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GPS and Relativity 12 years ago

I reread the article with a little more care and as a result of special relativity the satellites "fall behind clocks on the ground by about 7 microseconds per day" and as a result of general relativity "each GPS satellite should get ahead of ground-based clocks by 45 microseconds per day". So that would mean if the ISS was orbiting at the same level as the GPS satellites the astronauts would age faster, but since the ISS is closer, they age slower.

GPS and Relativity 12 years ago

Does this mean that the people living on the space station age faster than people on earth, or does this only affect the atomic clocks?

You could try doing some couch surfing in your area or rent a room in a shared apartment. Living together with other people is a great way to make lasting relationships. There is the chance that you wont 'click', but then you can just move to another place.

If I ever get to lead a software team I will make part of our product open source and then ask potential new hires to complete a real task on that codebase. I think that would be the most realistic display of their coding ability and quality and at the same time they could get an idea of how the company manages and reviews code.