Read the article. Very depressing. Had no idea about this in Canada.
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volkfish55 commented on Ask HN: What lifestyle choices have led to improved cognitive function/memory? · Posted by u/jarbus
Exercise, specifically following powerlifting programs. It makes me tired so I can sleep without stressing over what I need to accomplish work during the next day. It also makes me crave healthier food. It's a feedback loop, and it makes me sharper mentally. If I skip 1-2 days, I immediately notice the negative effects by the end of the week: cloudy thoughts, less motivation, etc. Powerlifting also gives me goals to work towards; PRs on certain lifts. It's replaced my cravings for MMOs which I've spent too much of my life playing - It's feels like I'm the character and I'm constantly working on improving my real life stats.
Can you share what programs to look into to start powerlifting?
because of 0.4%
If California was well run, clean, and had otherwise lower tax, then .4% might be easy to ignore. But if you’re already on the fence, and not happy with things, and have been talking to real estate agents in Seattle, Austin, Miami, or Singapore, then this just the kick in the butt you might need to go through with leaving.
I would be curious to know what's interesting in Singapore?
they wanted to restart the print job?
That's a good one! :D
volkfish55 commented on Employee works for both Google and Facebook from home twitter.com/arrington/sta... · Posted by u/leothekim
I'm full stack, but more specialized in backend and sysadmin.
None of the three positions have on call duties.
Thanks for your answer! I wonder if I wrongly assume sys admin position naturally require you to be on call, server goes down/offline or some other operations issue.
volkfish55 commented on Employee works for both Google and Facebook from home twitter.com/arrington/sta... · Posted by u/leothekim
I've been doing this for 2 years, except I have 3 positions not two.
Also all 3 pay really well, but they are all small companies (less than 20 employees). All three are distributed teams with no offices.
I learned a long time ago when I was assigned a task, if I concentrated I could get my days work done in 2/3 hours, sometimes less. If it was a large task that was supposed to take a month, I could do it in two weeks.
I dont believe this is because Im special in any way, I just think people slack off and generally lose too much time at work.
Obviously I didn't start with 3, I had 1 and noticed I had a lot of downtime and applied and was selected for a second job. At first I was very nervous I had taken on too much, but after a few weeks it became clear I could finish both in about 6 hours a day.
I then added the third, and usually I can finish everything in 8/9 hours. Ive gotten into trouble a few times where things piled up and I had to work all through the weekend, but its rare.
Its also happened where I finish all my works' week by Wednesday and have Thursday and Friday pretty much off.
I dont get into trouble with meetings because all 3 jobs dont have that many (1 or 2 per week) and since the teams are distributed theres always some room for scheduling effectively.
At one point I even got a 4th job, that immediately was too much and I resigned after a week.
Final note, I see nothing immoral about this. I want to make money and keep busy, if I end up paying the price by pulling some all nighters or long weekends I accept that, and have done it.
In all three positions I get positive reviews and even raises.
(this is not my real HN account, I created it just to share this story without divulging my identity)
What sort of skills do you need that are more favorable to being able to work several positions? Sys admin, devops, front end, backend, full stack or database? How do you get out of on call for all 3 positions. I'm in awe. Very nice!
volkfish55 commented on Investing Outside the Bay Area haystack.vc/2018/07/21/in... · Posted by u/andygcook
Sure. I rented for many years in Cupertino and Los Altos while I worked at Apple. Now I realize that that was a serious mistake. I want to encourage young professionals in Silicon Valley to avoid making the same mistake. Rather than attract more downvotes, I'm happy to discuss this offline. My email is chmaynard@gmail.com.
You only regret it because it went up. Hindsight is 20/20. You rented for a reason, you decided not to take a risk.
volkfish55 commented on Fuck You Startup World (2016) medium.com/startup-grind/... · Posted by u/startupflix
I understand and empathize with the sentiment but the rhetorical style really takes away from this piece for me. Peak medium right here. Comes off sounding like a pissed off child more than real critique.
Not worth reading in my opinion.
I think if you take away the f words, all he is really doing is describing the startup culture, company he works in, nothing more. Albeit in a weird humorous way, maybe to get quick popularity on medium or raise up the coolness factor? In the end he pretty much sums it up as, thank you for making me one of you, just worded differently. Some people just like attention..
It’s interesting how even within companies a hard set social hierarchy has taken place between employees and contractors. The contractors tend to perform the exact same duties as employees, but are usually paid less, have worse future prospects (companies tend to like to hire from full time to full time), worse benefits and generally don’t get most of the perks of being an employee.
For coders, is this because they’re objectively somehow worse programmers? Given all the emphasis in hiring on avoiding “bad” hires at all costs, it seems like there’s a conflict between paying for people who are “worse” than a FTE but still accepting their contributions. I realize it’s a strategy that gives the companies more leeway to expand and retract their workforce, but then stigma that is attached throughout the industry around contract workers shouldn’t exist, right?
Contractor are paid more, since they have to factor in the health insurance, taxes, unpaid vacation, perks, their own laptops, no need for office space, no 401k match. There is no reason they would ever get paid less. Maybe those with H1B visas who can get taken advantage of or outsourced contractors in Ukraine? Those contractors definitely get paid a fraction of US salary.
volkfish55 commented on In 1950s Vegas Exploding A-Bombs Were Cause For a Party yournewszonenetwork.com/2... · Posted by u/marvindanig
Amazing, I would never have thought commercialization would reach these levels. Interesting to see what majority of American population thought of the nuclear bomb in general and what studies if any were done by the government in terms of the harmful effects of nuclear radiation.