highlander
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Comment · 10 years ago
Comment · 10 years ago
Many pubs in Scotland are missing, not only on the islands but also on the mainland. Nairn, Forres and Applecross all appear without pubs on the map, but it is easy to check Google to see that all of these towns have pubs.
Comment · 11 years ago
Comment · 11 years ago
It's certainly OK to ask. Think about what you are prepared to negotiate if the client seems inflexible. For example, does your fee really need to be paid upfront? Sometimes if you are dealing with a large/inflexible client it can be hard to get them to do anything outside their 'standard shape' of deal, but of course that depends on your bargaining power and the level of influence of your client within the organisation.
Comment · 12 years ago
There's enough evidence that plastics leak harmful chemicals into our food that I don't want to eat anything that's been sitting in a plastic bag in warm water for hours on end. No thanks.
Comment · 12 years ago
Hey, well it was obviously the right way for you all at the time. I was just surprised because I haven't seen execs interviewed that way, but my experience is heavily skewed towards very large companies. The more typical pattern I've seen has been (over a few weeks) an informal meeting, lunch/dinner then a few hours of in-house/panel interviews.
Comment · 12 years ago
> We then set up interviews with Marc: four days of back-to-back 1:1 or 1:2 meetings with everyone on the team from 10a-6p, as well as a talk to the whole company.
When the article says Marc had become available, should we assume he wasn't working at the time? That just seems way over the top. I can't imagine asking any serious/heavyweight candidate to 'interview' that way in the UK. I'm curious to know what others think.
Comment · 12 years ago
Yahoo Directory has certainly been neglected and customers stopped using it in favor of search. However, I think there's still an opportunity for a directory 'done well'. Browsing hierarchically is a different mode of discovery. Customers approach it in a different way and that can help them to discover sites that they wouldn't otherwise find through search and news.
Comment · 12 years ago
If you want to work in tech in the UK but don't like the downsides of London, it's worth considering Edinburgh. The tech scene is really taking off here, with plenty of jobs (see this list of tech companies http://www.nobugs.org/deved/). There is much more an 'ecosystem' of tech employers than there was a few years ago. Maybe you will make 75-80% of a London salary (your mileage may vary) but your living costs are way lower. You can live in a beautiful 2 bedroom Georgian apartment in central Edinburgh for £800/month and walk to work. The annual cultural festivals bring some great music, comedy, theatre, film and art to the city. The only major downside (IMO) is the weather, consistently a few degrees cooler than London.
Comment · 12 years ago
Considering the circumstances, I wouldn't be surprised if they destroyed those extra chips just to troll the internet...
Comment · 12 years ago
There was a Tech Jobs Scotland event in Edinburgh back in August 2013: http://turingfestival.com/tech-jobs-scotland.
http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/towns/nairn/highland/ http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/towns/forres/grampian/ http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubreviews/51349/
EDIT: maybe these were added after they snapshotted the data.