The Software Engineer’s Guide to Negotiating a Raise
Mike Adams Negotiation Imagine that you’re poking around in your company’s payroll website when you stumble upon a mutable and persistent input field labeled “Market Rate Salary”. You naturally give yourself a 10x adjustment (b/c you’re that type of engineer of course) and go about the rest of your…
Hasnain says:
This is an awesome read. Just misses "get a competing job offer"
Posted on 2015-07-01T11:47:35+0000
Back to SF after the U.S. Digital Service - Insouciant
After 6 months working for the U.S. Digital Service, I returned back to San Francisco mid-April to figure out what was next for me back here. I got …
Hasnain says:
"Within a few seconds, I’d fall back into my old groove, geeking out with other engineers about tech stuff. It was so fun and intellectually satisfying to nerd out with them about all the techie subjects I loved. But after a period of time, sometimes sooner, sometimes later, this background process would kick off in the back of my head and ask me “But does this matter?”"
Posted on 2015-07-01T11:46:35+0000
When a Company Is Put Up for Sale, in Many Cases, Your Personal Data Is, Too
Some consumer websites say they will not sell users’ data, but unrestricted-data clauses allow them to transfer it if a merger or other transaction occurs.
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Posted on 2015-07-01T11:43:45+0000
Should I Work for Free?
Who's ready to stop working for free? Hopefully you are! If you have any doubts, consult this handy chart below. Start in the middle and work your way to your answer!
Hasnain says:
A great chart. I'd mostly just replace it with "no" though.
Posted on 2015-07-01T11:43:10+0000
Why Coke Cost A Nickel For 70 Years
All prices change. So why did the price of a Coke stay the same for decades? The answer includes a 7.5-cent coin and a company president who wanted to get a couple of lawyers out of his office.
Hasnain says:
This reminds me of how cans were 1 riyal for like forever
Posted on 2015-06-29T11:31:27+0000
With 61 Seconds in a Minute, Markets Brace for Trouble
Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world.
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Posted on 2015-06-29T11:13:27+0000
Squib | A Ruby DSL for prototyping card games
Squib is a Ruby DSL for prototyping card and board games. Write a little bit of Ruby, define your deck's stats, then compile your game into a series of images ready for print-and-play or even print-on-demand. Squib is very data-driven and built on the principle of Don't Repeat Yourself. Think of it…
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Posted on 2015-06-29T11:10:31+0000
mattbriggs.net
mattbriggs.net
Hasnain says:
This is a very good read on the role of a senior developer and how developers level up
Posted on 2015-06-28T18:47:40+0000
Guess Who Doesn’t Fit In at Work
Recruiters for top firms often define merit in their own image.
The Sikhs who saved Parmesan - BBC News
What do Punjab and the Po Valley have in common? More than you might imagine, which is why Sikhs have played a key role in Italian cheese-making.
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Posted on 2015-06-27T07:41:02+0000