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Re:The Problem of Doctors’ Salaries on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @11:02AM (#15757788)
So lets just say the savings as described in the article by not paying doctors as much would be $100billion (cut doctors salaries by half). Spending on US Healthcare was in 2015-16 was $3.2 trillion. Assuming there are no side effects in the market (such as number of students entering medical school would decrease etc) the $100 billion in savings is 3.1% which is a very small figure.
Re:IBM Now Has More Employees in India Than in the U.S on Friday September 29, 2017 @02:39PM (#15367909)
In Bangalore, sale price/monthly rent ratio in an ok neighborhood would be around 200. In a pretty good neighborhood this go up to to 300-400. Mumbai is more expensive than this. Nobody buys property in India and makes a killing off the rents -- its mainly the price appreciation (inflation is around 6-7%).
Re:H-1B visas mainly go to Indian outsourcing firms on Tuesday April 18, 2017 @10:45PM (#14145070)
If the government decides that the companies can hire people with the highest skill or the highest pay, it will be very hard for startups to hire H1Bs (or founders to get H1B visas). If a new system is being put into place hopefully it takes into consideration factors such as size of company, location/cost of living etc
Re:How I Hire Programmers (2009) on Friday May 22, 2015 @11:16AM (#9588796)
Taking a different view here. The best ideas seem obvious in the future. I thought he was very clear articulate in how he does his hires (he would be the hiring manager here). While yes the manager needing help answers the "who" part of the hiring question, Aaron answers the "how".
You don't have to go through the lottery again if you have already gone through the cap selection process once
If there is no technology play, at the minimum it should be a signon bonus that the company would pay engineers joining at that position in the company. How much higher than that would depend on other factors that everybody is discussing.
Re:Superhost (YC W14) Is Your Personal Assistant For Your Airbnb on Tuesday February 25, 2014 @02:51PM (#7299986)
This is a nice service. Which cities are you currently operating in?
Re:Sugarcube - the iPod for television on Wednesday November 27, 2013 @07:22PM (#6812247)
Congrats on launching! Looks like a useful product and its much more comprehensive than chromecast!
Doesn't founder liquidity typically range swap out some equity for single digit million dollars?
Re:Things I learned at YC on Tuesday October 15, 2013 @06:42PM (#6556855)
nice categorization!
Re:A Message To our Customers from our CEO on Monday September 16, 2013 @12:30PM (#6394079)
Wow! If I understand this correctly, he asked customer service to write this response?
Re:Explosions near Boston Marathon finish line on Monday April 15, 2013 @05:34PM (#5554551)
That's because the mods keep removing it -- reddit will have some contract with telegraph.uk or other such websites (they pay reddit for the higher traffic)
Re:USCIS Reaches 2014 H-1B Cap on Monday April 08, 2013 @06:15PM (#5515019)
The cap is only meant for new H1B applications. Those with already existing H1B visa or held a H1B visa in the past are exempt from this cap
Re:How I Fired Myself on Wednesday February 27, 2013 @10:54AM (#5292958)
Bold on your part to own up and offer a resignation. (he "higher ups" should have recognized that and not accepted it). From the movie, "Social Network" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bahX2rrT1I
Very cool! Can you somehow make sure, I don't have to put in all this information? For eg. if I forward the confirmation email to an "automatic checkin email id", can you pick up the relevant information and automatically check me in.

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