north_east_dev | 8 years ago | on: Tech company career ladders
I'm a European under 50 :) I agree it's not common, but not unheard of.
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north_east_dev | 8 years ago | on: Tech company career ladders
(Not the OP) Is that so surprising? My wife and I waited until marriage.
north_east_dev | 8 years ago | on: Ask HN: Any UK based devs leaving because of Brexit?
As incompetently as the government is handling it, I suspect it won't be too bad in the end.
north_east_dev | 8 years ago | on: Tech company career ladders
Ok, it sounds like you've thought things through and best of luck with it.
north_east_dev | 8 years ago | on: Scientists plan huge European AI hub to compete with US
Haha! Oh right. I'm an immigrant in the UK myself. Curious as to why the natives would leave :)
north_east_dev | 8 years ago | on: Tech company career ladders
Sucks for your situation. One question though (I'm sure you've heard before)...
> For her to move to the UK requires her to meet income requirements of £18,600 per year
What about if you got married?
north_east_dev | 8 years ago | on: Scientists plan huge European AI hub to compete with US
> I’m in the UK, intending to move out for obvious reasons
I thought you meant pay by this, but then you include Berlin in your list of potential places... Is there other reasons I'm missing out on? Genuinely curious
north_east_dev | 8 years ago | on: How to avoid getting stuck with the middle seat on a Ryanair flight
> If you add up random costs you are confronted with during the whole process of flying with them they aren't even that much cheaper.
I'm sorry but that is nonsense. I live abroad so am a frequent flyer back (say 5 or 6 times a year at regular intervals) home, for the past 5 years. I always compare the prices, never once have a rival airline beaten Ryanair. I've never had a bad issue either.
Personally as a 6ft 2 guy I love that they don't have seats which can recline :) the bane of my life on other airlines.
north_east_dev | 8 years ago | on: Google has started the global roll-out of its new Chat messaging service
How long until they abandon this one?
north_east_dev | 8 years ago | on: North and South Korea reportedly set to announce official end to war
It's like that old Vulcan proverb "Only Nixon could go to China."
north_east_dev | 8 years ago | on: How to Get Rich Quick in Silicon Valley
It's the Guardian. They have a serious axe to grind with SV/tech in general. Their bias in this area is laughable but gotta play to the home crowd I guess.
north_east_dev | 8 years ago | on: UK Pub chain JD Wetherspoon shuts its social media accounts
> filthy 'kitchens'
Where are you getting that from? I know lots of people who've worked there and the stories of the over-the-top cleaning were constant from all.
north_east_dev | 8 years ago | on: UK Pub chain JD Wetherspoon shuts its social media accounts
I doubt anyone has ever based a decision to go to 'Spoons on what they saw on social media.
north_east_dev | 8 years ago | on: Oil-Rich Saudi Arabia Is Turning to Nuclear Power
There's some interesting reading around this that essentially the Saudi's financed Pakistan's nukes in a deal where they can effectively get them under their control in no time should Iran develop one. Contracted out the development in a way :)
north_east_dev | 8 years ago | on: Like Peter Thiel, Tech Workers Feel Alienated by Silicon Valley ‘Echo Chamber’
You should come to work in Europe/the Uk then. Being a Christian/religious is most definitely to be the odd one out and invite "comments".
north_east_dev | 8 years ago | on: Show HN: Takehome.io – Time-limited coding challenges for interviews via Git
The idea of "take home tests" for an interview is utterly bizarre to me. Thankfully I've never heard of it my parts, seems to be a mainly US thing?
north_east_dev | 8 years ago | on: European Parliament requests recommendation to end biannual clock change
> Also, contact your local EU parliament member and politely explain why this is good...
The constituency I last voted in has 3 MEPs for a population of 900,000... I'd be amazed to ever see them, let alone hear back from them.
north_east_dev | 8 years ago | on: Dow plunges 1000 points
> see, those are the exact sort of questions, and answers, that you are prepared to provide. and you're probably pretty good at it!
Thank you, but it really has been a recent thing for me. It's only in the past year that I actually worked out what this all means, passive versus active investments, pensions etc.
> i am going to pay an actual human being to give me a list of options
I totally understand that but do me a favour. Before you pay anyone or start down that route, watch this playlist - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_chiIIxMGl0&list=PLXy71rkGuC...
It was accidentally stumbling across that which led to me getting my stuff together. At the very least it should give you a grounding in what to read up so as not to be blindsighted by any financial advice you may get in the future from a professional.
> instead of shrinking. if that's too much to ask, i'll just keep my money under a mattress, thanks.
Inflation is always eating away at your money there, no matter how thick your mattress is ;)
north_east_dev | 8 years ago | on: Dow plunges 1000 points
What did you invest in? If a 1.2% swing (over how long of a period?) spooked you then you probably want a heavy bond to equity fund/balance.
north_east_dev | 8 years ago | on: How the Guardian improbably put itself on the path to profits
The Guardian and tax avoidence goes hand in hand. The Guardian Media Group is based in the Cayman Islands and notably used the tax haven to avoid paying any tax on the £302 million in profit it realised from the sale of Auto Trader in 2008.
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