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For me Trump's biggest problem is that it looks like he is Putin's doll. Even if he isn't that just look like it and he would probably be outplayed by Putin and give him anything he wants which in the long term is not good for US. Russians and their KGB are master manipulators and current information war really proves it. It went as far as "Hillary is eating children". Trump's megalomaniac personality might make him not to listen to his more experienced advisers and bad decisions might be made. That's what scares me. Having said that Thiel is a smart man. Trump is also a smart man and he could be a good governor or senator, but it's too early for him to take charge of the biggest and most powerful country in the world.

Yes, multiple monitors definitely make you more productive. I think employers who provide it win over long term as monitor is relatively cheap to programmer's salary.

Big brother is watching. Europe is so concerned about privacy (e.g. google, facebook), but on the other hand goverments does this and no one bats an eye. Like you noticed it's not really clear who uses those cameras, how they are controlled, how they are protected from hackers and what if someone just add his own camera that looks just the same.

Yeah I agree post seems to be a bit too dry. I would like that too.

In some startups person like you could be a CTO but that depends on a company. I think you should push for a promotion after 3 years. If after 5 years you will still be a Sr developer and people will be hired over you then that will not be a good sign for your next employer (and you will need one as a current one would seem not to value you that much). I would push this hard or would leave. For equity it depends what is your salary and what is your market salary, but yeah usually people in your position get some equity. But if they pay you well equity is not that important as it's rarely have much value for employees.

Basically if anyone you don't know in real life asks you money this is a huge red flag. Like red flag of all red flags. People should condition themselves that once they reach their pockets for money then something is wrong, stop immediately and reevaluate. I understand that scammers sometimes are very good and you don't need to paranoid towards people, but once real money is involved your guard must go up!