone of course (probably a dozen people have worked on the UI, and hundreds on the backend), but it was my ma…

> I would personally take a shuttle over the subway any day. If you're crossing any bridges or tunnels, a 15 minute train ride could easily be 45 minutes in a shuttle or car.

> // no curly braces, semicolons or parentheses Is this a good thing? It feels like saying "It's English without the periods or line breaks or capital letters."

> you could be at Google collecting a 1/2M paycheck That's director-level compensation. Would somebody whose only experience is 4-5 years of running a startup be hired straight int…

> churn out apps with a Java back-end and an Angular/React/Vue/whatever front-end That's basically what all of us product engineers at FB do, it's just that there's so much competi…

Why didn't you like them and what changed your mind?

Why only biweekly?

> And strangely, a lot of people think we should both do that for free (at everyone else's expense) and that we should legalize the drugs that put them there. Why do you consider t…

Here's an interesting podcast claiming the Dow is meaningless: http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2017/01/04/508261371/episo... The article might have already discussed this, but I …

Just in case anybody doesn't believe you: http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/23/politics/john-ehrlichman-richa...

Lawyer. With those skills and credentials, there are lots of clear and direct opportunities to help some of society's most vulnerable people.

> I very much dislike the idea that you, as an employer, are deciding what proportion of their income your employees should be spending on rent. With rent as a multiplier, it's lik…

Thanks for the detailed response! I'm a little torn on #1. I definitely don't think anybody should be allowed to be paid less than minimum wage. But on the other hand, if these peo…

> In the US, you take the Engineer In Training (EIT) exam when you graduate university, then require 4 years of industry experience before you can sit the PE (Professional Engineer…

I still can't tell _why_ you support the proposal. What are the actual problems with sanctuary laws?

> I'm guessing the same is true for most states. California is actually one of the lowest (42nd). The irony is that states where people vote for small government and lower taxes te…

> It is the same for the engineering profession. In some countries it is that way. I know Canada is very strict about who can be called an engineer. In the US, it is not that way. …

What is the inconvenience of apps?

> has anyone you tried to recruit walk away because you mentioned the 40hr/week expectation? Why would they? Are you imagining somebody who only wants to be part of a team that's o…

> American females have a very similar experience as American males How can you say that after reading the first question in the article? Do you think the editor was just cherry pi…

> Well, my own experience is that the $1.49 million would more likely be reinvested in the company as a whole: hire more developers, more salespeople, expand the office, etc A lot …

I'm sorry your workplace is so hostile :( Luckily I've never experienced an atmosphere like that.

What does a 3 year prison sentence accomplish that 30 days wouldn't?

Terminal level is usually "senior software engineer" or the equivalent. Something that every competent engineer can reasonably be expected to achieve.

> I think he's getting at the fact that if they're in a cage they can't commit crimes while in there Yeah, that's what I suspected. To me, that line of thinking feels short-sighted…