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It's an app
It's an app that no one made before. Why didn't they?
Look it up, gypsy cabs are not new at all. Most people kept a low profile and stuck to their own ghettos though.
Anyways, the conversation is not substantive anymore, both of our points where made.
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Most Americans don't even travel far within their own country. The vast majority have never seen New York or San Francisco, for example. Or the Rockies, even.
That's interesting, you've repeated this in a few comments. I am not american, but living in the US, and it's always been my observation that while true, americans seldom travel outside their own country, they do travel, a lot, within their own continent-sized nation. In fact, almost everyone I know here is quite frequently taking little trips, both business and pleasure, be it to see relatives (families are very dis…
If you live in the MidWest where most Americans live, then your report would really surprise me.
As a European (used to free healthcare, statutory maternity leave, and 25 days paid leave per year) it shocked me on first visiting America how third-world it actually feels regarding what people consider a "normal" work/life balance. People work incredibly hard, long hours and often with very little to show for it. It's surreal.
There are pros and cons to both models, e.g. I think recent french experiment with mandated 35hrs (I think) work week backfired pretty badly. I live in the US and know more than one person working a 6/6 cycle (6 month of work, 6 month of rest and travel) which they would never be able to do with old, rigid work arrangement. I think for skilled workers with skills in demand flexible work options can offer huge benefit…
This is a strangely divisive topic in the startup industry. For some reason, there are smart people who think that meritocracy works: work hard and things will be good for you. The problem is that in many cases working hard (as in building up a startup) does indeed give people the opportunity to rise in society. But it is not true in all cases at all. And so the negative statement "if you are struggling you didn't tr…
> First, in capitalism, a work's remuneration is supposed to be related in a way to the perceived utility of that work for society in general. This is a misconception, I think. A work's remuneration is related to the utility perceived by the person providing the remuneration . Society in general doesn't pay people. Specific people pay other people. Find something enough people want and give it to them. It's not any m…
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Take living costs and so forth into account also. California probably isn't as great at the figures suggest. That said, speaking as a New Zealander: don't come here. There are no jobs, and if you find one, you will be underpaid. If you're looking for the weather and standard-of-living combination offered by the southern hemisphere, consider Melbourne or Sydney instead. Very few of my graduating class at the Universit…
Wow this is true? I just heard NZ was doing a state sponsored world-wide call for workers. Is it because people are leaving? Where are they leaving to?
If people leave, normally they leave for Australia (because it's very easy to do so).
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How does saying what the parent say equate to having "little respect?" Some people enjoy their job, no matter what they do, for sure. Absolutely. Some people hate their job but pretend to love their job because part of their job (service) is to give the appearance that they are very, very happy. Pointing that out is not disrespectful.
To me the tone implied that all hotel workers must hate what they do or even see it as demeaning. Perhaps I read too much into it.
As a European (used to free healthcare, statutory maternity leave, and 25 days paid leave per year) it shocked me on first visiting America how third-world it actually feels regarding what people consider a "normal" work/life balance. People work incredibly hard, long hours and often with very little to show for it. It's surreal.
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Democrats are on average poorer than Republicans, so, there may be some inversion, but the general principle still stands
Is that still true if you take African Americans out of the equation, I am genuinely curious?
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So why are you even comparing the two and not e.g. working for Google in San Francisco and Zurich?
Berlin is a start-up hub, and its a place i know. I cant speak for Zurich from first hand experience. Im just emphasizing that the fact that europe has benefits, it does not necessarily (or likely) outweigh the difference in salary from one to the other. You are certainly taxed more by a lower wage and by a higher tax rate that could compensate ubering every day and private schooling.
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And many of them think that people in Europe have it worse. That the economy would just collapse into African-levels of poverty if there was mandatory paid holidays. This is a danger of American TV shows and movie studios remaking shows for the American audiences. They don't get to see that Europe is mostly a developed place.
It surprises me that Americans don't even get Christmas (or the “holidays”) off. Would the religious right not support that?
It depends on the company.