> visiting their friends, families and having constant stream of guests over. Except that these sorts of visitations / gatherings become far less frequent in suburban settings unless you have the good fortune to have…
Exactly this! I'm not sure why people assume WFH must mean you're literally confined to your home/apartment for the entire duration of the work day. Unless you have to frequently get on calls requiring a quiet space,…
It's this scene (around the 3:55 mark in this clip): https://youtu.be/_IrCgt-Bt1I?t=3m55s
It's my understanding that all the countries in Europe where salaries for software engineers are high, have rather strict immigration policies.
I worked contract for a while in NYC. The pay was great but the contract was abruptly terminated with just a few days notice about a year or so in. I landed on my feet but don't think I'd go contract again because as a…
I didn't interpret his post the same way as you did. I think he was suggesting that we, as programmers, tend to act in ways that are not necessarily conducive to maintaining our own job security. We often advocate…
Agreed 100%. People seem to be focused entirely on the salary aspect, but my observations match yours quite well. I've worked for almost 10 years in the industry and with numerous H1-Bs, and I can't recall anyone being…
This has been my observation as well, having attending such events off and on over the years as I moved between cities. The more extroverted people connected with each other and were never to be seen again after one or…
May I ask what you do that enables you to travel all over the world? I've been thinking of ways that would let me travel more without quitting my job or switching out of tech entirely so any tips would be appreciated!
I've been thinking about this for a while myself. The current place I work at is extremely remote-work friendly, and we have people in many cities all over the US and the world working from their homes. One possibility…
> None of the successful asian tigers really follow a laissez-faire system. Pundits will argue they could have been more successful if they did, but I am not convinced. Great post. I'm reminded of the book "Bad…
High 200s as an individual contributor? That's north of what directors at iBanks make in many cases here in NYC (and salaries here are already higher than most other places for tech workers). My guess is that you're…
> This process has made me consider changing careers because it's so exhausting. Me too. I'm so put off by the entire process but it seems that to stay relevant, you have to get lucky and end up at a place that keeps…
>To make matters worse, everything from the smallest start-up to the largest tech company is adopting the same 'exclusive hiring practices' while they sit back wait for the resumes to roll in and/or send in work…
Depends on the resources available to the company trying to popularize the product/idea. If it's a tiny start-up with limited resources, then absolutely, it's a huge accomplishment. If it's a massive company with tons…
Yeah. Tinder was willing to acknowledge and work with the fact that in seeking out new partners, the first thing that people notice and care about is physical appearance/attractiveness. If you can't get past that,…
If you consider the US (and other) wars/interventions of imperialism motivated by capitalism, the number easily exceeds 100 million. http://maoistrebelnews.com/2012/03/16/1-6-billion-killed-by-...…
As another person of Indian origin, I'd have to say that unfortunately this is true of the vast majority of Indians and not just Gujaratis.
I can't speak for SF, but for a single person at least, $125k/yr is easily doable in NYC. Sure, you won't have a spacious loft all to yourself in SoHo perhaps, but you'll get by just fine on that salary. Now if you're…
There's also the fact that in many poor nations, there simply isn't enough of a social safety net to take care of you in your old age. The surest form of insurance is to have as many kids as you can and count on some or…
Removing the cap would be a boon for employers but would seriously undermine wages for software devs here, I imagine. India and China each graduate many times more software engineers each year than does the US. Many,…
> visiting their friends, families and having constant stream of guests over. Except that these sorts of visitations / gatherings become far less frequent in suburban settings unless you have the good fortune to have…
Exactly this! I'm not sure why people assume WFH must mean you're literally confined to your home/apartment for the entire duration of the work day. Unless you have to frequently get on calls requiring a quiet space,…
It's this scene (around the 3:55 mark in this clip): https://youtu.be/_IrCgt-Bt1I?t=3m55s
It's my understanding that all the countries in Europe where salaries for software engineers are high, have rather strict immigration policies.
I worked contract for a while in NYC. The pay was great but the contract was abruptly terminated with just a few days notice about a year or so in. I landed on my feet but don't think I'd go contract again because as a…
I didn't interpret his post the same way as you did. I think he was suggesting that we, as programmers, tend to act in ways that are not necessarily conducive to maintaining our own job security. We often advocate…
Agreed 100%. People seem to be focused entirely on the salary aspect, but my observations match yours quite well. I've worked for almost 10 years in the industry and with numerous H1-Bs, and I can't recall anyone being…
This has been my observation as well, having attending such events off and on over the years as I moved between cities. The more extroverted people connected with each other and were never to be seen again after one or…
May I ask what you do that enables you to travel all over the world? I've been thinking of ways that would let me travel more without quitting my job or switching out of tech entirely so any tips would be appreciated!
I've been thinking about this for a while myself. The current place I work at is extremely remote-work friendly, and we have people in many cities all over the US and the world working from their homes. One possibility…
> None of the successful asian tigers really follow a laissez-faire system. Pundits will argue they could have been more successful if they did, but I am not convinced. Great post. I'm reminded of the book "Bad…
High 200s as an individual contributor? That's north of what directors at iBanks make in many cases here in NYC (and salaries here are already higher than most other places for tech workers). My guess is that you're…
> This process has made me consider changing careers because it's so exhausting. Me too. I'm so put off by the entire process but it seems that to stay relevant, you have to get lucky and end up at a place that keeps…
>To make matters worse, everything from the smallest start-up to the largest tech company is adopting the same 'exclusive hiring practices' while they sit back wait for the resumes to roll in and/or send in work…
Depends on the resources available to the company trying to popularize the product/idea. If it's a tiny start-up with limited resources, then absolutely, it's a huge accomplishment. If it's a massive company with tons…
Yeah. Tinder was willing to acknowledge and work with the fact that in seeking out new partners, the first thing that people notice and care about is physical appearance/attractiveness. If you can't get past that,…
If you consider the US (and other) wars/interventions of imperialism motivated by capitalism, the number easily exceeds 100 million. http://maoistrebelnews.com/2012/03/16/1-6-billion-killed-by-...…
As another person of Indian origin, I'd have to say that unfortunately this is true of the vast majority of Indians and not just Gujaratis.
I can't speak for SF, but for a single person at least, $125k/yr is easily doable in NYC. Sure, you won't have a spacious loft all to yourself in SoHo perhaps, but you'll get by just fine on that salary. Now if you're…
There's also the fact that in many poor nations, there simply isn't enough of a social safety net to take care of you in your old age. The surest form of insurance is to have as many kids as you can and count on some or…
Removing the cap would be a boon for employers but would seriously undermine wages for software devs here, I imagine. India and China each graduate many times more software engineers each year than does the US. Many,…