In most countries, there are a ton of legal protections and mandated benefits for workers. In the US, unemployment, workers comp, and social security stand out as the big ones. Beyond just tax, it's important that the government knows where you work so that you can effectively file complaints or for benefits of you happen to be working for an abusive employer, get laid off, or want to get paid during retirement
Show HN: I made a site that shows jobs where you can work pseudonymously
81–90 of 279 posts
Re: Show HN: I made a site that shows jobs where you can work pseudonymously
#82> soon most work will be done pseudonymously Eyebrow raised very high 81 days this article was discussed in HN: https://www.sofuckingagile.com/blog/mourning-loss-as-a-remot... In it, among other things, we learn a team member who was not even anonymous passed away, and the company only found out when the person's wife created a support ticket because they didn't know basic facts about them. If after reading that arti…
I think it's a great setup. I don't understand why I'm supposed to think it's a bad setup other than that Pete's wife didn't have enough information to pick up his pay without going through support, but that's Pete's fault.
Any story about a friendly person dying is sad. His employer not having documentation on him is the least sad thing about the story.
Re: Show HN: I made a site that shows jobs where you can work pseudonymously
#83Earlier quoted context omitted.
Absolutely! I would just posit that the organizations listed on the site seem to be handling this somehow (for now). I myself would be really curious as to how.
As a general tip: Trusting that someone doing something markedly unusual is "handling it somehow" is a great way to get some ugly surprises later. Companies do things wrong all the time and in many cases you can find yourself liable for their mistakes/abuses in some way or another. Sometimes at great cost. Obviously, you need to trust every employer/client to some degree, but you'll benefit yourself by developing a s…
No, you're definitely right! I definitely wouldn't feel confident saying they're handling it well, because I just don't know how they're handling it! But I do hope to bring some of this info to light. I think it's an area that deserves attention and discussion :)
Re: Show HN: I made a site that shows jobs where you can work pseudonymously
#84They're all cryptocurrency jobs? Figures.
While I'm not a huge fan of this idea or cryptocurrency in general, "illegitimate" industries are often the spawning point for good new ideas (see: porn industry).
Re: Show HN: I made a site that shows jobs where you can work pseudonymously
#85>using your legal identity at work is unnecessary, and puts your safety, security, and privacy, at risk. It is? I want this? I tried watching a bit of the video but it kinda lost me with the bitcoin stuff as I don't really think of bitcoin and my relationship with my employer ... have anything to do with each other.
For crypto, this is actually somewhat reasonable. I'm sure this sounds "dumb" to traditional users, but if you are a community manager of a cryptocurrency, you will probably have near continuous 7x24 attacks on you in an attempt to take over accounts or other similar BS. They frequently try exponentially harder on the non technical members because of the assumption that the people working on the tech are more likely…
It's interesting how this plays out with crypto and not exactly the same / intensity with traditional finance employees.
Re: Show HN: I made a site that shows jobs where you can work pseudonymously
#86Looking forward to giving audit-level access to my systems to a anon "Senior Security Auditor".
You'd be surprised! Some of the best smart contract security folks in the space are pseudonymous and I imagine many organizations would work with them without needing to know their legal identity. One of those people is samczsun[1] who, amongst other things, famously prevented a potential ~$350m hack.
Re: Show HN: I made a site that shows jobs where you can work pseudonymously
#87Earlier quoted context omitted.
For crypto, this is actually somewhat reasonable. I'm sure this sounds "dumb" to traditional users, but if you are a community manager of a cryptocurrency, you will probably have near continuous 7x24 attacks on you in an attempt to take over accounts or other similar BS. They frequently try exponentially harder on the non technical members because of the assumption that the people working on the tech are more likely…
It's interesting how this plays out with crypto and not exactly the same / intensity with traditional finance employees.
My assumption is that traditional finance money is often a lot more refundable.
FWIW, different industry, but I did a few months as a contractor at two AAA game devs and my god the amount of shit you have to deal with, having a staff flagged forum account with 0 posts, people would go through the member list, send hundreds of DMs begging for free shit, try to find your email to harass you for free beta keys or cash shop items, friends IRL would be like "haha does that mean you can edit my character to be max level"
Re: Show HN: I made a site that shows jobs where you can work pseudonymously
#88Earlier quoted context omitted.
Doesnt this model only appeal to the use in "one-time, short-term, mostly-illegal" constructs? "Hey Mr. RockStar Dev, I want you to make me an app to rip of [THING]" "Sure, my @wallet is here and my skillset is listed here"
I'd guess that interaction is very common and not illegal anywhere I'm aware of.
In most jurisdictions, it is illegal to contract with someone for goods or services over a certain amount if you don't have their tax information. Otherwise, tax avoidance would be trivial. In the US specifically, you're required to file Form 1099 for any contracts over $600, which requires the other party's SSN, EIN, or another foreign tax identifier.
Re: Show HN: I made a site that shows jobs where you can work pseudonymously
#89Here is a question I have often wondered about: Say I am running a business in Europe. And one day I need to translate some text from German to English. I go to Google and enter "German to English translation service". Up comes a website that says "We translate one page of text for ₿0.000048". The website does not tell you where it is operated or who operates it. They state that where they are, they are not obliged t…
My accountant has always said, so long as I get a receipt/invoice that corresponds to the transaction, and the company/country isn't knowingly sanctioned, and the services rendered were licit and bonafide, its all good.
This is my US-based accountant for my US-based corporation, but I'm sure it translates well.
Re: Show HN: I made a site that shows jobs where you can work pseudonymously
#90> using your legal identity at work is unnecessary, and puts your safety, security, and privacy, at risk.
How is it even possible to employ someone in the US without knowing their legal identity?