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smokinn

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About smokinn

If you need to contact me my email is smokinn@gmail.com

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    Based on your comments about salary and working at a startup, I think you're probably being taken advantage of. I think you may at least subconsciously know it too given that you w…

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    Comment #29916488

    First off, excellent article. I've read a huge number of these and almost didn't click on this one. I'm happy I did. All your points are excellent and absolutely true. That said, I…

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    Comment #21839289

    I suspect it's this scam: https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/n8ho3a Spoiler Alert: Don't read below if you don't want the podcast episode ruined. You're not the one being scam…

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    Comment #17569236

    Seattle also has a growing affordability problem and is in the same zoning situation as SF or Vancouver. Here's the official zoning map showing the absolute domination of single-fa…

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    Comment #16997659

    Is the very competitive salary over 300k USD? That's what's competitive in the Bay Area or Seattle for senior talent. While there are benefits to Canada as you mentioned, for a lot…

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    Comment #16879377

    You removed the word "related" in this reply. I think our contention centers mainly around this word. When I see the word related I envision most standard job offers that have a la…

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    Comment #16876857

    When you say you require 5 years of related experience as a minimum bar, most applicants read we don't train or invest in our employees. It's not surprising you don't get the best …

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    The Nexus Q was Google dropping the ball: https://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/05/the-google-nexus-... I have a couple of friends who still have one in a drawer somewhere and it…

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    Comment #12415550

    Also interested. My email is in my profile. Thank you!

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    Comment #11913043

    Adrian Colyer does something similar with his blog which I highly recommend: https://blog.acolyer.org/ Every weekday he posts a digestible summary of an influential paper, typicall…

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    Comment #11214244

    It was much worse than just a do-not-call. The evidence states that the defendants agreed not to poach employees from each other or give them offers if they voluntarily applied, an…

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    Comment #10274109

    Tons of interesting scenarios. You're sitting on your couch next to your best friend who recently moved to Singapore and he/she's doing the same. You're sitting on your couch with …

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    Comment #9815916

    There's no way everyday people can compete with corporations anymore. There are approximately 244,673,000 adults aged 18+ in the US: http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/00000.h…

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    Comment #9661601

    "Bolt is working with manufacturing partners such as the Michigan Biotechnology Institute in Lansing, which will do larger-scale fermentation in 4,000-liter tanks using Bolt’s proc…

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    Comment #9610472

    Glympse does this: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.glympse.an...

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    Comment #9607527

    IAC Interactive which is the parent company of most large online US dating sites (among other online properties). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IAC_%28company%29