jchendy
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Comment · 7 years ago
Comment · 7 years ago
> I would personally take a shuttle over the subway any day.
If you're crossing any bridges or tunnels, a 15 minute train ride could easily be 45 minutes in a shuttle or car.
Comment · 8 years ago
> // no curly braces, semicolons or parentheses
Is this a good thing? It feels like saying "It's English without the periods or line breaks or capital letters."
Comment · 8 years ago
> you could be at Google collecting a 1/2M paycheck
That's director-level compensation. Would somebody whose only experience is 4-5 years of running a startup be hired straight into a director role?
Comment · 8 years ago
> churn out apps with a Java back-end and an Angular/React/Vue/whatever front-end
That's basically what all of us product engineers at FB do, it's just that there's so much competition for engineers here that they have to pay us well.
Comment · 8 years ago
Why didn't you like them and what changed your mind?
Comment · 8 years ago
Why only biweekly?
Comment · 9 years ago
> And strangely, a lot of people think we should both do that for free (at everyone else's expense) and that we should legalize the drugs that put them there.
Why do you consider that strange?
Comment · 9 years ago
Here's an interesting podcast claiming the Dow is meaningless: http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2017/01/04/508261371/episo...
The article might have already discussed this, but I can't tell because of the paywall.
Comment · 9 years ago
Just in case anybody doesn't believe you: http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/23/politics/john-ehrlichman-richa...
Comment · 9 years ago
Lawyer. With those skills and credentials, there are lots of clear and direct opportunities to help some of society's most vulnerable people.
Comment · 9 years ago
> I very much dislike the idea that you, as an employer, are deciding what proportion of their income your employees should be spending on rent.
With rent as a multiplier, it's like they're suggesting 100% of your income goes to rent. It seems like a more reasonable way to take housing into account would be something like:
Salary = Base + Avg Rent
Using that formula, salary might be about $20k more for somebody in NYC than for somebody in Tucson. Using the actual calculator, it's $72k more ($117k vs $45k for senior level and average experience).
Comment · 10 years ago
Thanks for the detailed response!
I'm a little torn on #1. I definitely don't think anybody should be allowed to be paid less than minimum wage. But on the other hand, if these people are choosing to come to the United States to work these jobs because it's better than what they could get in their home country, it's hard for me to say they shouldn't be able to do it.
Isn't #2 the whole point of sanctuary cities? In theory, the undocumented immigrants in these cities should have no fear of going to police and other authorities. Whereas in other cities the police might actually be obligated to inform immigration officials.
#3 is interesting. Definitely undocumented immigrants make use of government resources, but they also help the economy by providing cheap labor. As far as I know, there isn't a strong consensus on whether the overall impact is positive or negative. For example, here's a brief article that explores both sides a bit: http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-thorny-economics-of-illegal-...
Comment · 10 years ago
> In the US, you take the Engineer In Training (EIT) exam when you graduate university, then require 4 years of industry experience before you can sit the PE (Professional Engineer) exam. If you pass that, you can call yourself an Engineer.
I believe you that this is the requirement for some fields of engineering. However, there are thousands of people reading HN with the job title 'software engineer' who did not take those exams.
Comment · 10 years ago
I still can't tell _why_ you support the proposal. What are the actual problems with sanctuary laws?
I didn't do it alone of course (probably a dozen people have worked on the UI, and hundreds on the backend), but it was my main project for around 9 months. Lots of videos that people care a lot about go through there.