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seattletech··on Silicon Valley exodus: Bay Area tech companies leaving for Texas
Trump got more votes in California than in any other state including TX and FL
seattletech··on Slack wanted to stay independent, but was unable to compete with tech giants
I am fairly certain that corporate charters were originally time-limited.
seattletech··on Wall Street Begins Trading Water Futures as a Commodity
A liberal conspiracy /s
seattletech··on Philip Glass: My problem is people don’t believe I write symphonies (2017)
He was also roommates with the Viking of 6th Avenue, Moondog
seattletech··on EPA declines to tighten soot pollution standards
Which will end up at SCOTUS and we will see the Chevron doctrine overturned
seattletech··on A Japanese shop is 1,020 years old
Yep, IBM was founded in 1911
seattletech··on My fiber optical modem broadcasts a poem via ethernet frame 0x8300
https://teachinglondoncomputing.org/poetry/
seattletech··on U.S. Accuses Google of Illegally Protecting Monopoly
The vertical integration and domination in the eyeglasses space has been a blind spot for anti-trust regulators.
seattletech··on USC's Dying Linebackers
The surprising thing I found with soccer was that female players had higher incidences of concussions

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kimelsesser/2019/11/07/the-conc...

seattletech··on San Francisco Apartment Rents Crater Up to 31%, Most in U.S.
Hence the reliance on gerrymandering to maintain majorities. Look at the congressional districts around Austin
seattletech··on San Francisco Apartment Rents Crater Up to 31%, Most in U.S.
That's driven alot by the superior schools in Bellevue. 30% of Seattle kids go to private schools...
seattletech··on Eddie Van Halen has died
Two bouts of cancer, tongue and then now throat...
seattletech··on How we built a $1M ARR SaaS startup
My new disruptive startup will TEAR DOWN THOSE WALLS for the wall-less experience
seattletech··on Trump to be hospitalized at Walter Reed medical center after Covid-19 diagnosis
https://twitter.com/PressSec/status/1312122950133272576/phot...
seattletech··on Ask HN: How to learn sales?
Talk to the right people is key.

Qualification is one of the most important skills to hone in sales. Are you wasting time with a tire kicker? Someone without actual purchasing authority. Wants to buy but doesn't have budget this fiscal year. Do you know the customer's fiscal year? Do you know the purchasing process at the client? I have seen many deals fouled by procurement and legal even though the buyer is ready to go.

seattletech··on Netflix CEO explains why he pays technologists huge salaries
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-Tech_Employee_Antitrust_L...
seattletech··on Amazon details its low-bandwidth Sidewalk neighborhood network
So a standard HN solution then
seattletech··on X-COM
Playing this game late at night with headphones added to the mood.
seattletech··on I no longer build software
Find a smaller enterprise system integrator in the field you're familiar with. Titles such as Sales Engineer, SE, Solutions Architect. Usually the compensation plan is a 70/30 or 65/35 split between base and commission. Once you cut your teeth and are building out your professional network, then looks for an ISV to be on direct sales...
seattletech··on I no longer build software
Sales engineering is a great place for being able to tinker, interact with a wide range of clients/prospects, and plus being a revenue center...
seattletech··on Covid-19: Do many people have pre-existing immunity?
He is Just Asking Questions

https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Just_asking_questions

seattletech··on Air Force Designed, Built, and Flew a Brand-New Fighter Jet In One Year
Yeah, but the defense budget is optimized to benefit multiple Congressional districts as a jobs program, this doesn't work...
seattletech··on Lockheed Constellation and Super Constellation Survivors
One here in Seattle at the Museum of Flight https://www.museumofflight.org/aircraft/lockheed1049g-super-...

Beautiful planes

seattletech··on Red flags I saw while doing technical interviews
Yeah that just drives me nuts. If you're recruiting, you're trying to sell me on the position.
seattletech··on Tech firms face growing resentment of parent employees during Covid-19
Well we tolerate eugenics in some ways though. Look at the prevalence of Down's syndrome children now vs. the advent of accurate prenatal testing
seattletech··on Tech firms face growing resentment of parent employees during Covid-19
Yeah. Dealing with a teen right now who feels completely isolated. Hanging in there.