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You read the most thoughtful things sometimes, thanks

There are tons of socioeconomic factors to consider, but I know a lot more fairly average IQ couples with 4 kids instead of two, and I know a lot more smart people who are either childfree or single than parents.

The ability to use birth control properly requires some intelligence.

The needs/career ambitions of a knowledge work career sometimes push aside the desire for a family.

Not trying to be down on people who have lots of kids! There's just tons of factors, some less obvious.

> To be fair aren't most dog walkers paid extremely little? (Below minimum wage even)

IDK what your source is on this one but the last time I got one it cost like $40 for a person to walk my dog and leave a little paper note that they pooped.

Our Android dev task: write a login/signup dialog. Shows that you have layout skills, networking skills, general Java skills, etc. Candidates either bomb it or nail it, no mis-hires yet after about two years. You get a real good sense of experience level, confidence, and "I like clean code" attitude.

I'm a fairly senior mobile/web dev (12 years full time, part time and hobbyist before) and the best part of my job is mentoring the juniors! I push hard for hiring people who are hungry and fun to work with, and it's paid my company dividends. You can spend a few months training a junior or a twice the time hiring a senior, and the juniors always bring good energy and open minds. It's not for every company but I have enjoyed it immensely.

They don't need to prove that, it's the default.

Humanity needs to get radically better at funding startups without all the salesmanship

I swear to god, there needs to be a much, much better system to just incentivize people building useful-to-humanity inventions. So far we've tried: survival (got us fire and farming), traditional societies (got us guns and religion), and capitalism (ouch)

Been around the world and found That only stupid people are breeding The cretins cloning and feeding And I don't even own a tv

It turns out we've been doing journalism all wrong!

Stand that? Why would you? With all today's science? You'd have better luck with GDPR compliance