January 6Jan 6 Kamala Harris greatest accomplishment was certifying the 2024 election and admitting Donald Trump beat her in a landslide. That’s the only good thing she’s done in the last 4 years
January 6Jan 6 5 minutes ago, It Hurts said: Kamala Harris greatest accomplishment was certifying the 2024 election and admitting Donald Trump beat her in a landslide. That’s the only good thing she’s done in the last 4 years she's certainly no mike pence. in fact, nobody is and nobody ever will be. mothafugger was gangsta.
January 6Jan 6 20 minutes ago, JohnSnowsHair said: benefits are better, but if you're in tech I cannot imagine that the salary is close to competitive. I don't want to get into dollars and cents, but my subordinates are averaging 2x the NJ average salary - and they're just regular old Java developers. our benefits suck by comparison, but I'll max the 401k and take the extra cash in hand. Salary, no. I was talking strictly benefits. My company stole my pension about 5 or so years into my career. And recently they stopped matching my 401k. Benefits in tech are going down the toilet across the board and we seem to be at the forefront of it.
January 6Jan 6 9 minutes ago, paco said: Salary, no. I was talking strictly benefits. My company stole my pension about 5 or so years into my career. And recently they stopped matching my 401k. Benefits in tech are going down the toilet across the board and we seem to be at the forefront of it. Learn to farm bro
January 6Jan 6 34 minutes ago, JohnSnowsHair said: as an example, an hour ago my wife just layed into my oldest because we got a notification that he had a bunch of outstanding assignments, and 15 minutes later he came in and had submitted everything - on a snow day. (my son has a habit of doing the assignment but not actually submitting it. I don't get it, like ... dude, that's the easiest part. wtf.) So it’s just not my son who does that too. The problem is that he gets reduced grades from those assignments turned in late. Serves him right, just stinks for him.
January 6Jan 6 58 minutes ago, JohnSnowsHair said: top paying districts are hard to get into, but also outliers. teaching in Philadelphia? they should be getting six figures just for hazard pay. Why? Overrun with "right-wing stunads?"
January 6Jan 6 57 minutes ago, paco said: Salary, no. I was talking strictly benefits. My company stole my pension about 5 or so years into my career. And recently they stopped matching my 401k. Benefits in tech are going down the toilet across the board and we seem to be at the forefront of it. That blows man. I work in a tech role in a company whose core business is not tech. Our benefits have always sucked. They only started matching 401k like 3 years ago - called at $500/yr 🤣 I told the CFO that offering no match was less offensive.
January 6Jan 6 39 minutes ago, RPeeteRules said: So it’s just not my son who does that too. The problem is that he gets reduced grades from those assignments turned in late. Serves him right, just stinks for him. Makes no sense to me.
January 6Jan 6 1 hour ago, JohnSnowsHair said: if the pandemic did one positive thing in the education system, it pulled forward the adoption of modern electronic platforms a decade in a few short months. I would guess the NJ Dept of Education wasn't as concerned with layoffs as they were with having to get the 60-year-old history teacher, who also is the union rep, to buy into putting their curriculum online and using Teams/etc. as a platform to run their classroom. with the pandemic, teachers simply could not object. they had to get with the program. my kids had school canceled today, but they can be on their school issued laptops and see outstanding assignments, submit homework, etc. and as parents we get notifications when they're missing assignments. as an example, an hour ago my wife just layed into my oldest because we got a notification that he had a bunch of outstanding assignments, and 15 minutes later he came in and had submitted everything - on a snow day. (my son has a habit of doing the assignment but not actually submitting it. I don't get it, like ... dude, that's the easiest part. wtf.) anyway, it's also how Teams has become the #1 chat/collaboration app over Slack (which generally I still prefer despite their abysmal UI redesign in 2023). most schools are on O365 now. Speaking of teams, today is the first day of my new project. I've been sitting in the Teams lobby for an hour and 20 minutes now for the project kick off to start. Probably a good sign
January 6Jan 6 3 hours ago, we_gotta_believe said: The conversation literally started because NJ had to lower acceptance standards due to staffing shortages but yea I'm sure there's no relationship whatsoever with the amount of funding allocated to education. No one wants to work anymore
January 6Jan 6 47 minutes ago, paco said: Speaking of teams, today is the first day of my new project. I've been sitting in the Teams lobby for an hour and 20 minutes now for the project kick off to start. Probably a good sign Of course you’re on Teams
January 6Jan 6 9 minutes ago, Dave Moss said: No one wants to work anymore they're too busy learning to code
January 6Jan 6 8 minutes ago, Dave Moss said: Of course you’re on Teams I'm not a fan, though Slack also started to suck as they tacked on more features nobody asked for and screwed up the UI. one thing about Teams I like though is I can switch devices or transition to a different device without anybody knowing. it's been handy when I want to leave the office while a late-scheduled meeting is ongoing (transferring the meeting to my phone then to my bluetooth in the car). or more likely, if the meeting is so bad I need to transition it to the bar.
January 6Jan 6 22 minutes ago, Dave Moss said: Of course you’re on Teams Because my client uses Teams, right?
January 6Jan 6 31 minutes ago, Arthur Jackson said: JFC that's lame 👎 Yeah, it's a rough contrast with another company I worked for over the last five years - quite a small company but profitable and they did profit sharing into the 401k. The profit share ended up being nearly a 100% match. It was too risky a venture to stick around on, and they passed up a chance to be bought that they SHOULD have taken. (The risk was more in opportunity cost elsewhere, when some law changes came down their business model took a hit)
January 7Jan 7 6 hours ago, we_gotta_believe said: It's called a social stigma for a reason, you dumb ass. Same reason why Police departments are struggling to fill positions due to left-wing backlash and vitriol intensifying in the last 4 years. There is no difference between ACAB / "Defund the police" chants and calling teachers overpaid babysitters. Two sides of the same coin. I think it’s more of the lack of funding/pay for Police that is making them not want to risk their lives for people that assault them in mostly peaceful protests.
January 7Jan 7 7 hours ago, JohnSnowsHair said: I'm not a fan, though Slack also started to suck as they tacked on more features nobody asked for and screwed up the UI. one thing about Teams I like though is I can switch devices or transition to a different device without anybody knowing. it's been handy when I want to leave the office while a late-scheduled meeting is ongoing (transferring the meeting to my phone then to my bluetooth in the car). or more likely, if the meeting is so bad I need to transition it to the bar. I utterly refuse to use Zoom or Teams or any of those things unless I have absolutely no choice (like a video deposition). Otherwise, send me a damn dial in number and any materials in advance to read.
January 7Jan 7 15 hours ago, JohnSnowsHair said: I'm not a fan, though Slack also started to suck as they tacked on more features nobody asked for and screwed up the UI. one thing about Teams I like though is I can switch devices or transition to a different device without anybody knowing. it's been handy when I want to leave the office while a late-scheduled meeting is ongoing (transferring the meeting to my phone then to my bluetooth in the car). or more likely, if the meeting is so bad I need to transition it to the bar. Teams works ok for the basic calls and for a stream of chats among a project group, The thing I never liked about it is that lots of people seem to forget that there is still a need to document actions and decisions which has to be done somewhere outside of the main chat flow and more likely outside of Teams itself.
January 7Jan 7 17 hours ago, paco said: Because my client uses Teams, right? While you're on Teams with your client discussing a project to create something of value Moss is on Bluesky discussing his future pronouns and hair colors @Dave Moss
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