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regerg | 13 years ago | on: Why You Make Less Money

I laugh off every resume that claims to have saved/earned the company $Xmillion based on some BS accounting that I couldn't verify even if it wasn't obviously fake.

Tell me how you can save/make me money, and I'll listen. Tell me that "You reduced IT spend my $5million" dollars and I won't have any reason to believe you.

Same for people who take sole personal credit for building something that obviously is the work of dozens.

regerg | 13 years ago | on: Why You Make Less Money

What? The job is what's for sale, not the employee. The hirer and the employee are the seller/buyer (or vice versa, doesn't really matter)

regerg | 13 years ago | on: Why You Make Less Money

> Real estate agent fees are typically 6%, equally split between buyer / seller agents.

This is long obsolete. Only a fool pays more than 4% these days.

regerg | 13 years ago | on: Why You Make Less Money

Letting a recruited negotiate for you is horrible. They have no interest in getting you a great salary. They say things like "just so I know the ballpark, how much do you need to pay your bills?" and then they will tell the hiring manager exactly what your minimum is, just to close a deal.

Recruiters are good for one thing: to make introductions. Good recruiters are good for that, and deserve the SALES commission for their SALES job. Recruiters aren't your lawyer.

Get two job offers, auction yourself off. That's how you negotiate.

regerg | 13 years ago | on: Boston Police use fake social media accounts to phish indie rock show info

That has nothing to do with what JohnnyCache was saying. JohnnyCache was saying that cops put on a punk "costume" but forget to muss up their clean shoes, unlike actual punks who are out all night eating and drinking and running around and generally making a mess.

regerg | 13 years ago | on: Boston Police use fake social media accounts to phish indie rock show info

They are, but you don't see it because they send cops undercover to police stations to impersonate police impersonating activists.

regerg | 13 years ago | on: Boston Police use fake social media accounts to phish indie rock show info

Betas. Betas do the work for the alphas. Alphas mate.

regerg | 13 years ago | on: What Major World Cities Look Like at Night, Minus the Light Pollution

I read it as a brilliant and elegant hack, a sort of real-world magic. As Vi Hart said (referring to how she builds her comfortable-looking fast-cut accelerated videos of handwriting) it's "tricking your brain into seeing what was actually there."