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jimthrow
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Comment #23623328
My solution is to get a new account every now and then
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Comment #23578501
It’s good to be prepared. The threat is real. Just look at what happened in Seattle: they took over 6 blocks, kicked out all the police, and set up walls and checkpoints for their …
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Comment #23035788
Here in the Bay Area we have local politicians who brag about all the building plans they’ve shut down and voters applaud this!
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Comment #22788848
Most software startups die due to lack of demand for their product.
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Comment #22655910
First we are legally required to give them our info then they leak it
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Comment #22490726
I don’t know why this is being downvoted so much. It’s a legitimate abbreviation considering that washing hands is the most well known deterrent for the virus
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Comment #22395063
Poop town SF is becoming less aspirational by the year. And can you really say SF is aspirational if Houston is growing 4 times faster?
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Comment #22395053
Nope. If you count growth by population increases, Houston is growing more than 4 times faster than SF and still able to keep housing costs low.
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Comment #22395021
Well an H1b is basically like an indentured servant that works for a fraction of the cost and much longer hours. Some Companies want low cost labor.
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Comment #22394223
When you get rejected, it’s not about you. There’s just too many high quality candidates and too few positions. It’s just the inevitable outcome of a vast oversupply of talent
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Comment #22272935
Considering the massive over supply of labor, I’d say they could very easily replace that 20% several times over before they had any problems finding more engineers.
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Comment #22232932
Sure there’s land everywhere especially in the east bay I can see miles and miles of empty space even from 580 I meant politically, the Bimbys don’t want more people in the bay are…
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Comment #22232709
The Bay Area is full. Voters certainly don’t want any growth here. It’s time for companies to move out of the bay area
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Comment #22103789
Talent shortage is a myth. Companies place themselves in the worst locations which are the least accessible places in the US (extremely high rent and commute distance) and then won…
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Comment #22085159
The vast oversupply of talent has gotten so large employers can’t even be bothered to read resumes anymore: Ai will. This is what happens when ever larger percentage of society get…
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Comment #21965850
I seriously doubt you can “slack off” and keep your job. I think your probably being to hard on yourself. Imposter syndrome happens to many
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Comment #21952478
No. Most android phones come with a ton of ininstallable apps that take up a huge amount of room
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Comment #21943915
Of course it’s not called that It’s called a corporate restructuring. Or they’ll just fire a few people here and there until they get to 10%. They call it “we re heading in a new d…
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Comment #21926479
We have had over 2% for the last 3 years. That’s already pretty high
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Comment #21926458
Decentralized services won’t help at all unless the means by which people find stuff on the web is decentralized: google.