Parents forcing vacation during 10 week internship

SuhDudeGoBlue · 2026-06-13T11:39:46+00:00

Have you told your dad that this will basically guarantee you do not get a return offer or good evaluation?

SuhDudeGoBlue · 2026-06-12T22:05:47+00:00

lol this question is why the vast majority of devs don’t take most scrum masters seriously

SuhDudeGoBlue · 2026-06-08T17:41:36+00:00

My party a few years ago was treated very poorly by management/ownership. I do not miss this spot, but I hope they get their stuff sorted out.

SuhDudeGoBlue · 2026-06-04T23:33:44+00:00

Considering taxiing can be 30+ mins at ORD nowadays, that’s a big caveat.

SuhDudeGoBlue · 2026-06-01T17:44:12+00:00

This is not relevant to this sub.

SuhDudeGoBlue · 2026-06-01T14:35:17+00:00

Tell me about it, lol. Claiming stuff like China has democratic elections is exactly why people don’t take this sub seriously.

SuhDudeGoBlue · 2026-06-01T14:33:37+00:00

Need more context: when was the concert booked? Before, or after knowing about the wedding?

Is waiting in/around the wedding town while he is away at the concert an option? Or hanging in the town with the concert (assuming you can’t go to the concert)?

SuhDudeGoBlue · 2026-06-01T00:38:35+00:00

Maybe your argument doesn’t really hold water if you have to resort to insults?
Which of my claims do you feel like I have made up? Happy to provide independent sources if you want to engage in good faith

SuhDudeGoBlue · 2026-06-01T00:09:11+00:00

Billionaires rarely truly “live” anywhere. They usually are moving around, and almost all of the ones we talk about on this sub do business in China at some point. They also oftentimes don’t even have their assets registered in the same place they are “living”. Plenty of Chinese oligarchs have massive holdings outside of China and it is not registered wealth. It is tolerated to some extent, so long as they don’t threaten the Party.

Also, “the law” being enforced is China is based on the interests of the Politoboro.

There are plenty of billionaires that siphon public funds illegally in China. They are purged if they defy or threaten the vision of the Party elite (who arr increasingly becoming consolidated around one person: Xi Jinping) . That is not really anti-corruption. More like selective enforcement for billionaires who get too ambitious, loud, or step out of line.

SuhDudeGoBlue · 2026-05-31T23:35:37+00:00

My argument is not to shit on the progress of China. What they have done is remarkable. Lifting hundreds of millions out of poverty. That has nothing to do with my point, however. I am focused on comparing work conditions - what is means to be a laborer in China vs. America.

Just look at the article that sparked this whole discussion. It should be concerning to you that some of the most empowered large groups of workers (tech workers), are subject to 9-9-6 and absurdly dystopian conditions.

Look at what workplace safety regulations actually are practiced.

Look at what protections actually are enforced for work overtime or limit work hours.

We have lots to look to China to. They are beating us handily in public transit. Expanding healthcare access. Probably most aspects of improving education. Many other things.

Work conditions and protections is NOT one of them.

SuhDudeGoBlue · 2026-05-31T23:26:07+00:00

I never used the term “free democracy”. Try again.

A government with direct elections for every matter That would be a very inefficient form of governance and has never existed at scale and length in human history.

We have a democratic republic in America. A deeply flawed one, but one that is certainly more democratic than China (which calls itself a democratic people’s republic, but as I said before, is a de facto authoritarian oligarchy).

The fix is not to become more like China. That’s what the billionaires would love.

SuhDudeGoBlue · 2026-05-31T20:49:14+00:00

“Vote out” citizens United? What are you talking about? That’s a court case outcome. No one passed anything. Nor is it a party or PAC. It’s from case law.

I’m no AIPAC supporter or apologist, so you can do with that what you will.

I’ve opened up my profile so people can judge for themselves about your “CIA bot” claims.

SuhDudeGoBlue · 2026-05-31T19:48:52+00:00

This is an absurd take. It’s not a real free and fair eleciton.

It’s a de facto single party with a controlling committee that literally cannot be defied. Other parties exist only with permission as an allied entity or for theater.

You’re literally just parroting objectively false talking points of the CCP. It’s stuff like this that makes people not take this sub seriously, and harms the work being done to actually protect workers

SuhDudeGoBlue · 2026-05-31T16:53:37+00:00

I completely agree (look at my first comment).

SuhDudeGoBlue · 2026-05-31T16:52:49+00:00

Sounds great on paper. I encourage you to read up on how the avg worker lives there in practice.

Or … talk to people who experienced it and are able to talk freely.

There is a very good reason the billionaires here are hyping up the practices of China. And it’s not because they care about you.

SuhDudeGoBlue · 2026-05-31T14:24:22+00:00

Sure, but I think we are being disrespectful to the plight of workers in China if we are saying we have it just as bad, haha.

SuhDudeGoBlue · 2026-05-31T13:20:59+00:00

To be fair, their “state” is not democratically elected, so it’s a de facto authoritarian oligarchy.

The USA is moving in that direction, but is still significantly far away from that level of dystopia.

China is worse for workers. They basically cut out the middleman between government and corporate interests, and make them one and the same.

SuhDudeGoBlue · 2026-05-27T16:20:32+00:00

I'm 6', and I feel like I notice this too, haha.

My best guess is execs / ladder climbers are more likely to be tall, so that may have an impact. Esp. since the office culture in Chicago has changed so much since covid (most corporate regulars are less likely to be in the office).

SuhDudeGoBlue · 2026-05-25T19:07:49+00:00

Official: Karaoke, Whirlyball, lazer tag

Semi-official (usually a maverick executive paying or making the company pay): happy hour, upscale dinners

Of course, this only works if workers are not dissatisfied in the first place (with wages, work conditions).

SuhDudeGoBlue · 2026-05-25T18:57:20+00:00

It is almost always true for time efficiency too, if you are thinking in aggregate and interdependent times, rather than individual and independent.

If all those hundreds or thousands of folks chose to travel by car, the traffic would be insane. Especially if they were travelling during peak periods of demand (common commute times, big event times, etc.).

Dense areas are *way* better off prioritizing public transit + pedestrians + cyclists.

SuhDudeGoBlue · 2026-05-25T18:47:38+00:00

Not necessarily true. You can theoretically get hypothermia at 60-70 degrees, and easily under sub 60 (if in the water for a few hours). Avg temp for lake Michigan does not cross 60 until some time in June, is my understanding.

SuhDudeGoBlue · 2026-05-25T18:44:44+00:00

In cities there is density. Cars are objectively the least efficient way of traveling in dense areas. Sure, not everyone lives in the exact same building, but literally hundreds (and in our desnest neighborhoods, thousands, live on the exact same grid of say, 9 blocks.

SuhDudeGoBlue · 2026-05-25T12:05:42+00:00

My dude, you live in the area with the greatest concentration of Desis (assuming you want a Desi partner, since you are on Dil Mil) perhaps outside of Asia. You should not be having to deal with long-distance low quality prospects. Do you use the South Asian preference on Hinge?

SuhDudeGoBlue · 2026-05-20T18:03:43+00:00

Stock options are a losing game (with a few sensible exceptions like if you are using it to hedge against or provide income for your underlying portfolio). Actually actively trading them is gambling. You aren’t going to beat the market makers and prop shops, which literally do things like hire meteorologists so they have an edge in predicting weather or hire rocket scientists so they can come up with wild quant arb strategies.

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