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Re: Some terrible personal news

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Post by kgwgk »

dragonwriter wrote: post #186
kgwgk wrote: post #145

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The root cause of death is life.

The root cause of everything is the laws of physics and, to the extent it is a separate issue, the initial state of the universe. Or, from a different epistemological viewpoint, the root cause of everything is God’s will. Ascribing importance to intermediate causes is highly subjective, even assuming they can be reliably determined.

> The root cause of everything is the laws of physics and, to the extent it is a separate issue, the initial state of the universe.

Only if you think that the laws of physics are deterministic, I guess.

Re: Some terrible personal news

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Post by SloopJon »

senatorobama wrote: post #96
danielvf wrote: post #3

For those wondering who Matt is, he’s a fifteen plus year Googler, ex head of Safe Search and web anti-spam, now acting director of the US Digital Service.

Wow. Fifteen years in a single company.

Twenty years here. I've gotten married, bought my first place, had a child. The manager who hired me is still here, along with many others.

We've lost some coworkers, always seemingly too soon. I've been to a couple of wakes, one for a coworker's wife.

I don't want to say we're like family, but we look out for each other. The year before the company rolled out 2.5x salary life insurance, someone started a crowdfunding campaign after a coworker's sudden death that raised over $50K in one day.

I know I've been here too long, but I'll miss it. I grew up here.

Re: Some terrible personal news

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Post by scarface74 »

emodendroket wrote: post #119
senatorobama wrote: post #99

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Yes, because it's common knowledge to change companies every ~3 years to get a 20%+ salary increase instead of a miserly 0-10%.

Doesn't that become difficult after a while? I'm gradually finding fewer places are even able to match what I'm making, let alone give me a 20% raise.

Yes. Definitely.

I spent 9 years at one company - 7 years longer than I should have. After a 10K raise the first year and with 3% raises after that and bonuses slowly being cut, I only made $7K more in 2008 than I did in 2002. After that, I started aggressively job hopping - 4 jobs - and learning and over the next 10 years, I made over 60K more.

Now, I am looking to see what technology I should jump on and best case, I might be able to get $10K more over the next two years. I'm actually okay with that, I live a comfortable lifestyle.

I don't want to go into management and I want to stay hands on. My current position as a dev lead as about as high as I want to go and I would be fine being a strict individual contributor.

Re: Some terrible personal news

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Post by austenallred »

dragonwriter wrote: post #190
austenallred wrote: post #167

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How was a comment that says “no one deserves to have a spouse die” injecting politics?

> How was a comment that says “no one deserves to have a spouse die” injecting politics? The “And yet...” after that part, which basically inverts the overall message and is suggesting Cutts comes closer than most to deserving it, is injecting a negative personal judgement; it's not overtly political, but given the nature of the negative commentary Cutts has received, when he has received negative commentary, on HN,…

Ah, I didn’t read it that way. I read it as “nobody deserves it, but unfortunately it happens nonetheless.” If that’s how you read it calling it out for politics feels very off. I doubt I’m the only one that read it that way.

Re: Some terrible personal news

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Post by askafriend »

wst_ wrote: post #129

I do feel sorry for the guy. I really do. But how is it possible that one guy's tragedy got to the front page of HN? Why everyone's talking about his wife, but not about others, who probably left family and friends in grief the same way.

He's been a regular contributor here on HN for nearly 10 years - here's his profile: https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=Matt_Cutts

He's also been an active blogger, sharing his insights from all the work he's done at Google and beyond. These blogs have been discussed here on HN often.

I think people here feel like he's a part of our community and a positive part of the tech community at large.

Re: Some terrible personal news

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Post by js2 »

blkhp19 wrote: post #182
copperx wrote: post #179

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What does travel have to do with it?

Perhaps long periods of sitting on a flight? If you suspect this is happening to you (all of the sudden you can't really breathe), is there anything you can even do? Or just hope it's not bad enough to be fatal?

Go to a doctor right away. There are anticoagulants which can dissolve blood clots and/or ways of physically preventing the clot from reaching the lungs.

Also an ounce of prevention: avoid extended sitting; exercise regularly.

https://www.webmd.com/lung/tc/pulmonary-embolism-treatment-o...

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/deep-vein-thr...

Re: Some terrible personal news

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Post by softawre »

senatorobama wrote: post #96
danielvf wrote: post #3

For those wondering who Matt is, he’s a fifteen plus year Googler, ex head of Safe Search and web anti-spam, now acting director of the US Digital Service.

Wow. Fifteen years in a single company.

It's not as uncommon as HN makes you believe these days. I've been at a place for 11 years, moving to new projects every few years, gotten large pay raises over the years to keep ahead of market. It's possible, and it's kinda great to be honest.
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