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partisan

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    Comment #30706022

    You are running a financial company. Focus on that. Don’t tell people what is good to do. That’s well out of your bounds.

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    Comment #30706005

    A lot of companies do overnight batch processing so that could have been the case here.

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    Comment #30674845

    I’m all for mantras that give you the right mindset to achieve your goals, but I wonder whether it’s necessary or healthy to compare oneself to others. Also, to what do you attribu…

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    Comment #30628394

    “Fetal bovine serum (FBS) is a ubiquitously used essential supplement in cell culture media. However, there are serious scientific and ethical concerns about the use of FBS regardi…

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    Comment #30607133

    Excellent points and completely agreed. Social media has turned the private into the public. The old adage, don’t talk politics and don’t throw stones has been completely abandoned…

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    Comment #30307592

    I think it can happen anywhere where these sentiments are allowed to rear their heads. It only takes a few people to create this atmosphere, but if the culture of the organization …

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    Comment #30196392

    I had an employee who worked two jobs during his last month with my company. He was generally unresponsive during the time and only admitted to doing this after being confronted wi…

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    Comment #30064846

    I’ll repeat what was already said. You shouldn’t hijack the back button. That is hostile to the user and will not generate sales for you. I think the idea is great and is something…

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    Comment #29892820

    "Incubated in Harvard Innovation Lab, the Experfy platform enables the pipelining and hiring of external talent at unprecedented speed, while career pathing, upskilling, and mentor…

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    Comment #29663203

    To counteract the obvious sense of loss that came from an official separation from my wife, I took up sketching, first in pencil and then in pen. It’s run its course so I have slow…

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    Comment #29429763

    I take your point and agree that OP is writing from a place of privilege. His post is addressed to knowledge workers and people who could theoretically afford this type of existenc…

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    Comment #29313576

    In a case like this, management can either see the dilemma they are in or pretend it isn’t happening. If they pretend it isn’t happening then life will be very miserable for you. T…

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    Comment #29097829

    I have a consulting gig where I pair program with my client. We do up to a four hour session before I can’t really think too much. Unfortunately, nowadays I dont have large blocks …

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    Comment #28456351

    Both AWS and shared hosting providers run on a “F you. Pay me!” model. The difference is that small hosting resellers knew they couldn’t collect on debts while Amazon knows it can.…

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    Comment #28186132

    To understand love like that is to understand an equally profound loss.

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    Comment #28116866

    I started to notice I was getting less hits on searches related to .NET development for versions prior to .NET Core. I pessimistically assumed it was due to some concerted effort t…

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    Comment #28088518

    These get more and more frightening as you go along. You shut down someone's business and you just casually mention you will re-enable them almost as if it is a favor? I'm sorry yo…

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    Comment #27688197

    Where does it stand now?

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    Comment #27688189

    There are a lot of risks to a rewrite of software. Doubly so when created in a silo. It pays to see it from the perspective of the company. Additionally, you either worked on your …

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    Comment #27661043

    Truthfully, I was assigned one by the gym as I had little perspective on it, but I was clear about my goals and they assigned someone who had experience in helping clients reach th…

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    Comment #27642073

    You are me, almost down to the word, but I am 41 now. At 38, I decided to pay for a trainer for a year and a half. At 40, just before pandemic, I was in the best shape of my life. …

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    Comment #27354574

    Somewhat similar stories. We partnered with a customer to form a company that would serve their market and we formed a JV to sell it to other companies in their space. They were th…

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    Comment #26778864

    For your life circumstances, is there an amount of money that is large enough to celebrate, but not so large as to be life changing? If so, then you can relate to the author's poin…

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    Comment #26497418

    I would start by kicking out the person who suggested this terrible idea. They are either naive or cunning. Either of those are dangerous for a new company. Beyond promoting a toxi…