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We have terrible stereotypes around testosterone because of steroid abuse in athletes, but reality paints itself very differently.
https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/this-103yearold-bodybu...
My grandmother underwent medical treatment using Deca Durabolin, a well-known anabolic steroid, and she could walk again after a long time spent in beds and, at best, chairs.
I'm sure there are exceptions, but the majority of cases always rules.
There's an entire historical background that explains why most "executives" and founders see programmers, or any employee of any sort, as obedients servs that must compel and be grateful for their jobs.
That "classism" will always be present and act as the strongest force against innovation in that country.
Technology is not a factory and, whenever you try to modularize it in such form, you see mediocre, subpar, results.
There might have some small local companies that are able to challenge the even worse local oligarchs from past generations, but they will never be able to compete at a global level, as you'd expect from a real startup ecosystem.
And if they end up facing an international competitor, they might as well be crushed or acquired by them.
I don't get into a personal attack here, but you may want to experience more in depth some of these places like SF, Israel, Chile, Paris, Berlin to understand these profound cultural differences.
Brazil simply doesn't have the culture that's necessary to foster a startup ecosystem.
Chile is in a much better position to be that sort of local leader, but still only relatively.
And it's not something you can change by prosecuting corrupt politicians - it goes all the way back to our colonial heritage, and the crookedness and "classicism" will always hinder the progress of companies and, more sadly, great engineers and entrepneurs.
This stereotype that "we're the most creative" is just another self entitlement like soccer or beautiful women that may build a brand, but certainly doesn't represent reality or live it up to its expectations.
I've come to realize that a Brazilian in power is often a synonym of extreme arrogance, shallowness, selfishness and an unbearable classicism that leads to an unfathomable mistreatment of both customers and employees.
It's unlike any other elites from the western world. It might compare to some countries in Africa.
If you're an investor thinking about Brazil , either understand and live by that culture or lose your money. They won't change the habits they gathered for a lifetime just because you have money or moral authority.
If you're Brazilian and talented, either as an engineer or entrepreneur, get out. Look for jobs remotely, incorporate a company in another country, find a market fit in a healthy economy that selects based on the productivity, efficiency and quality of your work.
Don't gamble your potential, talent and safety for the sake of FOMO on companies that rich, talentless, spoiled kids built with family money, and even our own (as taxpayers).
Brazil, like other 3rd world countries, has an endemic cultural problem that hinders economic, social or technological progress.
You can "fight" corruption, but if it's part of your culture, it will always find a way back.
Congrats for the project, but you'd really need to rewrite 500 years of history to make Brazil a livable place.
If then nobody does anything, the entire department is notified. That never had to happen.
I manage teams of support engineers/agents.
They will do anything to avoid a phone call.
Indeed, almost all the time, phone calls lead nowhere, only to emotional distress.
If you have a really serious issue, you need to escalate to an actual software/platform engineer, and that's something that takes hours, if not days.
The question is: why creating this hoax in the first place? If anything, the price of bitcoin has been negatively impacted by this.
http://www.coindesk.com/price/
What would it be one's motivation behind this?
When you're told you need to achieve X by 30, you may end up destroying relationships, having health issues and depression.
Sure, it's free to access open-source AI tools.
However, only huge corporations have enough capital to first build these ground-breaking technologies.
Being the first, it becomes almost impossible to compete at a later stage ("Thiel's aim for a monopoly").
If this is a case Jeremy was present at incorporation, he contributed to the product (in some way) and his shares were eventually diluted, this will be similar to Saverin's case.
To be fair, they're still part of the gentrification cycle.
That's probably harder to find, but it'd be really helpful.
More and more, people seem to mistrust and misunderstand face-to-face communication. Sometimes, they even lack the words to describe a meme or emoji.
For the majority of us, If you talk to a random stranger in a coffee shop/museum/gym, the conversation will be often awkward or reckless.
1) The Right can't recognize there's a problem with contemporary elites ("They Deserved it"). Poverty is all about the government.
2) The Left can't recognize the government plays a role on this . Inequality is all about greedy rich people.
I first thought this was a Google Calendar view for some reason.
>Not a master but just a coordinator of our joint creative efforts; the first among equals. There should be no formalities among us, we should address him by his nickname, he shares a dirty joke with us… but in all this, HE REMAINS OUR MASTER.
Many things can happen (disease, conflict, competition,etc) and I surely won't make a founder feel terrible about himself because of that.
Instead, I pick someone with a different personality, industry and network that is able to balance my risk.
In the end, it's a venture capital FUND: risk and return are inherent to this. It's not the VC's money, but a collection of GPs (themselves have thousands of individual investors).
Your loss is already accounted for in their portfolio. Otherwise, they're not doing it right.
While in Germany, I watched clear demonstrations of discrimination towards Romanians in a tech startup. They really had to prove themselves. Although extremelly talented, "jokes" would always fly around the "gypsy stereotype".
That being said, as a startup founder, I'd assume it'd be much harder to raise money from an UK VC firm.
It's really funny: I grew up in a slum, but software now gives me as much money as politicians and senior executives of public companies.
In my first paying contract overseas, I went to the most expensive restaurant in my town.
Although I wore the same clothes and belonged to the same race, everybody was staring at me. The waitress would always reiterate the price of meals.
I actually felt pretty good.
It's becoming harder and harder to move from programmer -> VP/CTO/CIO/CPO.
X years of experience? Nice, but did you go to HBS?
I ditched my last job (70K USD a year) for a $40/hour contract position (not that great).
I work just as much (60 hours a week), but make almost twice as much.
In the end, the entire macroeconomic background is different.
>Personal computer technical support
Is there any reason for that? Also, are freelancers in that category?
For the first time, there was an inverse correlation between oil prices and the US stock market.
http://energyfuse.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/crude-oil-p...
With over 60000 employees, only one decides what technology will receive billions of dollars. See the problem?
The alternative here was an outdated SMS communication (telecoms in Brazil are so terrible they make Verizon look good).