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How was a comment that says “no one deserves to have a spouse die” injecting politics?
> How was a comment that says “no one deserves to have a spouse die” injecting politics? The “And yet...” after that part, which basically inverts the overall message and is suggesting Cutts comes closer than most to deserving it, is injecting a negative personal judgement; it's not overtly political, but given the nature of the negative commentary Cutts has received, when he has received negative commentary, on HN,…
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Thanks, I accept how you read it through your lenses and responded in kind, but it does not reflect my intent and feeling.
Thank you for clarifying. I apologize for my overly aggressive response.
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#213After reading the very small amount of information provided about the reason for her passing, I can't help but be curious about the exact reason. Sometimes it's comforting to know that something was a freak accident, versus something preventable. Does anyone know what might have happened in this case? I certainly hope this isn't perceived as being insensitive. I can't imagine the pain he's going through, and I truly…
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Wow. Fifteen years in a single company.
It's not as uncommon as HN makes you believe these days. I've been at a place for 11 years, moving to new projects every few years, gotten large pay raises over the years to keep ahead of market. It's possible, and it's kinda great to be honest.
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Doesn't that become difficult after a while? I'm gradually finding fewer places are even able to match what I'm making, let alone give me a 20% raise.
Yes. Definitely. I spent 9 years at one company - 7 years longer than I should have. After a 10K raise the first year and with 3% raises after that and bonuses slowly being cut, I only made $7K more in 2008 than I did in 2002. After that, I started aggressively job hopping - 4 jobs - and learning and over the next 10 years, I made over 60K more. Now, I am looking to see what technology I should jump on and best case,…
I'm in a conundrum whether to leave or not because the project hasn't shipped.
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What does travel have to do with it?
Perhaps long periods of sitting on a flight? If you suspect this is happening to you (all of the sudden you can't really breathe), is there anything you can even do? Or just hope it's not bad enough to be fatal?
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#218After reading the very small amount of information provided about the reason for her passing, I can't help but be curious about the exact reason. Sometimes it's comforting to know that something was a freak accident, versus something preventable. Does anyone know what might have happened in this case? I certainly hope this isn't perceived as being insensitive. I can't imagine the pain he's going through, and I truly…
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Yes. Definitely. I spent 9 years at one company - 7 years longer than I should have. After a 10K raise the first year and with 3% raises after that and bonuses slowly being cut, I only made $7K more in 2008 than I did in 2002. After that, I started aggressively job hopping - 4 jobs - and learning and over the next 10 years, I made over 60K more. Now, I am looking to see what technology I should jump on and best case,…
When you job hopped - did you wait for projects to be complete before you left to a new job? Did you have to ship? I'm in a conundrum whether to leave or not because the project hasn't shipped.
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Yes. Definitely. I spent 9 years at one company - 7 years longer than I should have. After a 10K raise the first year and with 3% raises after that and bonuses slowly being cut, I only made $7K more in 2008 than I did in 2002. After that, I started aggressively job hopping - 4 jobs - and learning and over the next 10 years, I made over 60K more. Now, I am looking to see what technology I should jump on and best case,…
When you job hopped - did you wait for projects to be complete before you left to a new job? Did you have to ship? I'm in a conundrum whether to leave or not because the project hasn't shipped.