If you want to pay an immigrant to come to America to fill a role, great. Pay them what you would pay an American. To do otherwise is a disservice to Americans and immigrants.
If this is not corrected I predict salaries will continue to go down while GDP increases. At the same time student loan default will continue to increase.
At some point the whole house of cards will collapse.
It drives me crazy when companies/media/politicians in the US claim there is a shortage of high skilled job applicants.
Bullshit.
Do you not understand supply and demand?
If you cannot fill a role, offer more money. This is #econ101 shit.
Applying for H1B applications and paying the bare minimum (60k) to comply with the law drives down the fair market rate of these positions and creates a negative feedback loop exacerbating the problem.
Companies have the money. GDP is up.
If one more person tells me software doesn't need any documentation my head might explode. #StartUpProblems
Wow. Really up hill battle trying to get my company to use a ticket tracking system...
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Why are there so many great, free interactive resources to learn #linux, #html, #unix based coding environments and so few options to learn #Windows / #Microsoft tools?
I know Microsoft has their virtual academy, but it's really just a bunch of videos. Where are the interactive resources!?!
I love when users call for a "technical problem" and it is immediately obvious it is actually a question on how to run their business.
I am going to start charging a consulting fee.
Yo yo yo! Mastodon fluffy elephant friend stickers are ready!! https://www.stickermule.com/marketplace/17956-mastodon-fluffy-elephant-friend
young people: Being an adult must be awesome you can do whatever you want! You must have so many crazy parties!
me, an adult: 🎉 I'm making a second pot of coffee and NOBODY CAN STOP ME 🎉
Walking through a hospital yesterday... saw dozens of windows 7 machines logged in and unattended in the halls and WEP encryption on their wireless.
I left with an eye twitch.
Princeton’s Ad-Blocking Superweapon May Put an End to the Ad-Blocking Arms Race https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/princetons-ad-blocking-superweapon-may-put-an-end-to-the-ad-blocking-arms-race
Finally fingerprinting is getting the attention it deserves, video next... I want this for my entire computing experience.
This technology can also be useful as a CW (content warning) blocker for those sensitive to certain content.
I rarely drink hydrate after a massage even though they tell me I should because of toxins and stuff.
Yeah, I am pretty reckless like that.
Why did someone update the server during peak hours?
Phones are now ringing off the hook.
WHEN THIS TOOT HITS 88 BOOSTS MARTY YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME SERIOUS SHIT
I want an e-ink monitor. When is this going to be more common?
Reading is processed differently on paper/e-ink.
Also, it is wayyyyy easier on your eyes if you look at a computer for hours every day.
Again: this was fortold.
"we expect that advertising funded search engines will be inherently biased towards the advertisers and away from the needs of the consumers."
Score one for prescience.
Ahhh...
Getting removing windows and firing #linux back up feels like getting back into a warm hot tub after being out in the cold.
