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Nadella is not happy with 5%!

Not even employed. Just "10K H1b workers applied for the permit in 48 hours". No guarantee that they will follow through with the application or have jobs.

Spoken like a true over-engineer.

Put it in a drawer. This isn’t rocket science. Yup

Created a new CMS for the company in Python that resulted in an ~70% reduction in website update times, from 1 hour to 18 minutes

Personally, I don't put too much emphasis on these numbers because most of them are probably BS. Don't get me wrong, it's still probably in a candidate's best interest to quantify their accomplishments since it's recommended everywhere but don't over do it.

Plus social networking/LinkedIn

taking responsibility does not necessarily imply consequences

I guess that's the problem? These days leaders have no problem "taking responsibility" to make themselves look good when there's no consequence("hey I did what all good leaders do").

Failure for the company, but great for the industry!

I had full expectation that a non-tech company like U-Hual would be fully incompetent to properly store such a trove of identity information,

Why would a tech company be any better at handling data securely? More engineers doesn't mean better security.

Many of these people have mediocre ability Perhaps. University never intends to compete for top talent with their salary offerings. I recall during a salary discussion years ago, my manager at the time mentioned that the salary was indeed below market but offered up the point below as an advantage.

don't really do much, but once a position is created it is hardly ever eliminated. Yup. This was true and was a definitely a benefit.

Source: 6 years working as IT for a public university.

almost all of the top academic students in my class were first or second generation immigrants (mostly Indian) that had no interest in extra-curricular activities like sports, band, choir, or really anything.

I suspect it's more like their parents prohibit them from having any interest in these extra-curricular activities. Academics > *.

Well, his employer should've increased his salary accordingly. Frankly, I don't think that's an example of the guy "being a jerk".

This artist just one-upped Robert Rauschenberg

Ref: https://www.moma.org/audio/playlist/40/639

guess how much people make from social clues like what kind of car they drive, what brand clothes they wear, where they go on holiday, how new their phone is...

All poor indicators IMHO.

The record label are the ones who ultimately profited off the image

The record label profited off the music, not the image. The image on its own means nothing without the music.

This policy makes very little sense. Does Google IT also purge every message he responded to from all corporate managed mailboxes?

"Using your opponent’s force against them"

main concern is his own career and salary.

Wait...ICs do not care about their own career and salary? That's news to me (Sr. IC).

about ways to fulfill the museum’s commitment to be more diverse, more inclusive, and more representative of the community it serves.

A truly innovative and interesting DEI initiative. I hope we see more of this elsewhere.

Quiet nerds are now revered as the next generation of powerful and wealthy. Why? Because they, most likely, will be.

lol what? More stereotypes?

I would have avoided if a class like this was around.

I doubt the 20yr old me would've listened anyway.

I, too, racked up some CC debt (nothing crazy) in my early 20s. I knew most concepts outlined above but it's really about dealing with temptations when you finally making real money with full-time work.

Many services like Uber or InstaCart or even McDonalds or Amazon Warehouse or Walmart or Retail Sales or call center, you can work hard but there is no where to progress to. Your rewards are capped.

Having worked at Walmart/Retail/Call center/Franchised food service earlier on in my life and I would have to say "there is no where to progress to" is not exactly true.

Excluding food service where I worked directly for the owner, management team, at least at the store/region level, all came through the ranks. Don't get me wrong it's likely very competitive and not trivial to become a store/regional manager, and presumably some hard work/luck were needed in all cases. However, that's no different from any other careers.

In fact I tend to dismiss CVs for non entry jobs that have certificates listed at all

Listed? I guess every employer has their own little biases.

Software development, as much as we try, is not an engineering process like widget production or bridge building. It is still by and large a creative process.

I actually think it's the opposite. Majority of the software projects (IMHO) out there are exactly like bridge building. For the most part you adhere to the same engineering principles, and depend on the budget/requirement, have some room for creativity. Some bridges are masterpieces and will last more than a hundred years while some others could collapse at any time.

Look at any typical city in North America, your priciest neighborhood likely has low density.

People tend to work away from where they live (at least for high paying jobs) and prefer having ample space at home therefore I don't think higher density would increase property value as you stated.

why would my opinion change when I get older? Your opinion might change if property price around East Bay continue to appreciate and your new neighbors are paying even more.

Same. I noticed younger colleagues (<30) tend to prefer open office where older crowds prefer more separation.

On the other hand, I've lost count on the number of Bose/Sony noise cancelling headsets I came across in the office.

For a lot of developers, "brutally monotonous work" is just ... work.

However, I don't think one should expect to enjoy all of the benefits of an extremely high performing company (i.e., RSUs of great value, high pay, prestige, etc.) if they approach work in this way.

Why shouldn't I expected all the benefits (RSU/base pay/free food if that's included)? It was all agreed upon when I started the job.

Come on now, mens fashion is also a multi-billion industry

Location, location, location?