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Re: On Penny Arcade, Exploitation, and the Myth of the Do-Everything Rock Star

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Post by gaius »

shadowmint wrote: post #177
niuzeta wrote: post #176

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I'd love to have it explained if it wasn't a sarcasm. I'm not trying to challenge you, but as an employee I'd always thought that a tech company that supports the infrastructure would look better on resume than one that depends on it. I'd like to hear why.

I can't answer for jblow, but in that position I would hire someone with a history of choosing to work on something they cared about rather than someone with more technical experience in a second. People who are 'switched on'^ are astonishingly more valuable than people who come to the office and manage to passably succeed at the daily task list they're assigned. ^ <-- This is an arbitrary term I use for people who c…

More valuable in the sense that you can get more work out of them for less pay< i assume you mean. What's wrong with market rates + overtime? unless you"re pocketing it yourself!

Re: On Penny Arcade, Exploitation, and the Myth of the Do-Everything Rock Star

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Post by eridius »

ceol wrote: post #103
eridius wrote: post #64

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You say that like the Penny Arcade job listing is somehow rare. It actually sounds like an accurate description of a lot of startup jobs out there. The only thing unique here is that they're actually being upfront about expectations, instead of letting the new hire find out over time about the true expectations of their role.

And every time someone talks about those terrible startup jobs, everyone agrees they're garbage.

Sure, but they don't typically accuse the person who posted the job of being scum, which a lot of people seem to be doing with this Penny Arcade listing.

Re: On Penny Arcade, Exploitation, and the Myth of the Do-Everything Rock Star

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Post by jacalata »

Domenic_S wrote: post #165
jacalata wrote: post #88

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Can you explain how you believe the process of applying for disability because of a broken leg would go? And if possible, provide some kind of evidence?

http://www.disabilitysecrets.com/resources/disability/gettin...

Social Security generally requires that your fracture hasn't healed for least six months and a doctor's opinion that it is unlikely to heal for a total of at least 12 months.

So I guess it is technically true, and the advice to someone who breaks their leg is to make sure that it is a horrific fracture that won't heal for a year. Sounds like a comprehensive safety net after all, people with the typical recovery time of only three months are just ineffective and don't want to use the safety net.

Re: On Penny Arcade, Exploitation, and the Myth of the Do-Everything Rock Star

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Post by Domenic_S »

jacalata wrote: post #183
Domenic_S wrote: post #165

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http://www.disabilitysecrets.com/resources/disability/gettin...

Social Security generally requires that your fracture hasn't healed for least six months and a doctor's opinion that it is unlikely to heal for a total of at least 12 months. So I guess it is technically true, and the advice to someone who breaks their leg is to make sure that it is a horrific fracture that won't heal for a year. Sounds like a comprehensive safety net after all, people with the typical recovery time…

I don't know what to tell you. If the accident happened at work, you've got worker's comp so you're fine. If it happened outside of work, well, does society need to subsidize your mistakes?

Re: On Penny Arcade, Exploitation, and the Myth of the Do-Everything Rock Star

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Post by [deleted] »

Domenic_S wrote: post #184
jacalata wrote: post #183

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Social Security generally requires that your fracture hasn't healed for least six months and a doctor's opinion that it is unlikely to heal for a total of at least 12 months. So I guess it is technically true, and the advice to someone who breaks their leg is to make sure that it is a horrific fracture that won't heal for a year. Sounds like a comprehensive safety net after all, people with the typical recovery time…

I don't know what to tell you. If the accident happened at work, you've got worker's comp so you're fine. If it happened outside of work, well, does society need to subsidize your mistakes?

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Post by jacalata »

Domenic_S wrote: post #184
jacalata wrote: post #183

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Social Security generally requires that your fracture hasn't healed for least six months and a doctor's opinion that it is unlikely to heal for a total of at least 12 months. So I guess it is technically true, and the advice to someone who breaks their leg is to make sure that it is a horrific fracture that won't heal for a year. Sounds like a comprehensive safety net after all, people with the typical recovery time…

I don't know what to tell you. If the accident happened at work, you've got worker's comp so you're fine. If it happened outside of work, well, does society need to subsidize your mistakes?

I don't know what you want to tell me. I thought you were trying to agree with the original poster in this thread, who says that America has a good social safety net. Now you're trying to say of course America has a terrible social safety net, but that's fine because fuck people who make mistakes like slipping on a patch of ice while walking to work and simultaneously being too poor to survive three months without attending their job that involves walking around waiting tables?

edit: deleted double post, got confused by caching

Re: On Penny Arcade, Exploitation, and the Myth of the Do-Everything Rock Star

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Post by WettowelReactor »

johngalt wrote: post #38

Par for the course for IT/Sysadmin type jobs. "We expect you to build the hospital while running the emergency room and operating room." They are just being up front about it. There are a few areas where they glossed over it. I will translate: "You need to have a crazy-person level of attention to detail" - We will judge you based on anything you've overlooked, rather than what you've done. "A motivated self-starter…

What about most folks who work for not for profits? Often their wages are below what they could make in other positions but they value they derive from their work has merit. I am not claiming that working for PA has a feel good social cause but by the same token they may offer other value to those who want to work there.
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