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Re:This is how you hustle on Monday January 16, 2017 @10:39PM (#13415041)
My reaction entirely. I wouldn't want to build my business up on these types of customers, because as quick as they left X and came to you, they'll leave you as well.

Not to say that you shouldn't do your best to make sure your customers are always able to continue business, but like you said, everyone has their bad days. I'd choose to have loyal customers that aren't jumping on social media at the drop of a hat and publicly "chastising" the company.

* Also, "I'd love to speak to you more about the issues you're experiencing" does not mean "offer to help fix the problem" as he mentioned. Unless he means, leave his current provider to move to them.

I completely agree here. I genuinely feel bad for those who do work hard and try their best. But that is not the case for most of the people I personally know.

I really get tired of hearing people complain about low wages and being broke, but aren't willing on doing anything about it. Ranting on Facebook from their $700 - $800 Iphone while drinking a $5 coffee.

I've worked really hard for everything I have. Late nights on my own, studying to better myself. Missing opportunities to hang out with friends, concerts, etc. But, at the end of the day, I chose to focus on my skills, knowledge, and career. So, when I see these same people complaining, I feel like they are degrading the time I spent and luxuries I gave up to get to where I am.

Re:The State of Babel on Wednesday December 07, 2016 @08:44PM (#13127794)
I second (third?) the fact that I'm so thankful for these packages and contributors. Reading this article puts into perspective the amount of alignment within the community that it takes to be able to depend on external libraries to make our day-to-day easier.

It's very humbling. I'm just here standing on the shoulders of giants.

Re:Tell HN: New features and a moderator on Monday July 11, 2016 @08:31PM (#12075874)
This. It took me a minute to find the collapse link, but once I found it... What a time to be alive.
Re:Tell HN: New features and a moderator on Monday July 11, 2016 @08:29PM (#12075867)
Voted up. Saw the "unvote", didn't click it. I believe Hacker News has tested the functionality. I'll leave the upvote. Here's to you splawn.
Re:Angular 2 – Best Practises on Monday June 27, 2016 @09:56AM (#11986154)
What's the difference between Angular 2 and Reacts rendering? I was under the assumption that Angular 2 had implemented a shadow dom or something similar.

Not arguing that you are wrong, I just haven't kept up with any of Angular 2 and am genuinely curios.

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Re:What is a “Good Job?” on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @02:01PM (#11440496)
I agree with you that Lawyers and Doctors have to deal with moral issues, but some programmers have to deal with this as well. In the past, I've worked at companies that built software for check cashing/payday loans services and I can tell you first hand, that I felt disgusted with myself on a daily basis when I left work.

It wasn't that I wanted to do it, but I had to have a job to support my family. Needless to say, I quickly found another job.

This was my thought as well. I'm not even sure how to judge this article. It seems very misinformed with making assumptions without any supporting evidence on how we get there.

It's true that automation would bring in new jobs, but not the jobs that the people affected would be able to jump into.

As far as the whole child care and home health jobs go, I'm not sure there would be a mass influx of opportunities there.

I don't know if I've ever personally seen employees at a daycare making much more than minimum wage and there's already a thin margin with daycares. So, I'd think they'd be in same trouble as a restaurant employee.

Re:Want a steady income? There's an app for that on Thursday April 30, 2015 @01:57PM (#9466584)
So, I left a couple months before the final audit before going to public launch.

As far as I know, they were going to have to change a good bit of stuff focused around the taking out loans.

The sole investor cut his losses since we were already over time and budget. Also, we were having custom development done from the bank that hosted our accounts and the bank that provided us with credit limits. And we were going to have to have them go back and overhaul a lot of their system that had been changed for us, which was extremely expensive.

Re:Want a steady income? There's an app for that on Thursday April 30, 2015 @01:20PM (#9466346)
I worked with a company a few years back that did this exact thing, although we couldn't get past regulations and ended up shutting down.

http://finovate.com/videos/finovatefall-2011-tandem/

Re:We Tried Building a Remote Team and It Sucked on Sunday March 15, 2015 @01:41AM (#9205511)
I don't think I necessarily agree with any of this.

First:

If you're hiring for a remote position, I think hiring people who "want" to be remote is obvious.

Second:

Hiring remote doesn't mean that you have to "embrace the isolation." There are plenty of people that do like the isolation, but I've worked with plenty of remote developers (I'm remote as well) that aren't isolated. We stay on hangouts/chats, work from coffee shops, meet up to work with colleagues/friends, or even work from someone else's office.

It's quite easy to meet other people in the same scenario (remote workers) that are more than happy to meet up to work, even if you're working with different companies. Just to have casual chat throughout the day or to bounce ideas off of.

Third:

I think "fitting will into the culture you already have" should be a requirement in general. Just because I worked on site wouldn't mean that I'd want to sacrifice culture anymore than I would if I worked remotely.

Re:At UPS, the Algorithm Is the Driver on Tuesday February 17, 2015 @04:11AM (#9061303)
Good try WSJ, not paying.