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Tony Hsieh has died

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Post by chrischattin »

Ensorceled wrote: post #165
kozak wrote: post #148

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It's 2020, people talk a lot about self-driving cars and travelling to Mars, and yet such terrible preventable tragedies still happen even in successfull countries to successful people. So sad.

In 2020, our firefighters here in Toronto are bored. They go to car accident scenes to simply block traffic, they show up at 911 calls to talk with people and see if they can offer aid while waiting for paramedics/ambulance, two or three trucks will show up for our small walkups occasional false alarms. My brother and nephew are cops, they end up shooing the fire trucks away from minor accidents because they clog up…

The reason firefighters are often the first on the scene of an accident or 911 call is because fire stations are spread throughout the community. They’re the closest first responders and can get there faster. Not because they’re bored and have nothing better to do.

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Post by darkerside »

nostromo wrote: post #58
hauget wrote: post #21

46. RIP. "Let us prepare our minds as if we’d come to the very end of life. Let us postpone nothing. Let us balance life’s books each day. … The one who puts the finishing touches on their life each day is never short of time.” - Seneca

“Live each day like it’s your last.” “Live like you’ll never die.” The more I think about these two sentiments, the more I think the more popular one is bad advice, and the less popular one is good advice.

Personally, I believe the key is to reconcile the two. Operate on that fine line that optimizes best for both this being your last day or just one link in an unending chain.

Save money like you'll need it forever, work hard for more money so you can spend it on what you love, and actually spend it, all in balance.

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Post by narshian »

soperj wrote: post #97
dvt wrote: post #4

This is crazy, he's a veritable legend (and so young). RIP. My condolences go out to his friends and family. Maybe related to his stepping down 3 months ago[1]? My comment from that 3-month-old thread, regarding Hsieh: From 2015-2017, I worked at Edmunds.com which was (to put it lightly) a bit obsessed with "Delivering Happiness" and Zappos' culture. So much so, that the leadership team visited Vegas to get a tour of…

>Maybe related to his stepping down 3 months ago He died from injuries related to a house fire. So likely not.

Let’s see the autopsy

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Post by unishark »

vkou wrote: post #162
unishark wrote: post #139

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I think there's a few states where it is not required. And the state requirements only apply to public schools so who knows what all the private and parochial schools are doing.

I believe that the courts have ruled that it's not required anywhere. My point about social pressures still stands. The stuck-out nail gets hammered down.

I meant required of the school.

I think you're vastly overstating the social pressure. It's nothing compared to adolescent pressure to wear the right clothes and ingest the right chemicals. Among adults, the far right wingers get outraged by those who refuse while the far left wingers get outraged by the existence of the pledge. The 70 percent in the middle care far less.

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Post by ftio »

baccheion wrote: post #125
dclusin wrote: post #40

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What sticks out to me in your comment is that in spite of all your nice words about their culture, the nicest/best people you worked with still left for other companies. I suspect it was probably a 20% pay raise that convinced them to.

A better work environment doesn't have any effect on tenure. Only the extremes make a difference. That is, lower when extremely bad and a bit longer when extremely good. According to the BLS, median tenure is 2.x years for those 25-34. For those 35-44, it's 4.x years. Keeps going up with age, peaking at 10.x years starting in the 50s. Not much seems to change it in a relevant way, maybe another many companies are bla…

I don’t doubt what you’re saying, but can you link to a source on this? Highly relevant to some work I’m considering, and I’ve been looking for additional data on this for a bit.
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