Building the San Francisco-Oakland bridge was nothing in comparison to building the world's longest suspension bridge in 1937 over the treacherous Golden Gate strait. Until it built, no new if it could be done. The new Bay Bridge span took 11 years to build, has numerous structural defects and may cost more to fix.

As my late father liked to say, "The Golden Gate Bridge could never be built today."

Elvis left the building a long time ago.

If you want to communicate with the public, you need to do so at the 7th grade level. Yes, ignoramus is a big word.

I had that happened to me when the fuel regulator for my car decided to go out. Line pressure leveled out once I got up to 65MPH. Slower than that it was all over the place. Drove straight to the mechanic to get it fixed.

I don't think I've ever seen such big words in a summary before. I may still have a dictionary on the bookshelf somewhere.

Diversity, maybe?

My first experience with Indians was at Intuit in 2005, where 20 Indians were crowded into a conference room with tables shoved against the walls. A big fat Indian sat at a table in the center room, shouting over everyone to be heard on the speakerphone during a conference call. He was their boss. It was crazy. One of the woman had a 26-character last name with the word "porn" at the end. The help desk techs called her Ms. Porn behind her back.

IIRC, This has always been the case.

As a contractor, you shouldn't expect fringe benefits because you're never around long enough to collect. Although that's changing somewhat in Silicon Valley. All the young hipsters want to work in San Francisco, so the perks are getting better for those willing to work in plain old Silicon Valley.

I would have to pay $650 per month at my old employer for healthcare. Similar coverage cost $350 per month under Obamacare. That's without any subsidies.

In Silicon Valley, all of them.

Health insurance, 401K with employer match, etc, what the hell is that? Life has been hard since the Great Recession. However, with everyone wanting to work in San Francisco, the perks are getting better for workers who are willing to give up hipster society and work in boring Silicon Valley.

I was out of work for two years (2009-2010), underemployed for six months (working 20 hours PER MONTH), and filed for Chapter Seven bankruptcy in 2011. After the first six months of unemployment, I was told that I was "unemployable" by recruiters and "overqualified" for minimum wage jobs by hiring managers. With 99 weeks of unemployment benefits and draining my savings to zero, I managed to weather that one out. Unless a company offered to pay for moving, I couldn't afford to move and didn't. Six years later, I'm still recovering from the Great Recession.

I make 80% more as a tech contractor working numerous short-term assignments (one day to one year) for different companies than a tech worker collecting 2% raises at the same company for 5+ years.