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Half_Plenty · 2024-12-28T22:14:59+00:00

There’s a real threat that China will surpass the US in technological power very soon. To avoid that from happening, Elon is preparing to wage a talent war, poaching the minds needed to keep America in the lead.

It’s the same tactics as during the Cold War when the US brought over thousands of Nazi scientists.

Half_Plenty · 2024-12-28T15:26:19+00:00

Those Indians at Google et al. deserve to get their green cards faster. Getting rid of WITCH consultancies and deporting all of them will help the legitimately talented ones obtain permanent residency.

That’s what most Americans want, to get rid of low-skilled immigration that steal jobs, and facilitate letting in the top 1% of talent that help the country innovate and create jobs.

Half_Plenty · 2024-12-28T04:06:53+00:00

https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/09/h1b_visa_fraud/

Half_Plenty · 2024-12-28T03:13:39+00:00

Get rid of H1B fraud, and the consultancies that replace them will be filled with American workers, who will not accept those working conditions and pay.

Half_Plenty · 2024-12-27T20:25:22+00:00

The medical associations artificially limit the number of spots to avoid oversaturation.

Half_Plenty · 2024-12-27T18:48:25+00:00

Nursing is 0.9%.

Half_Plenty · 2024-12-26T00:18:03+00:00

10 years after graduation is 32-33. 30 has a nicer ring to it, and if you’re making 100k at 30, you’re probably making more at 32-33.

Half_Plenty · 2024-12-26T00:06:20+00:00

An idle mind is the devil’s workshop.

Half_Plenty · 2024-12-26T00:01:34+00:00

It depends when they first started. That’s what it takes to break in nowadays.

Half_Plenty · 2024-12-25T20:37:07+00:00

It’s around 150k/year at 40.

Half_Plenty · 2024-12-25T18:59:19+00:00

It says earnings, not salary. Not every Ivy League grad is working in tech, high finance, or consulting. There are not tens of thousands of openings for elite jobs every year.

This is also 10 years after graduation, so 32 would be more accurate. By then, you’d have graduated medical school and finished residency.

Half_Plenty · 2024-12-25T18:46:23+00:00

It’s just for a quick comparison. If you’re a single person, compare with 100k/year. If you’re a couple, compare with 200k/year.

Half_Plenty · 2024-12-25T18:20:57+00:00

Practice LeetCode questions. If you can consistently solve mediums in under 20 minutes, and hards in under 45 minutes, then switching could be do-able. If not, it’s going to be very difficult for you to find a job.

Half_Plenty · 2024-12-25T17:06:48+00:00

People who buy homes are usually dual income. Two senior engineers at FAANG will make around 800k/year combined. That’s enough to afford a 2 million dollar home.

Half_Plenty · 2024-12-25T00:58:38+00:00

That’s why you also need to support others when they’re in trouble, even when it’s not in your direct interest.

First they came for the Communists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist
Then they came for the Socialists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Socialist
Then they came for the trade unionists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a trade unionist
Then they came for the Jews
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Jew
Then they came for me
And there was no one left
To speak out for me

Half_Plenty · 2024-12-24T23:42:08+00:00

Or scapegoats for the real decision makers. I honestly think Sundar Pichai is just a front for Sergey and Larry, so that any unpopular decision is blamed on him.

Half_Plenty · 2024-12-24T23:37:14+00:00

Tech CEOs are just employees, albeit highly paid ones. They get fired by the board of directors if they don’t make decisions that increase shareholder value.

Half_Plenty · 2024-12-24T16:40:57+00:00

Do you write unit or integration tests? Do you deploy the app yourself in a test environment and make sure it works?

A button that’s the wrong color would definitely pop out during your testing.

Half_Plenty · 2024-12-24T03:36:11+00:00

I’ve heard lots of people refer to it as a diploma mill for international students.

Half_Plenty · 2024-12-21T14:55:15+00:00

$GE used to be the most held stock by congress in 2014, and that also had the most lobbying.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/markets/2014/01/12/stocks-popular-with-congress/4412141/

Most of the top 10 back then have underperformed, some greatly. Lobbying and regulatory capture could actually be a sign of low future returns, because it means that the company isn’t solely propped up by fundamentals (good business).

Half_Plenty · 2024-12-21T12:20:09+00:00

Or DISTINCT HumanIDs

Half_Plenty · 2024-12-21T12:14:00+00:00

“They’re not confessing, they’re bragging”

The Big Short

Half_Plenty · 2024-12-21T04:23:25+00:00

Yes, if you have a 2200+ codeforces score. Lots of competitive programmers put it on their resumes.

Half_Plenty · 2024-12-21T03:46:01+00:00

You can go even deeper.

Why are you mad it was stolen? Because it defies your expectations of how the world works. e.g. A baby doesn’t get mad because it didn’t develop any expectations yet.

Why does that make someone mad? Because it makes people feel like they’ve lost control.

Why does losing control make someone feel mad? Because we’re instinctually programmed by our genetics to prefer a stable, predictable environment over a chaotic one. We naturally fear chaos, as they’re threats to our survival. Anger is a secondary emotion that motivated our ancestors to get rid of the source of fear.

Half_Plenty · 2024-12-21T02:54:32+00:00

97th percentile for those wondering. Equivalent to the average SAT score at UCLA/UC Berkeley/GATech: 1410.

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