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It’s 2019 and it appears this headline was better fit for 5 years ago.
I work as a dev, and I still have to climb through hoops and spend money on multiple technical interviews to get hired. Friends in other industries will sometimes even have it harder.
Where are these plentiful jobs? Where is this labor market so great that employees can just walk out on a whim? This seems like NPR is out of touch.
You’re going to eat another meal in 6-24 hours. Glassdoor is affecting people’s lives and livelihoods.
I would assume numbered gasoline pumps will see no change. Gas stations can attract purchases from electric car owners by providing low-cost chargers away from the pumps.
If anything, gas station owners are just capturing a new market segment.
More worrying is the fact that for every “benefit” we receive from AI (self driving cars, open source home automation), there are numerous, globally negative consequences such as discriminatory practices based off biased training data. The Chinese executive mistakened for a jaywalker is a clear example of this.
It feels like this is a train that cannot be stopped that will lead to disasterous circumstances.
Not sure how you’re equating the two, but it’s disingenous.
Hello, “Internet Research Agency”!
I can’t disagree with what you’re saying, but that would also mean other roles are also overcompensated, if not even more (heh, executives)
Developers are largely undercompensated for the utility they provide for firms, both across companies and within (compared to other roles).
In the Bay, it’s the difference between living comfortably+saving for their future and just making ends meet.
It’s a bit like blaming the scientists of the Manhattan Project for dropping the atomic bomb.
But you’re surely fine paying your taxes into “Defense” (private, for-profit contractors) continuing wars in other destabilized regions?
I’m actually supportive of defense spending....when it’s relevant to American (or really any developed nation’s “greater” life on earth). I currently see no effort to build ICBM/EMP/Astroid/Natural disaster defenses shrug
I also have to wonder what your priorities are when your first thought is “I don’t want to pay for everyone else” instead of “where is my tax money going?”
I, too, do not want an undue yoke of taxation on my back. To be honest, no one is calling for a “magnitude” increase in your taxes. And trigger warning, America has numerous socialist policies such as Medicare/Medicaid and health coverage for your politicians (but not your fellow countrymen)
It seems far more “fake and forced” to me that our FAANG companies (and their ilk) need additional tax cuts. It seems far more “fake and forced” that income tax is so high compared to other taxes. the sudden 2016-induced claims of a “booming economy” seem more “fake and forced” in the light of no real wage growth. Our slow descent into Feudalism and lordship seems far more “fake and forced” when you look at the policies that enable it.
And If you are one of the world’s wealthiest 0.1%, let me play the worlds smallest violin for not wanting to help you press your boot down harder on the throat of the proletariat.
but the on my mind - is the trend toward authoritarianism due to those in power seeking lordship, or select vocal groups among the serfs seeking to be lorded?
How do you define a “socialist” country? What countries would you say are “socialist” versus “cartel driven”?
This deleted post outlines the catastrophic degree of astroturfing that riddles the sub.
The post had to be archived because of drama around the original post when the user presented his research to administration.
[0] https://nypost.com/2018/04/27/ice-wrongfully-detained-nearly...
The PR teams are already hard at work making Facebookian claims of user privacy control that were found to be grossly untrue.
I personally will need to be diligent in avoiding the firms that adopt this service at all costs.
Furthermore, you have to wonder why seemingly “competitive” entities(as far as an oligopoly goes) would collude to provide such as service. Their motives have already been demonstrated to be bad in the past.
Further reading (if you haven’t already): https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/09/u-s-mobile-giants-want-t...
Facebook app abuses your phones internal Contacts API.
Effectively, you are linked and your main Facebook account is known to be a pseudonym already
Furthermore, to be honest, this “organic” search has largely been used to debunk racist claims. And the search has been used for over a decade.
Equifax, like many Fortune-N companies, has a heavily funded sales and PR team working actively against your individual research.
Should you, as an individual, apply to a company or attempt to buy a product that has been “sold” the Equifax product suite, you’re still beholden to Equifax services(or leave without the job or house).
You’re effectively stuck, unless you have the resources(time/money) to look for employers or products that stay away from Equifax.
This is sparing the employer at the expense of the employee. Employee's employment status is.....far more sticky.