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Re: Ask HN: Strategies to land fully remote $250k+ job

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Post by pgwhalen » Mon, Dec 20, 2021, 4:19 AM UTC

cma wrote: post #431

pgwhalen wrote: post #357

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> Low latency trading is so crucial to the economy that the market mostly shuts down at 4pm every day and takes weekends and holidays, adding 2^47 nanosecond delays every week without much outcry. To this I would say: grocery stores (which serve as a sort of middleman to a whole host of necessary goods and are clearly crucial to the economy) close overnight without much outcry. (To be clear, I think grocery stores ar…

One grocery store doesn't bury another by being humanly imperceptibly faster at returning carts than the other by a microsecond, and if they were forced by the structure of the market to spend tons of money on that before investing in being open 24/7 which real customers care far more about and provides far more value, it would seem really weird and like something was really messed up with market incentives in the gr…

> One grocery store doesn't bury another by being humanly imperceptibly faster at returning carts than the other by a microsecond

One trading strategy being faster than another does not automatically make it better. This is a common misconception.

Re: Ask HN: Strategies to land fully remote $250k+ job

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Post by okhobb » Mon, Dec 20, 2021, 4:24 AM UTC

rco8786 wrote: post #344

JohnHaugeland wrote: post #328

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In reality, most stocks decline. You know this from VCs hitting 10x semi-frequently and still losing money. Statistically speaking, they're correct.

This is literally the opposite of reality. The private/VC market is not relevant here. We’re strictly talking about publicly traded companies.

No this is actually true. Most stocks do go down (or at least only match much less risky investments like short-term bonds), but the stock market goes up because some stocks go up a lot. This is why all investors diversify. For example, the Russel 3000 Index goes up ~10% a year because they remove bad stocks and replace them with ones that seem better. But, employment at a single company with stock-based compensation is a concentrated bet on that single stock during the employment timeframe.

Recently learned this from the excellent and very pithy Michael Batnick blog https://theirrelevantinvestor.com/2020/09/10/most-stocks-suc... who was citing https://wpcarey.asu.edu/department-finance/faculty-research/...

Re: Ask HN: Strategies to land fully remote $250k+ job

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Post by darthrupert » Mon, Dec 20, 2021, 4:58 AM UTC

I'm a senior with 20 years experience from a first world country and my salary would more than double if I got what you currently get.

Re: Ask HN: Strategies to land fully remote $250k+ job

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Post by notyourwork » Mon, Dec 20, 2021, 7:16 AM UTC

ativzzz wrote: post #414

throwawayboise wrote: post #383

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I used to have that positive outlook. Work was exciting, and fun. Over time, the reality became impossible to deny.

Yup, that's why I'm trying to make the positive mindset a habit and hopefully keep it as I get older. We'll see how it ends up.

Ignorance can be bliss.

Re: Ask HN: Strategies to land fully remote $250k+ job

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Post by wyre » Mon, Dec 20, 2021, 7:39 AM UTC

noogle wrote: post #330

lr1970 wrote: post #298

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> Why in God’s name would you list them both? It’s a resume not a deposition. In the US resume fraud is a thing. Some companies like telecoms selectively check resumes for accuracy. Resume fraud can be a fireable offense.

But isn't employment in the US largely at-will? Meaning that the employer can fire the employee for any reason except for protected classes discrimination? So it doesn't matter if it's fraud or the employer just doesn't like the employee. The implications are the same.

> except for protected classes discrimination?

They get to do that too, but it means they can get taken to court because of it.

Re: Ask HN: Strategies to land fully remote $250k+ job

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Post by Abishek_Muthian » Mon, Dec 20, 2021, 8:05 AM UTC

mark_l_watson wrote: post #193

Well, it is a workers market right now. Professionally there is nothing special about me except that I really enjoy working, but for the last two remote jobs, the offer letter I received was more than what I verbally agreed on with HR. Since I am also 70 years old, I take this as good evidence of how pro-worker the job market is right now. I offer free mentoring (see my web site) and always talk about the importance…

> relationships with other people.

Sir, I think that's the most difficult part of being a worker as most can fulfill the technical requirements for a work with practice but investing in relationships is something I feel few can do successfully.

And I'm not one of them, I don't like talking and I've almost cut real time-communications completely. Due to which I refuse to indulge in great offers almost every week, As not many would entertain the idea of employing someone who communicates only via email.

Besides the pandemic induced remote work has made real time-communication via chat, video calls the de-facto mode for official communication. The stories of managers forcing employees to be online on teams during work hours and most of the day spent on useless online meeting-calls are stuffs of nightmare for me.

Re: Ask HN: Strategies to land fully remote $250k+ job

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Post by aristofun » Mon, Dec 20, 2021, 8:11 AM UTC

mabbo wrote: post #325

aristofun wrote: post #300

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In what niche in what country is the company you got into?

I'm a pretty general Staff Developer at Shopify. No niche. I live in Canada.

So you negotiated around 250k US dollars for remote work at Shopify?

Could you share your cv please?

boatman at list dot ru

Re: Ask HN: Strategies to land fully remote $250k+ job

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Post by aristofun » Mon, Dec 20, 2021, 8:14 AM UTC

darthrupert wrote: post #443

I'm a senior with 20 years experience from a first world country and my salary would more than double if I got what you currently get.

You’re obviously underpaid. Or not as senior as you think of yourself.

Re: Ask HN: Strategies to land fully remote $250k+ job

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Post by aristofun » Mon, Dec 20, 2021, 8:15 AM UTC

seattle_spring wrote: post #424

mnemotronic wrote: post #319

$250k. Wow. I'd have to say you'd need multiple doctorates, you'd written at least one book that every programmer regards as "The" reference manual, and gotten a Nobel Prize for something. I've been writing software professionally since 1979 and I'm at not quite 3/4 of your goal. Maybe location and choice of tool set has something to do with it. Good luck.

I think you might want to reexamine the market. I'm several multiples more than $250k and have a BS and ~15 years of experience working in web development.

Where do you work?

Re: Ask HN: Strategies to land fully remote $250k+ job

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Post by jl2718 » Mon, Dec 20, 2021, 8:38 AM UTC

mark_l_watson wrote: post #193

Well, it is a workers market right now. Professionally there is nothing special about me except that I really enjoy working, but for the last two remote jobs, the offer letter I received was more than what I verbally agreed on with HR. Since I am also 70 years old, I take this as good evidence of how pro-worker the job market is right now. I offer free mentoring (see my web site) and always talk about the importance…

I don’t think you’re talking about the same thing. It appears that you are not a fulltime exclusive salaried “exempt” employee of any one company, and you have not been for many years if ever. Please correct me if I’m wrong.