This is a serious problem. My wife goes to Amazon and just buys the top seller of whatever she's looking for(even if its from a no name marketplace seller). I don't think she realizes people can game this system.
So now that Levandowski and Travis are out on their own, can they get back together and do whatever they were planning to- no restrictions from Google or Uber.
Is there a simple chart somewhere that shows what are the old and new tariffs for the most commonly imported items. I'm just confused with hearing these large generic tariff news. Something like PCs- was 10% now 25%, Tshirts- was 10% now 50%, etc.
About time- I can't imagine how long before more unions start forming. Just hope they come up with a better model for a union 2.0 cos the old model has a pretty bad reputation.
my wife probably signed up sometime- cos when I gave them my phone number they said you have $21 dividend- want to apply it? I was like - wow - I love this place and I don't even shop there a lot. Don't love their prices but I love REI. Too bad the Orchard Supply which is also a CoOp is shutting down.
Nice move YC. I know Qi is highly regarded by Chinese students. He seems like a corporate vs startup guy though, so while I trust he has great access to talent and connections in industry and Govt, I'm not sure he's the best person to mentor a scrappy startup. Hope he has a good support cast.
not the op- but I think what he's implying is that all the good engineers are in golden handcuffs with the FANG or unicorn startups making $300k. In the old days you could match the base salary and say my stock is better. Today its harder when MSFT is 3x or Netflix has 5x in the last few years. Your startup stock of 100K with 10% probability of becoming worth 10x in a few years just doesn't sound attractive enough to a good engineer. If all the good engineers are taken, it sucks the life out of other startups.
Unfortunately no one is on those 'premium' alternatives cos most people know this is a possible route to an opportunity- not the only one or the best one.
A bar raiser is typically someone in the interview loop for a candidate that is not from the same team and therefore more objective about whether the candidate is truly 'better' than most people on the team (raises the bar). Although good in theory- its not actually practical to find every single new person better than the current employees but it helps keep things in perspective and is a deterrent to bringing in weak buddies.
Its true Amazon has some great engineers but is not a very engineering centric. I remember a senior engineer in Retail once comparing it to a plumbing system kept together with bandages.
I'm actually a fan of Musk and applaud his efforts with SpaceX and Boring. It's just that I'm holding on to my 10 yr old Prius waiting for the $35K Model 3 for 2 years and the delivery date just keeps sliding 6-9 months every time I check. And then to see him trying to help (personally flying out- not just tweet-wondering) in the Thai cave case and now the Flint case makes me wonder what other world problem he's going to go after (and there are many he can) before he delivers on what he promised with the Model 3.
While I appreciate the IronMan'esque eagerness to solve every problem the world is facing, I think he should be focusing on getting us the $35K Model 3 promised a while ago.
I'm surprised this is a surprise to anyone that does business with Asian, African or South American companies. Anyplace that has high levels of corruption has businesses and Govt hand-in-hand. Isn't this the whole point of accumulating Govt power. If there was no way to extract value from it, no one would care about running for office.
I know a software engineer who was in Silicon Valley and moved to Bentonville. He makes $100K in Bentonville vs. the $120K he'd make in Walmart, Sunnyvale. He pays half the rent he would in Sunnyvale, can buy a big house for $250K once he gets his downpayment, his wife can go to college subsidized by Walmart and then gets preferential treatment in getting a job at Walmart. There's no way he says he'll ever consider moving back to Silicon Valley.
It's an open secret in Silicon Valley that most tech companies prefer younger workers. Recruiters do what hiring managers ask for. Most hiring managers won't say it explicitly- they'll say things like 2-5 years experience from top schools or from the FANG companies with experience in modern technologies.
He's not saying companies can't keep a CRM system to keep track of leads and customers. What he means is the sneaky and hidden ways in which FB, Google and other advertising based tech companies track your every action on the web, create a profile for you without your explicit permission and selling that information or access to it to advertisers, etc.
Just for perspective, these jobs are a bit different than regular contracting or hourly jobs. Although the hourly rate seems high, often we exclude the travel time. Also the uneven demand. For example- On a rainy day, there might be 10 calls but they can only take a few and on sunny days they'd be lucky to get a call.