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"Bloomberg News is laying off nearly 100 journalists as it restructures its newsroom" Not really a tech layoff. Many more similar examples. Also counting companies rather than jobs…

I regularly make new friends. Traveling a lot helps. Avoid talking excessiviely about work or your kids if you want to make new friends. Those topics are generally not interesting …

There is plenty of refining and export capacity in Texas. It would have an enormous impact on investment in oil production and therefore future oil prices in North America. Pipelin…

I'd be surprised if more small businesses hadn't, the credits sales people are willing to give you are massive

If we could convert the value you get from charity work in to dollars, you would be making more than people working for big corp. Your values are atypical, and I'm glad you are abl…

My main focus used be purposeful work as well. Now I'm more focused on doing things that make me feel good such as traveling, socializing and exercising. Since work is no longer my…

He is the "investors".

Seems odd to blame other workers here even if they do make a lot of money. The only way workers will be helped is other jobs provide better value to the worker or companies are reg…

I also appreciate that anybody who puts the work in can get a good job in tech. But I don't follow your reasoning that the current tech interview process supports that in some way …

Work addicts will have a hard time following this advice unless they get the same dopamine boost from other tasks like networking. Unlikely to happen until they accept they have a …

Would be better off getting some therapy and buying index funds. I'm guessing in the long run this person would make a lot more money even after paying for therapy. Unless the plan…

This is due to the fact that European indices are heavily weighted towards stocks in low growth industries: banks, mining, utilities, cars, chemistry insurance. Lack of incentives …

Desire to be indispensable is a manifestation of imposter syndrome which is a manifestation of anxiety. If it doesn't fade after a few months you've got underlying issues you need …

I'd say work addict is a better term. The dream of all employers.

google flights using your profile language preference but then listing all flights in local currency :(

Careful with your caffeine consumption if you start IF. Many people find they are more irritable on IF and fail to realize that their body processes coffee differently when they ha…

I'd argue it's pragmatic

For a lot of space-cadet interviewers this would work well. They just want the right answer and aren't thinking about how easy it would be to work on a team with these people.

If PlanetScale just offered to reimburse any costs above the 99th percentile of normal operations it would be a great success. If their business model is dependent on people gettin…

he is the CEO lol

you got to appreciate that honesty about leverage. this whole program was designed because they weren't competitive in the market.

promotions are such an absurd idea in this job market

sure. usually more common in places where workers have low self confidence and don't think they could do better. if only they knew what opportunities were out there

lower anxiety => higher sleep quality => higher academic performance poverty => higher anxiety => lower life performance higher instagram use => lower baseline dopamine => higher a…

It's unlikely the big boss treats anybody differently. Eventually that kind of toxicity eats away at the org. People saying not to worry perhaps haven't worked with people like thi…