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Who’s in charge at Amazon? Moves on secretive S Team signal giant’s priorities

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Post by wpietri »

jessriedel wrote: post #123
wpietri wrote: post #53

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We have site guidelines and moderators, neither of which seem to have taken exception to somebody posting honestly about their experience relating to the article topic. Maybe you don't need to be sheriff of HN for this? I thought it was a useful and interesting comment. If you've had your fill of some subtopic, do what I do: keep scrolling.

There are moderators for egregious indisputable violations, just like there are police for lawbreaking. But there are also murky or less clear-cut cases that nevertheless clearly degrade the quality of the discussion over time, just like there are lots of mean things people do to each other in the real world that appropriately are not punished by the police. The way these are dealt with is by telling the person they…

Or another way we signal it is by downvoting things. So maybe check out the color of your posts in this thread and consider that you have confused "thing I don't like" with "degrades the discussion".

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Post by dkersten »

okr wrote: post #130
dkersten wrote: post #92

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> you certainly bring value into the world Just because someone is willing to pay for it, doesn’t mean it’s good for society or the world.

Do you buy something, that harms the society or the world, why?

Besides what on_and_off said (and you can add many more to that list, for example diamonds, oil, construction using migrant workers in bad conditions, etc) there are also people who only care about money, regardless of the harm that it causes (deforestation of the amazon? Tobacco products? Financial products that lead people to ruin? Drug industries? Human trafficking?)

Some people will pay for all kinds of things that are extremely harmful. Your comment seems rather disingenuous. Why are you trying to twist my words to reflect badly on me? Guilt about the products you buy? (See what I did there? Same thing you were doing :D)

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Post by luckylion »

Supermancho wrote: post #139
luckylion wrote: post #73

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It's a bit more invasive than "coloring the walls", right?

Is it? Superstore chain (let's say Walmart's) cost/benefit margins of coloring the walls is orders of magnitude larger day to day, than ad revenue budgets of most companies year over year. People like to be outraged about the most fringe issues, because they feel like it's championing the good fight. Advertising is the least of life's problems (local or at large). It's fucking 2020, can we get Pepsi and Coke in the s…

That's because Walmart is gigantic, not because blue vs green walls make such an enormous difference.

It's the difference between having some vapid happy tunes playing in the super market and them analyzing your profile and previous purchases to bombard you with customized messages to make you feel bad because you'll buy more. The level of invasiveness is very different, and you need thorough tracking and denial of privacy for one but not the other.

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Post by lowiqengineer »

chillydawg wrote: post #114
lowiqengineer wrote: post #88

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I’ve tried, but haven’t gotten interviews from the companies I’m interested in. I did get a offer from a hedge fund, but it was a severe lowball (50-70% of typical offers) probably due to my interview performance.

If it was a good hedge fund, they won't offer anyone they don't rate. If they offered you because they think you're mediocre and can get you cheap - do not work for them, they're charlatans.

It was Citadel. I think Two Sigma is considered more impressive.

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Post by okr »

dkersten wrote: post #142
okr wrote: post #130

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you buy something, that harms the society or the world, why?

Besides what on_and_off said (and you can add many more to that list, for example diamonds, oil, construction using migrant workers in bad conditions, etc) there are also people who only care about money, regardless of the harm that it causes (deforestation of the amazon? Tobacco products? Financial products that lead people to ruin? Drug industries? Human trafficking?) Some people will pay for all kinds of things th…

You started to talk about society and their good or bad decisions in their life, when they buy things. I thought it was interesting then to ask you as an example of society. There was no judgement from my side. And I certainly have no guilt, when i buy a product, that improves my life.

I am not ignorant. Of course i see, that with my buying decisions, i kind of maintain all these side effects, that come from working off this planet. I want the best product that can be created with as little resources as possible. That would be of big value for me.

But who am i to judge someone else's decision to buy something, that they value. I might not like it. It might not a good decision in the long term. I would prefer that certain decisions were not made. Personally i can only try to make things better. I will not become a dealer, who has to provide a good product to my clients.

In any way, i was just curious. No bad intentions.

(and to the other commenter, i dont know what to answer.)

Cheers!

Re: Who’s in charge at Amazon? Moves on secretive S Team signal giant’s priorities

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Post by dkersten »

okr wrote: post #145
dkersten wrote: post #142

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Besides what on_and_off said (and you can add many more to that list, for example diamonds, oil, construction using migrant workers in bad conditions, etc) there are also people who only care about money, regardless of the harm that it causes (deforestation of the amazon? Tobacco products? Financial products that lead people to ruin? Drug industries? Human trafficking?) Some people will pay for all kinds of things th…

You started to talk about society and their good or bad decisions in their life, when they buy things. I thought it was interesting then to ask you as an example of society. There was no judgement from my side. And I certainly have no guilt, when i buy a product, that improves my life. I am not ignorant. Of course i see, that with my buying decisions, i kind of maintain all these side effects, that come from working…

> In any way, i was just curious. No bad intentions.

My apologies, then!

Re: Who’s in charge at Amazon? Moves on secretive S Team signal giant’s priorities

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Post by chillydawg »

lowiqengineer wrote: post #144
chillydawg wrote: post #114

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If it was a good hedge fund, they won't offer anyone they don't rate. If they offered you because they think you're mediocre and can get you cheap - do not work for them, they're charlatans.

It was Citadel. I think Two Sigma is considered more impressive.

Citadel are certainly not charlatans. Are you sure you're not just good at what you do but have crippling imposter syndrome?
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