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Comment Company Policy on lateral moves (Score 1) 235

Not sure I agree with the article but it does remind me of a large company I worked for. I was looking to switch positions within the same company, the new position paid significantly more but company policy for a lateral move was that your salary stayed the same. So in order to actually make forward salary progress you had to quit.

Comment oh, this is going to get ugly... (Score 1) 84

it's widely thought in Silicon Valley that having users is the first step toward profitability

[user@home]$ dig site
[user@home]$ "Goood Morning, I see your using bash, can I help you with that? - oh and you look hungry, did you eat breakfast? IHOP has breakfast specials this week!"
[user@home]$

Comment Re:These two canceled shows... (Score 1) 193

I don't know the cost of those shows.

Someone made a point earlier that is seems like Netflix cancels its most expensive shows regardless of quality.

Marco Polo - gone, expensive
Sense8 - gone, expensive (season 2, per episode price - 9 Million)
The Get Down - gone, expensive

I don't know the viewership of these shows but I know Sense8 had such a loyal and supportive following, that they finally pressured Netflix into producing a 2 hour final show to wrap up loose ends. (500K +) https://www.change.org/p/netfl...

Comment Re:Nielsen is outdated... (Score 1) 38

Nielsen refuses to let it go so they can perpetuate the importance of advertisers.

Well, yes, that is their business model. They are in bed with the rest of these antiquated media monoliths. All of them will hold on until it's ripped from their cold-dead-hands...

Here is an interesting read from a few years ago, "Industry pros are asking if Nielsen botched radio ratings — and inadvertently forced stations off the air." https://fivethirtyeight.com/fe...

Comment Music service, yeah right, Escort service! (Score 1) 51

He said the company has doubled its revenue over the past 12 months -- without providing specifics -- and that the cuts put it on a path to profitability.

So, they have finally figured out how to profit as an escort service. In my experience a majority of messages are like this, "I am sweet and sxxy ge with big heart who want to spend great time with you...", "I LOVE HAVING FUN with a REAL MAN!!!", etc...

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