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Re: Ask HN: What are examples of companies dying due to many people quitting?

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Post by hunter-gatherer »

pmontra wrote: post #331
rkangel wrote: post #267

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I think there's hostility on both sides here. "Could you clarify a few things?" is one thing, but "I don't think the story adds up" is a direct accusation of lying.

The tragedy of the written word between people that don't know each other. One could say "Could you clarify a few things?" in anger or "I don't think the story adds up" smiling and with a friendly tone. In writing the intention of the writer is in the mind of the reader.

It is indeed peculiar that even though humans have communicated over written word for so long, so many are seemingly unaware of this fact.

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Post by micromacrofoot »

fredrikholm wrote: post #231
_nalply wrote: post #175

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So the good ones left when they realized what was going on and the mediocre ones stayed. I, being Deaf, would have been forced to stay with the mediocre ones because interviewing is difficult for me. I am lucky that I don't need a job now.

Don't they accommodate you knowing that you are deaf? Granted, I don't know where you're situated, and from what I hear the hiring process in the US is sketchy, but this sounds like an easy problem to fix, if it's even a problem at all.

I’m not deaf but have other impairments and most companies literally don’t even know what to do, it’s like an alien just showed up on their doorstep. In my experience most of the time if you’re disabled you’re just quietly looked over.

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Post by Havoc »

EFreethought wrote: post #313
Havoc wrote: post #243

Honeywell after GE acquisition. They basically bought empty buildings at insane values given how fast the talent clears out

Could you expand on this? I thought the GE/Honeywell merger was blocked by the EU.

It’s from the Jack Welsh autobiography - GE ceo at the time. Basically bought it, didn’t have any lock in on employees, culture clash and subsequent exodus

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Post by rexreed »

davidkuennen wrote: post #218
Aloha wrote: post #88

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Shockley inadvertently by being an asshole created more wealth for more people possibly than any other single person.

"At the time of his death, he was estranged from most of his friends and family, except his second wife, the former Emmy Lanning (1913–2007). His children reportedly learned of his death by reading his obituary in the newspaper." Well, that says a lot.

Not to mention: "Shockley became widely known for his extreme views on race and his advocacy of eugenics". Sounds like a terrible person.

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Post by pc86 »

AshamedCaptain wrote: post #265
Tostino wrote: post #154

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HN comments have really gone down hill in quality. I'm quite sick of reading the same tired talking points you put up over and over.

For anything medical related it has always been like this.

This is what happens when 26 year old tech bros who type JavaScript into a computer for $300k a year forget that there are a lot of things about the real world they don't actually understand.

Anything related to medicine or non-IP law on HN is a dumpster fire.

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Post by boppo1 »

Cthulhu_ wrote: post #247
diob wrote: post #183

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Video game developers (and working class in general) desperately needs to unionize, young folks are too naive to realize they're working towards chronic health conditions.

In a sense, some do - by quitting and/or going indie. There's some good studios out there; Team Cherry (hollow knight) famously doesn't do crunch. They also don't (need to) make any announcements about games until they're ready.

Isn't Team cherry like 10 people though?

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Post by [deleted] »

ethbr0 wrote: post #321
scarface74 wrote: post #319

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That makes it worse not better. If my wife were pregnant, I also wouldn’t have her go to a doctor who “didn’t believe in abortion” under any circumstances even if her life were in danger.

That's a strawman, because it's a directly impactful choice at the time of care. How does a person's personal vaccination status, ceterus paribus, affect the care you're likely to receive? Outside of, you know, directly asking them "Should I get vaccinated?" and being told "I wouldn't"?

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Re: Ask HN: What are examples of companies dying due to many people quitting?

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Post by pc86 »

ethbr0 wrote: post #321
scarface74 wrote: post #319

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That makes it worse not better. If my wife were pregnant, I also wouldn’t have her go to a doctor who “didn’t believe in abortion” under any circumstances even if her life were in danger.

That's a strawman, because it's a directly impactful choice at the time of care. How does a person's personal vaccination status, ceterus paribus, affect the care you're likely to receive? Outside of, you know, directly asking them "Should I get vaccinated?" and being told "I wouldn't"?

> How does a person's personal vaccination status affect the care you're likely to receive?

Because it shows that they're not intellectually capable of making good medical decisions. The risk that the other medical decisions they will make are equally bad despite all evidence to the contrary increases.

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Post by HFguy »

jasonwatkinspdx wrote: post #229
rvanlaar wrote: post #209

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What an interesting story. It made me look up how medal of honor started. Could you clarify a few things? I don't think the story adds up. Wikipedia has the followin information. Medal of Honor was made by DreamWorks interactive. [..] Filmmaker Steven Spielberg Spielberg founded DreamWorks Interactive in 1995. [1] And: Danger Close Games (formerly DreamWorks Interactive LLC and EA Los Angeles) was an American video g…

Yes, I'm talking about 2015. The first two Playstation only MoH games were not exactly failures, but they were little more than Goldeneye clones with WW2 themes. The first PC game is really the start of what we think of as the Medal of Honor franchise proper. The team that bailed founded Infinity Ward, which was the origin of Call of Duty, or at least the first like 8 games in the franchise. So yes, my story does in…

"...calling me a lair..."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DZKwCVKneg

Sorry, found the typo funny. Not trying to antagonize anyone this morning.

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Post by another2another »

ethbr0 wrote: post #87
mud_dauber wrote: post #26

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My wife (ER/ICU nursing) walked away from a 25 yr career. She ended up in the kitchen of an upscale grocery store - still working with her hands for 1/3 the salary. (Granted, we could withstand the financial hit.) She would still come home bone-tired after being on her feet for a shift - but much more interested in the work. Not having to deal with the public was another big benefit -the epidemic turned too many peop…

Interesting factoid: "computer programmer" + "nurse" are one of the most common spousal profession pairings. Per a recent HN link/study.

Well I'm a data point then, also another colleague.

But despite our respective professions, I still get ignored when I'm sick, and she can fix her own iTunes problems 'cos I just don't have a clue.

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