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Post by megous »

conanbatt wrote: post #454
megous wrote: post #189

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Who cares about income? Profit matters. Societal benefits matter too. How many days of work in a month is required to break even on all the basics of life like rent, food and medical care + retirement insurance.

Everything matters, thats why looking at only 1 axis ends up biased. Seeing how people vote with their feet takes everything into account, preferences, income, services, etc. The reality is that the US is a very generous place if you have money, so if you are a software engineer you can have a luxurous life in comparison to what one would get in EU. The situation is opposite for lower paying jobs.

Curious. How is it more luxurious? Say I have $2000 extra at the end of the month in EU and in US. Where the difference comes from?

Re: GitHub lets staff own IP developed for personal projects using company resources

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Post by conanbatt »

megous wrote: post #481
conanbatt wrote: post #454

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Everything matters, thats why looking at only 1 axis ends up biased. Seeing how people vote with their feet takes everything into account, preferences, income, services, etc. The reality is that the US is a very generous place if you have money, so if you are a software engineer you can have a luxurous life in comparison to what one would get in EU. The situation is opposite for lower paying jobs.

Curious. How is it more luxurious? Say I have $2000 extra at the end of the month in EU and in US. Where the difference comes from?

You can get a better private education in the us with money that you can for free in europe. College is a great example of free college vs overpriced but ultimately valuable private colleges

You could have a much bigger houses as well. If you move to munich or berlin(even though the latter is one of the cheapest cities in europe) a house is really expensive in comparison to what you can get in a city like Austin, Denver, even Seattle if you commute a bit.

Re: GitHub lets staff own IP developed for personal projects using company resources

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Post by joncampbelldev »

protonfish wrote: post #340
joncampbelldev wrote: post #339

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Am I misunderstanding or are you implying that Joel would disapprove of side projects?

If you read is blog post I think it's pretty clear he thinks its fair to own all employee's side projects.

He doesn't advocate for or against either position. He's stating the current (awful) facts about side projects when you've signed a contract, and telling people to be careful.

Re: GitHub lets staff own IP developed for personal projects using company resources

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Post by distances »

cookiecaper wrote: post #202
distances wrote: post #172

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> You basically must be wealthy to be successful in national politics [..] and this is also the case in not-America as far as I can tell. I'd say not a requirement in the Nordics. I'm sure it won't hurt though.

I'm not familiar with the politics in that area, but I would say this holds true even if the state has provided accommodation for anyone to run a competitive campaign regardless of the private resources they have available. The talking point of "Would you rather trust someone who can't get promoted past a mid-level position in his company to play with the big boys, or someone who has managed his life such that he is…

I don't know why you got downvoted, but your assumption isn't really true. In the Nordics many of the Members of Parliament have a working-class background, such as a nurse or a sawyer, with little personal wealth.

I don't have any data to back this up, but I have a feeling people tend to vote the same class as they are, with a hope that a similar candidate is better suited to understand their concerns. A working-class member would be very, very wary of voting anyone with wealth.

This is of course made possible with a true multi-party system. A businessman is a rare sight indeed within the ranks of (true) left-wing party.

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