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Ask HN: Have you been in a team that did “daily standups” asynchronously?

In the past, all of my teams have had daily-standup meetings. Ie, recurring meetings scheduled for a specific time, when everyone would join the meeting (either physically or virtually) and give their updatesIn an attempt to reduce people's meeting load and avoid interruptions, we're considering doing asynchronous slack standups instead. Ie, everyone posts their daily-update on slack at the...

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Purchasing power parity (PPP) is accounting for both absolute exchange rates and differential purchasing power across different countries

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/07/09/how-america...

Ask HN: Is it good to have a company policy that normalizes counter-offers?

I'm the founder of an early stage startup, located in a city where there are many job opportunities for software developers. As a developer myself, I know that it is very common for developers to switch companies every few years, in order to land significant pay increases. I know many people like to stigmatize this behavior, but I would never blame someone for wanting to grow their...

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