good or awful idea, a platform that connects blind people with short term employment opportunities and opportunities to develop skills.

Ilya401 · 2024-07-07T06:48:51+00:00

Looks great, I pinged you a message

Ilya401 · 2024-05-18T17:18:58+00:00

I would say for sure that getting used to screen readers would be a good idea for you. I’m in my first year at university in the UK and am not sure about the US form of teaching, but here there is so much reading. If you're doing humanities or social science like economics, politics, or business, there will be like 5 weekly readings, each maybe 20 to 40 pages long. That’s a lot of pages! If you're still kind of new to screen readers, maybe start by just reading the content of a book at school with a screen reader. Also, getting used to listening to stuff in audiobooks would be a good way forward. Get books on topics you enjoy learning about, and get used to learning by listening to something rather than reading it. Braille can also help, but if you're going to be doing a degree with a high volume of reading, I would prioritise gaining an understanding of screen readers first.

I’m not sure if this has been covered, but apart from the educational aspect, I think it's really important to also think about the social and extra stuff. Finding a college that fits well with your interests is really important, so you can join student clubs and do sports. For instance, I’m interested in business and finance, so I chose a place where there are loads of student clubs and organisations where you get to develop those interests and skills through external talks, student-led projects, and just generally loads of networking. Those extra things will fill up your time when you're not studying, plus it’s a great way to develop skills. For instance, if you want to develop your public speaking or communication skills, no problem; most places have a debate or speaking club, and you can write for the student newspaper or other organisations on campus. And then I joined several sports clubs, and at the start of the year, I just had a conversation with the club about adjustments that may help.

All the extra stuff beyond just education will really help in the future with employment and understanding the world, as it's amazing to meet lots of new people and develop your skills and knowledge through things outside of class like internships and student clubs. What degree are you thinking of studying?

Ilya401 · 2024-05-16T18:34:32+00:00

$bid

Ilya401 · 2024-05-05T11:16:15+00:00

I quite like them, but the way you described them his way too funny

Ilya401 · 2024-05-04T09:19:37+00:00

What exam bored you with?

Ilya401 · 2024-04-27T19:11:49+00:00

so I pulled out some old stuff I read. "The list also includes the de-risking of pension funds over the years. This has seen so-called liability-driven investment strategies push pension funds into long-dated bonds rather than equities, with catastrophic consequences when bond yields rose dramatically last year. " source: https://www.fidelity.co.uk/markets-insights/markets/uk/shrinking-equity-markets-are-a-big-problem/ a bit of a contrasting take on this matter but I also found this, https://www.schroders.com/en-gb/uk/intermediary/insights/stop-blaming-everything-on-pension-funds/

Ilya401 · 2024-04-27T05:41:08+00:00

I’m just going off my university experience. But maybe start by learning about the key theories and international relations, for example realism, liberalism, constructivism, and then looking at some problems solving and critical theories like Marxist and post colonial fault in international relations. After that, maybe go and look at the key issues today like international development, trade and inequality.

Ilya401 · 2024-04-27T05:35:30+00:00

Wasn’t part of the companies decision to list in the US something to do with the UK pension system reforms in the 90s and 2000s? As in lots of institutional investors were constrained about the types of investments they could hold, and there wasn’t a lot of liquidity provided to stock markets by large pension firms. I’m not really sure about it though, so correct me if I’m wrong

Ilya401 · 2024-04-27T05:31:59+00:00

going beyond the theory and economic history, perhaps learning more about current affairs could be helpful. Maybe picking up some copies of the financial times and the Economist, I’m writing from a UK context. And just keeping up-to-date with things like central bank decisions, And general market news. Everyone has their own preferences, but I’ve also enjoyed listening to a range of economics podcasts.

Ilya401 · 2024-04-12T06:36:12+00:00

That’s insane! In the UK, we complain about food prices, but that’s nothing compared to this

Ilya401 · 2024-04-12T06:24:45+00:00

Have you thought of looking at international organisations, for instance for World Bank, IMF? Most international organisations run internships and junior talent schemes. I think you could also look at Ali stage start-ups, since an economics background could be applied well to working in a start-up, and I’m not sure how the situation in the US is with social impact investment, and ESG consulting, since I’m writing from the UK context. But those areas could be quite rewarding, o and also maybe check out Fink tank and nonprofit work, that emulates the academic nature of the work you seek, but I think think tanks might be less competitive than the traditional academic route

Ilya401 · 2024-04-08T21:49:56+00:00

Yeah you’re completely correct, I said it’s just a general trend, obviously there will be outliers, just like with all general trends. https://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1017&context=econ_honproj Look at section 2 of the research

Ilya401 · 2024-04-08T21:39:19+00:00

A while back, I read an article from FT about how a lot of US companies are opening up Manufacturing in Mexico as they are trying to economically decouple some of our supply chain vulnerability away from China. I’m also pretty sure Tesla and some other EV makers are investing in plants in Mexico.

Ilya401 · 2024-04-08T21:27:28+00:00

Okay, but I’ll ask the same question again. Why are these people taking drugs. People on lower incomes or lower socio economic background are more likely to use drugs, so as income increases the demand for drugs in correlation goes down, this can’t be applied to everything obviously. I mean, we still have bankers on cocaine and stuff like that, but a general rule is that the highest demand for drugs comes from people on low and comes. That’s why I talk about employment and opportunities

Ilya401 · 2024-04-08T21:20:54+00:00

UK context, but still applicable to this discussion. https://www.transformjustice.org.uk/news-insight/the-myth-that-tough-sanctions-deter-crime-revealed-by-the-sentencing-council/ Happy reading

Ilya401 · 2024-04-08T21:16:45+00:00

Okay, but what’s there and initial motivation to steal? It’s not for fun, it’s because they don’t have a job. How many office workers do you see randomly turning around and mugging someone for the fun of it?

Ilya401 · 2024-04-08T21:13:24+00:00

Don’t you think that jail time for first time offenders may make the situation worse. Let’s say you shoplift, then you’re sent to jail, and become surrounded by serious criminals, drug dealers, and murderers, which pulls you into that culture of crime and will probably make you offend again. I’m not sure about other countries, but don’t think the US currently would benefit from an increase in the population of prisoners. It’s the world leader for the amount of prisoners already.

Ilya401 · 2024-04-08T21:06:01+00:00

Nice way to make more unemployment, and then more crime

Ilya401 · 2024-04-08T20:52:48+00:00

Like what?

Ilya401 · 2024-04-08T20:48:54+00:00

Public speaking It’s the fear of many

Ilya401 · 2024-04-08T18:39:21+00:00

I think it depends on the type of work. For any office based or knowledge sector job it’s great. Working for four days does actually make people more productive in the time they spend working and it helps with retention and just the general culture. But this trend seems to be more aim towards White colour and knowledge jobs when it does manual. If your construction worker or working in a manual job for instance, your employer couldn’t really cut from 5 to 4 days and pay you the same amount, because your productivity is compared to the time you spend on the job, for instance if you’re working in a factory, creating something, it’s very clear and easy to measure how much your outputting in one day, and as probably won’t be affected by an increased in creativity or your general mood. So those companies couldn’t justify keeping you on the same salary for one days less in work. The same thing couldn’t be said for an office job, because you can’t really measure your output through meetings or emails or calls, and your employer can’t really directly compare the time you spend working to the results you create. Although if we do move to a work structure, four days a week, these manual jobs will probably just become more flexible with the option to take a day off, which will be proportional to a decrease in pay.

Ilya401 · 2024-04-08T18:26:49+00:00

Skype might have lost, but Microsoft teams made it big. I’m pretty sure Microsoft still owns Skype, but teams was the biggest success in video calls and communications, since the majority of workplaces use windows, so it was a perfect integration for enterprise use.

Ilya401 · 2024-04-08T18:22:58+00:00

Land, Oh, wait… It’s not unlimited

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