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Not your mom, not your milk :)

Just a side not but I love the styling and writing style! It was a pleasure to read.

Have you ever worked in the Amazon warehouse? I've been both L1 (Sortation associate in the warehouse) on the floor, and now L4 (entry level SDE). I'm not going to refute your claims - it just seems most people screaming "Think of the warehouse workers!" have never actually worked in any warehouse, let alone an amazon one.

Did you mean this as in, 100k is not quite middle class, or 100k is over your bar for middle class? Here in Seattle, I make around that with 1 yr exp and certainly don't feel secure or comfortable with it.

Well, weed being legal on the west coast helps. :)

More or less spot on, but add a whole boat load of laziness to the equation.

Bleh, i'm 25, healthy, and more than all, lazy. But if it means I can take my mask off and be honest. I'm down.

For what it's (not) worth, it prompted me to sign up today. :)

12 weeks in the US. In the realm of software you'll make anywhere from 20 to 50 an hour.

TLDR: Get strong and it won't matter much what chair you use.

Not if your families beliefs are outdated or otherwise bigoted. My older family members are racist. I harbored racist beliefs, and told plenty of racist jokes as a boy. My "opinions", I posted on twitter, as a teenager, would be more than enough to get me expelled from society today. Be it culturally cancelled in the US, or imprisoned in the UK.

Not everyone is raised by good people. Thankfully I had a seismic event (Perma banned from a favorite game after sinking 1000s of hours for being offensive) correct my behavior. I thank my lucky stars it was merely me being banned from a video game that caused me to reconsider how I act, and not something much more serious.

I just wanted to +1 the validity of the liability claim. At least where I live, that is absolutely the case[1] that you are liable for crimes committed with a gun you did not properly secure.

[1] https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=9.41.360

> I tried this every time I was interviewed. Never could get them to give the first number.

"I've actually done a few of these calls at this point and i know what the best practice / right move / way to play this is, so instead of me telling you what i'm looking for i'd like you to tell me the range on your hiring document:)" and just be totally silent.

Worked twice for me now.