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It's a good book. It probably won't solve all your problems without you needing to do some inner work, and I generally recommend meditation as a way to find peace, but also you should read the book since it directly answers your question :)
“Although the N. fowleri was not detected in the Surf Resort, Lazy River, or the Royal Flush, the presence of fecal indicator organisms, high turbidity, low free chlorine levels, and other amoeba that occur along with N. fowleri indicate conditions favorable for N. fowleri growth”
They're being charitable in their interpretation of the CDC's findings, to say the least.
https://www.surfline.com/surf-news/cdc-finds-brain-eating-am...
I (and many others, I presume) would be much less risk-averse and more likely to start a startup or work at a startup if healthcare wasn't so expensive. One of the biggest benefits of working at a big company is their good health insurance, which many startups are lacking. So not only do you get paid less at startups, but your costs are higher if you or anyone in your family gets sick.
But, considering there is only so much money that startups have access to, and most early employees are not primarily motivated by money (I would hope, or else they are likely quite naive), the biggest let-down I've experienced as an early employee, that would have made up for the lower comp, would be actual access to the founders' networks and learning opportunities.
If being an early employee meant getting to meet with investors and help the founder raise money (and make an impression on those investors), if it meant being actively involved in the struggles of the founders involved in running a startup, then I suspect those of us who wish to start our own startup some day would consider that a reasonably attractive opportunity to really learn those skills and build their network.
- As the initial meritocrats (does that pass as a word?) benefit from the meritocracy and accumulate wealth, they use that wealth to increase the odds for their children, resulting in a future where the "meritocracy" is made up of people whose merits in education were largely paid for, and so it ceases to be a meritocracy and ends up resembling an oligarchy.
- People outside the meritocracy can't stand the smugness of elites, who have better opportunities and thus better outcomes.
- This results in the breakdown of democratic function over time, because hating elites results in fact-denying when those elites are factually correct. An example is how the uneducated largely voted for Brexit, and won't change their minds in the face of evidence that it was a bad vote, because they don't want to admit that they were wrong and the elites were right.
For me this presents some of the issues brought about by large inequality, whether brought about by traditional feudalism, oligarchy, or new-fangled "meritocracy." It causes unrest such that inevitably results in revolution.
I also question the value of a meritocracy on its basic premise. It seems unfair in a society with so much wealth that "lazy" people or "dumb" people get such a short end of the stick when it is not their fault that they were born that way. Many of us want to build cool things and make money and contribute to the world, and capitalism makes sure we're rewarded for it, but for those of us who don't I see no reason they should be condemned to poverty while there is the means to feed them.
RaiseMe is expanding access to higher education by reinventing how students earn scholarship dollars from colleges (https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/29/raise-me-grabs-12-million-...). We just closed a Series A from top investors like Redpoint and First Round Capital, and are growing our team rapidly.
If you're an engineer looking to work with other smart and passionate individuals on the mission of helping all high school students achieve their college ambitions, get in touch! We offer a meaningful equity stake along with great benefits and competitive pay.
Tech stack: Ruby/Rails, Node microservices, Go microservices, React/Redux frontend
Here are the listings: https://www.raise.me/jobs and here is a bit about life at RaiseMe: https://medium.com/@raiseme/life-raise-me-69d546d65c6b
Apply to jobs[AT]raise.me or you can email me directly at ryan[AT]raise.me.
RaiseMe is expanding access to higher education by reinventing how students earn scholarship dollars from colleges (https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/29/raise-me-grabs-12-million-...). We just closed a Series A from top investors like Redpoint and First Round Capital, and are growing our team rapidly.
If you're an engineer looking to work with other smart and passionate individuals on the mission of helping all high school students achieve their college ambitions, get in touch! We offer a meaningful equity stake along with great benefits and competitive pay.
Tech stack: Ruby/Rails, Node microservices, Go microservices, React/Redux frontend
Here are the listings: https://www.raise.me/jobs and here is a bit about life at RaiseMe: https://medium.com/@raiseme/life-raise-me-69d546d65c6b
Apply to jobs[AT]raise.me or you can email me directly at ryan[AT]raise.me.
As an individual it seems great to go work there as opposed to here in CA because there is no state income tax, yet I still make way more money here in CA because there is practically no industry in FL unless you're a lawyer or a doctor.
RaiseMe is expanding access to higher education by reinventing how students earn scholarship dollars from colleges (https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/29/raise-me-grabs-12-million-...). We just closed a Series A from top investors like Redpoint and First Round Capital, and are growing our team rapidly. If you're an engineer looking to work with other smart and passionate individuals on the mission of helping all high school students achieve their college ambitions, get in touch! We offer a meaningful equity stake along with great benefits and competitive pay.
Tech stack: Ruby/Rails, Node microservices, Go microservices, React/Redux frontend
Here are the listings: https://www.raise.me/jobs and here is a bit about life at RaiseMe: https://medium.com/@raiseme/life-raise-me-69d546d65c6b
Apply to jobs[AT]raise.me or you can email me directly at ryan[AT]raise.me.
Raise.me is expanding access to higher education by reinventing how students earn scholarship dollars from colleges (https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/29/raise-me-grabs-12-million-...). We just closed a Series A from top investors like Redpoint and First Round Capital, and and are growing our team rapidly. If you're an engineer looking to work with other smart and passionate individuals on the mission of helping all high school students achieve their college ambitions, get in touch! We offer a meaningful equity stake along with great benefits and competitive pay.
Tech stack: Ruby/Rails, Node microservices, Go microservices, React.js/Redux frontend
Here are the listings: https://www.raise.me/jobs and here is a bit about life at Raise.me: https://medium.com/@raiseme/life-raise-me-69d546d65c6b
Apply to jobs[AT]raise.me or you can email me directly at ryan[AT]raise.me.
Raise.me is expanding access to higher education by reinventing how students earn scholarship dollars from colleges (https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/29/raise-me-grabs-12-million-...). We just closed a Series A from top investors like Redpoint and First Round Capital, and and are growing our team rapidly. If you're an engineer looking to work with other smart and passionate individuals on the mission of helping all high school students achieve their college ambitions, get in touch! We offer a meaningful equity stake along with great benefits and competitive pay.
Tech stack: Ruby/Rails, Node microservices, Go microservices, React.js/Redux frontend
Here are the listings: https://www.raise.me/jobs and here is a bit about life at Raise.me: https://medium.com/@raiseme/life-raise-me-69d546d65c6b
Apply to jobs[AT]raise.me or you can email me directly at ryan[AT]raise.me.
Raise.me is expanding access to college by reinventing how scholarships are awarded (https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/21/technology/got-an-a-in-al...). We're a Series A funded startup backed by top investors such as First Round Capital. We're looking for engineers and offer a meaningful equity stake along with great benefits and competitive pay.
Tech stack: Ruby/Rails, Node microservices, Go microservices, React.js/Redux frontend
Here are the listings: https://www.raise.me/jobs and here is a bit about life at Raise.me: https://medium.com/@raiseme/life-raise-me-69d546d65c6b
Apply to jobs[AT]raise.me or you can email me directly at ryan[AT]raise.me.
Raise.me is expanding access to college by reinventing how scholarships are awarded (https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/21/technology/got-an-a-in-al...). We're a Series A funded startup backed by top investors such as First Round Capital. We're looking for engineers and offer a meaningful equity stake along with great benefits and competitive pay.
Tech stack: Ruby/Rails, Node microservices, Go microservices, React.js/Redux frontend
Here are the listings: https://www.raise.me/jobs and here is a bit about life at Raise.me: https://medium.com/@raiseme/life-raise-me-69d546d65c6b
Apply to jobs[AT]raise.me or you can email me directly at ryan[AT]raise.me.
Raise.me is expanding access to college by reinventing how scholarships are awarded (http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/21/technology/got-an-a-in-alg...). We're a Series A funded startup backed by top investors such as First Round Capital. We're looking for engineers and offer a meaningful equity stake along with great benefits and competitive pay.
Tech stack: Ruby/Rails, Node microservices, Go microservices, React.js/Redux frontend
Here are the listings: https://www.raise.me/jobs
Apply to jobs[AT]raise.me or you can email me directly at ryan[AT]raise.me.
Raise.me is expanding access to college by reinventing how scholarships are awarded (http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/21/technology/got-an-a-in-alg...). We're a Series A funded startup backed by top investors such as First Round Capital. We're looking for engineers and offer a meaningful equity stake along with great benefits and competitive pay.
Tech stack: Ruby/Rails, Node microservices, Go microservices, React.js/Redux frontend
Here are the listings: https://www.raise.me/jobs
Apply to jobs[AT]raise.me or you can email me directly at ryan[AT]raise.me.
Raise.me is expanding access to college by reinventing how scholarships are awarded (http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/21/technology/got-an-a-in-alg...). We're a Series A funded startup backed by top investors such as First Round Capital. We're looking for engineers and offer a meaningful equity stake along with great benefits and competitive pay. Tech stack: Ruby/Rails, Node microservices, Go microservices, React.js/Redux frontend
Here are the listings: https://www.raise.me/jobs/senior-full-stack-engineer https://www.raise.me/jobs/mobile-developer Apply to jobs[AT]raise.me or you can email me directly at ryan[AT]raise.me.
Raise.me is expanding access to college by reinventing how scholarships are awarded (http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/21/technology/got-an-a-in-alg...). We're a Series A funded startup backed by top investors such as First Round Capital. We're looking for engineers and offer a meaningful equity stake along with great benefits and competitive pay, along with the satisfaction that goes along with helping underprivileged kids get to college.
Tech stack: Ruby/Rails, Node microservices, Go microservices, React.js/Redux frontend
Here are the listings: https://www.raise.me/jobs/senior-full-stack-engineer https://www.raise.me/jobs/mobile-developer (we don't have the listing yet for the data science role)
Apply to jobs[AT]raise.me or you can email me directly at ryan[AT]raise.me.
Raise.me is expanding access to college by reinventing how scholarships are awarded (http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/21/technology/got-an-a-in-alg...). We're a Series A funded startup backed by top investors such as First Round Capital. We're looking for engineers and offer a meaningful equity stake along with great benefits and competitive pay.
Tech stack: Ruby/Rails, Node microservices, Go microservices, React.js/Redux frontend
Here are the listings: https://www.raise.me/jobs/senior-full-stack-engineer https://www.raise.me/jobs/mobile-developer
Apply to jobs[AT]raise.me or you can email me directly at ryan[AT]raise.me.
Raise.me is expanding access to college by reinventing how scholarships are awarded (http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/21/technology/got-an-a-in-alg...). We're a Series A funded startup backed by First Round Capital, the Gates Foundation and Imagine K12. We're looking for engineers and offer meaningful equity stake along with great benefits and competitive pay.
Tech stack: Ruby/Rails, Node (for notifications), Go microservices, Backbone.js (moving to React)
Here's the listing: https://www.raise.me/jobs/full-stack-engineer Don't worry about the '5+ years...' or having experience with our specific stack. We know talented engineers can learn our stack, however we are looking for people with at least 2 years of experience at this point.
Apply to jobs[AT]raise.me or you can email me directly at ryan[AT]raise.me.
Raise.me is expanding access to college by reinventing how scholarships are awarded (http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/21/technology/got-an-a-in-alg...). We're a Series A funded startup backed by First Round Capital, the Gates Foundation and Imagine K12. We're looking for engineers and offer meaningful equity stake along with great benefits and competitive pay.
Tech stack: Ruby/Rails, Node (for notifications), Go microservices, Backbone.js
Here's the listing: https://www.raise.me/jobs/full-stack-engineer Don't worry about the '5+ years...' or having experience with our specific stack. We know talented engineers can learn our stack. However, we are looking for engineers who would consider themselves mid-level to senior, as opposed to people with no job experience.
Apply to jobs[AT]raise.me or you can email me directly at ryan[AT]raise.me.
Raise.me is expanding access to college by reinventing how scholarships are awarded (http://www.businessinsider.com/raise-helps-students-earn-mon...). We're a Series A funded startup backed by First Round Capital, the Gates Foundation and Imagine K12. We're looking for engineers and offer meaningful equity stake along with great benefits and competitive pay.
Tech stack: Ruby/Rails, Node, Go, Backbone.js, React.js
Here's the listing: https://www.raise.me/jobs/full-stack-engineer Don't worry about the '5+ years...' or having experience with our specific stack. We know talented engineers can learn our stack.
Apply to jobs[AT]raise.me or you can email me directly at ryan[AT]raise.me.
We're a Series A funded startup, focused on improving access to education by transforming the way billions of dollars of financial aid are distributed each year. We're achieving this by partnering with colleges and building micro-scholarship programs to help high school students afford college! We’re backed by First Round Capital, the Gates Foundation, and Imagine K12. We are a small team (3 based in San Francisco) and are all really excited about building a large and impactful business.
Tech stack: Ruby/Rails, Node (for notifications), Go microservices, Backbone.js
We offer a very meaningful equity stake to talented engineers, along with good benefits and competitive pay. Looking for bright people who are interested in learning and helping others learn!
Here's the listing: https://www.raise.me/jobs/full-stack-engineer Don't worry about the '5+ years...' or having experience with our specific stack. We know talented engineers can learn our stack.
Apply to jobs[AT]raise.me or you can email me directly at ryan[AT]raise.me.
We're a Series A funded startup, focused on improving access to education by transforming the way billions of dollars of financial aid are distributed each year. We're achieving this by partnering with colleges and building micro-scholarship programs to help high school students afford college! We’re backed by First Round Capital, the Gates Foundation, and Imagine K12. We are a small team (3 based in San Francisco) and are all really excited about building a large and impactful business.
Tech stack: Ruby/Rails, Node (for notifications), Go microservices, Backbone.js
We offer a very meaningful equity stake to talented engineers, along with good benefits and competitive pay. Looking for bright people who are interested in learning and helping others learn!
Here's the listing: https://www.raise.me/jobs/full-stack-engineer Don't worry about the '5+ years...' or having experience with our specific stack. We know talented engineers can learn our stack.
Apply to jobs[AT]raise.me or you can email me directly at ryan[AT]raise.me.
We're a Series A funded startup focused on improving access to education by transforming the way billions of dollars of financial aid get distributed each year by building microscholarship programs to help high school students afford college! We’re backed by First Round Capital, the Gates Foundation, and Imagine K12. We are a small team based in San Francisco and are all really excited about building a large and impactful business.
Tech stack: Ruby/Rails, Node (for notifications), Go microservices, Backbone.js
We offer a very meaningful equity stake to talented engineers, along with good benefits and competitive pay. Looking for bright people who are interested in learning and helping others learn!
Here's the listing: https://www.raise.me/jobs/full-stack-engineer Don't worry about the '5+ years...' or having experience with our specific stack. We know talented engineers can learn our stack.
Apply to jobs[AT]raise.me or you can email me directly at ryan[AT]raise.me.