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Re:Patent on displaying SQL data in HTML, granted to IBM in ... by loeg on Saturday June 06, 2020 @12:01PM (#23440079)
Every big corp pays employees to file patents. I don't know that it's a factor for promotions at my employer; certainly not up to Eng 3 or 4, and no manager has told me that I would be promoted if I filed patents.
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Re:Patent on displaying SQL data in HTML, granted to IBM in ... by akhilcacharya on Saturday June 06, 2020 @10:24PM (#23444264)
It's definitely not all big corps, Amazon does not for instance.
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Re:Patent on displaying SQL data in HTML, granted to IBM in ... by mav3rick on Monday June 08, 2020 @02:30AM (#23454126)
No surprise there. Amazon doesn't pay employees much more in any benefits.
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