Pen Guin - Slashdot User

Comment Re: work is survival (Score 1) 566

by Pen Guin on Wednesday May 07, 2014 @11:06PM (#46946013) Attached to: Let Spouses of H-1B Visa Holders Work In US, Says White House

Where did you get $6k??

Comment Re: how come we never hear (Score 2) 302

by Pen Guin on Saturday April 26, 2014 @11:18AM (#46847935) Attached to: Amazon Embodies the Gender Gap in Tech

Exactly, seems to be a lot of Brogrammers on Slashdot today.

Comment Re: False premise (Score 1) 379

by Pen Guin on Wednesday March 19, 2014 @08:38PM (#46529723) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Will Older Programmers Always Have a Harder Time Getting a Job?

Injured on the job? Are you talking paper cuts or what? Have you actually seen a programmer injured on the job?

Comment Re: Not sure that's what they need... (Score 1) 635

by Pen Guin on Sunday January 19, 2014 @02:47PM (#46006601) Attached to: U.S. Teenagers Are Driving Much Less: 4 Theories About Why

But the rates would be the same in your example....

Comment They are as common as unicorns (Score 5, Insightful) 173

by Pen Guin on Wednesday January 15, 2014 @01:11AM (#45961903) Attached to: The Mystery/Myth of the $3 Million Google Engineer

$3 million in W2 income? Never. Bean counters would never let that happen.

Comment Re: Whalewatching (Score 2) 373

by Pen Guin on Friday January 10, 2014 @09:37PM (#45923241) Attached to: Google Co-Opts Whale-Watching Boat To Ferry Employees

The real problem is zoning laws in Palo Alto do not allow high density housing. Google wants worker bees, but no one wants them to live in Palo Alto.

Comment Re: My own experience. (Score 3, Insightful) 209

by Pen Guin on Sunday January 05, 2014 @01:48PM (#45871603) Attached to: Headhunters Can't Tell Anything From Facebook Profiles

Jack of all trades is not the way to find a job. Companies are looking to fill a specific position. Craft a resume high lighting each of your specialities.

Comment Re: It's a doomed race against time (Score 2) 370

by Pen Guin on Friday December 06, 2013 @03:32PM (#45621037) Attached to: Get Ready For a Streaming Music Die-Off

It's never been about the equipment or the production. Don't forget people once listened to scratchy 45s in mono. It's about the song. It's always been about the song.

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