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sarkozy

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    Poll: Best (national US) agency for programming contractor hourly rates?

    If you have worked as a programmer through different agencies, have you noticed which one tends to pay you the higest hourly rate? If so, please choose one of these choices or pick…

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    That undermines my assumptions. Thanks for the link. I'm very surprised a company of Walmart's size has such low profit per-employee. I would have assumed some accounting tricks we…

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    I think it's a good idea to encourage everyone to try to get paid more, since (a) corporations make massively disproproportionate wealth relative to employees and (b) programmers a…

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    I agree on the importance of caution when applying statistical conclusions in individual cases - especially hiring decisions. I don't deny that there are, as you said, "mean women …

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    Apology accepted. It's been an enjoyable discussion and I appreciate that you feel strongly about the issue.

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    The study indicates women, on average, have higher empathy scores than men. But other studies have demonstrated similar results. Such as this one: http://www.springerlink.com/conte…

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    Down below I posted a study below backing up my point but I will re-post it here in case you haven't seen it. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v439/n7075/abs/nature04...

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    Why are you calling me a bigot? Is it possible you could find a less offensive way of engaging in this discussion? I would appreciate it. I also disagree with you, after all, but h…

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    It's one of many studies that demonstrate empirically that women are more empathic than men. My assumption is that the difference relates to genetics but what matters is that there…

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    Let's start with this one: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v439/n7075/abs/nature04...