How do you all deal with downloading and archiving your bank, credit card, investment account and other statements?I find myself constantly logging in everywhere and downloading them manually which takes a lot of time and is easy to forget. Wondering if there isn't an easier way to do this.Of course once solution might be to have them all sent on paper to a mailbox which auto-scans the...
What are some good solutions to prevent businesses from using your software past termination of a licensing agreement or past a trial date?Specifically, this is in the context of software that is installed on linux servers for which a monthly licensing fee needs to be paid.Some ideas I had myself: - reduce reliability of software past certain date - use a licensing server with the software...
if you are concerned about $200 for a replacement kit you should probably sell them to someone else
I have been offered a certain number of RSUs as part of a compensation package and need to determine what the realistic value is of these RSUs.The company is not public yet but has been around for about 10 years and is pretty well known.When I asked about the value of the RSUs they refused to share any key numbers such as outstanding shares, valuation etc.Based on public info the valuation is...
These are questions for those with a law school background who have some experience with hiring processes in larger tech companies.1) Do you have the right in California to demand and receive copies of all interviewer notes and other information (e.g. how you have been categorized, flagged, etc) related to your past job interviews at a company?2) Can you demand that all information related to...
then charge them a fraction of that
in other words it benefits cultures heavily into all kinds of olympiads from age 5 on… i will not elaborate further as you know what i mean.
companies need to educate you on the job. that will never change and it is unreasonable to demand you already have all skills ready to go. but that is where we are in the US….
it is also crazy that you need to copy paste job requirements into your CV role per role. a resume or CV is something you make ONCE. but i guess HR drones are too dumb to read so that is where we are.
this limits people’s mobility as they are then glued to a set of company specific skills
this was supposed to be how it works but then some indian dude came along and made a platform and then some woman wrote a book and got in a HR decision making position in a FAANG and destroyed the value of everyone’s degrees by introducing coding interviews you can only pass if you grind them
You probably already know this but there are really advanced Lego Technics sets you can buy. The older used stuff probably is more interesting as the newer sets have probably been dumbed down since I started building Technics 35 years ago.
I have been faced several times in my consulting business with choosing between consulting work that comes at unpredictable moments, but when the work shows up, it pays very well and much better than the average engineering contracting work and it is always full remote. This type of work cannot be easily outsourced.On the other hand, there are the more regular engineering contracting gigs you...