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Back when H1B visas were new. Companies would post jobs they did not want to fill. The posting was to provide evidence that they could not find anyone who could do that job. Personally I have seen so many Microsoft listed jobs, that it seems impossible that they could have a layoff, unless of course ....

Yes, but I would not trust it to execute those decisions.

I would use it to analyze my situation, take into consideration my goals, as well as my fears and anxiety. e.g. I worry about taxes, and do not trust bonds.

Expect it to provide several plans with a list of reasons as well as pros and cons.

But I must own the final choice. One of my fears is if it does it, someone will learn to anticipate its moves and then exploit me via the AI.

Those that can, Do.

Enough said.

Hmm must be different than the one I went to.

For me CompUSA was the one stop get your tech.

In Orlando (altmonte springs) we would go to lunch at Fudd Ruckers, followed up with an hour at CompUSA.

Only if it is fixable ...

Take it as a warning sign. If I cannot change it, then all it does is cause anxiety.

In the US, I think it would be great to have them do a service type job, and to keep a camera on them. Keep their government pay, but this will document what a real person they are, or are not.

Personally when I vote use the 'what job did you do' as a major criteria. Bottom to top: Politician (never a real job), Lawyer / lobbyist (practiced liar), Government employee or student or never worked (never facing market economy impacts), college professor, ex con - then a big gap - Used car salesman (hard working but a bad reputation), other sales

Top for someone I vote for is Farmer, then any hourly worker that does a job I would not want to do, or physically cannot.

So is there a fund, that follows the S&P 500, but not the top 10? Or is S&P 500 minus tech? I know there are a lot of specialized but I would like to follow the US market as a whole but a little less into the tech.

Throw me a bone here. What rule changes?

Semi related - If USA and you have a FSA - it is like an insurance policy, so there is no REAL balance. Spend it before you are laid off. Glasses etc.

Sorry to hear you are about to be in a struggle.

Get resume out, and start looking. You will get more if you are employed vs unemployed.

If USA apply for unemployment as soon as laid off. Companies have paid into this pot, you deserve the payout. Not collecting does not leave more for others.

Interesting, you have just identified a potential market distinction. First we need a group (ala consumers report) to evaluate different services. Then different services would be motivated to perform the sub agent verification automatically as a Competitive Advantage,

I have heard, not sure the validity, that they believe the removing of lead from Gasoline, has stopped the suppression of intelligence caused by lead consumption.

Reading hacker news and playing civilization. Then a long walk.

Check tire pressure. I had a prius and milage would drop significantly (60 to 50) when the tires were low.

Of course tune up.

Have you changed gas stations / brands recently?

Now having said that. It is great to follow a passion, but you need to feed yourself. So you have to weight the two 'what I love' vs 'what pays the bills'

When I finished school, I had a lot of biology major friends, who were real passionate about biology. At the time they could only get low paying jobs in a human waste water plant. They envied me for being smart to choose CS, they thought I did it for the money, not realizing it was passion, and I could have had the same problem they did.

Likewise When I was laid off, about half of the other who were laid off, claimed 'Oh thank God. I have always hated programming stuff'.

Once again, it is a balance. Very few get the best of both worlds.

I have heard, but have not read, 'What color is my parachute' is a great book for that.

There are a bunch of psychology based tests you can take to help decide on general career paths. I remember taking one 20 years ago. It had questions like: Do you enjoy working on your own. Does fame get you excited. Writing out direction cause you anxiety. Surprise surprise Software Engineer... Just what I love doing.

It is perspective. From the Iranian stance, NSA is an APT and theirs is not. Likewise the UK version, Russian versions etc.

Them / Us.

Thanks. Well that answers the question. Opponents are threats, your tools to counter are not.

As in: Your gun is a threat to me, my gun is how I defend against YOUR gun.

Thanks for the warning.

I agree, and would push it further, that almost all professionals need to have a basic understanding of Logic and programming. At least to create a Sort routine (without copying it).

I believe schools should require a Logic (not just philosophy) class.

Anything not documented is throw away.

Any given day someone can win the lottery, inherit a lot of money, or need to leave for some other reason.

Every complaint they had was a direct effect of failure to document. Well that or the other people are just complete idiots ... you decide.

Thanks for the advise. I appreciate the warning. <close amazon window ... so much for the easy solution>

Thanks for the advise. I appreciate the warning.

A friend of mine who graduated in 1983 with a computer science and an accounting degree, had an interview for an accounting job. Accounting was his actual passion, but he also enjoyed programming. He was told at one interview:

'Your computer science degree is useless. With this spreadsheet program I can do everything. There is no longer a need for programmers'

I think he was wrong, just like Thomas J Watson (CEO of IBM 1943 quote: "I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.")

So when I hear AI will replace ... I think it will enhance and redefine.

This might not be the first to break, but it will eventually, and if corrected NOW will make things much smoother:

Your documentation of processes and procedures is NOT adequate.

'everyone used to know about are getting lost' - oh good thing your documentation makes this clear, because it is obviously their fault.

'New hires take forever to ramp up' - oh good thing you have complete ramp up plan and documentation, because it is obviously their fault.

'building on different assumptions' - oh good, your old assumptions are clearly documented, because it is obviously their fault.

So their is your self focus, please do good, and document well.

Not that I know anything ... but I keep thinking about getting a neck brace and wear it when I work on a computer. Seems like a 'simple' fix ... but I have made that mistake before (as in think it is a simple fix).

Thanks, I appreciate your sharing this info.

Interesting, I just decided (well 2 days ago) that I want to learn Rust myself. What resource are you using to learn?

Thanks for posting this, this is useful research.

In Orlando, if you go to disney and you are a techie, it is a must see, is a company called SkyCraft Surplus. They go to companies who are getting rid of old equipment and resell it. Some stuff is new, much of it unused. Brought a friend there (EE major) and he was fascinated by the fact that they had a lot of old Radio Shack chips, diodes etc.

Tell them I sent you and they will ... well nothing, but I am happy to support them, as it brings me much joy whenever I visit.

It could be.

From HR perspective it might be the best place to work.

I would look at glassdoor.

Realize it could be great and awful depending on where you work. HR could be great while IT could suck. I interviewed at a place that on glassdoor was listed very well. But when I examined the reviews in detail. Everywhere BUT IT had nothing but praise. IT was a dumpster fire, probably why they were hiring.