GST in canada is only charged to canadian residents - if an item is shipped outside Canada - GST should not be charged. If you travel to Canada to buy an item, you can still get your money back by filling out a form at the border.
For most of us who want to sell on eBay this doesn't change anything - we won't have to charge GST.
For buying, we will have to scan for the added tax. But, if you look at the bottom of each listing (near shipping info) you will notice that most power sellers may have provincial/state taxes - so this will just be another line listed there.
When I look at a listing I first check the number of feedbacks. If the number is in the thousands, you know its a business.
So, in summary, this is not earth shattering news. Keep moving, nothing to see here...
If they are hosting the content - can we assume that they will be allowed to collect stats on who is searching for what items - be it news or reference?
This type of information would align naturally with their line of business.
If they are hosting the content - can we assume that they will be allowed to collect stats on who is searching for what items - be it news or reference?
This type of information would align naturally with their line of business.
Radio Paradise has also been operating for years. 7,226 Listeners on right now - I'm one of them. Not too shabby for a station that's listener supported.
Their 128 k MP3 feed is quality enough to pump through a home stereo system.
A lot of Indians like to get graduate degrees simply because it offers us security professionally
Too many people are taking this silver bullet approach - graduate degrees can be good but alone the will not offer security.
We have two people (Indians - but this applies to all people) in our group, one has their PhD, The other two Master Degrees. For sake of argument lets assume they are from an accredited University. The PhD has very poor English skills - so bad our boss can't understand him, even after several retries. The PhD doesn't understand my bosses assignments - and has too much pride to say so - so he ends up failing. He has been let go, so how did that PhD give him security?
The MA**2 has sketchy English skills but cannot understand directions - and when asked to perform a task in a certain manner they will refuse because the person has less education than them. This person has zero collaboration skills. We achieve much more as a team than any individual - this person has also been let go.
Both of these people got in the door because of their education - but it was quite clear that they had no real workplace skills. Their technical skills (even after 6+ years experience) were about the level of a mediocre co-op student. I feel sorry for them - but hopefully they will figure things out.
MBAs are not the holy grail of gainful employment either - we have several in our organization who go theirs and expected the success to start rolling in. They are still waiting.
One of the few things that people don't concentrate on are their people skills. I'm not talking about shmoozing and sucking up - I'm talking about how do you work with the people around you to achieve success? The people make the organization. How do you make sure you and your team are all on the same page? Do you talk to your group about your tasks to see how you can help each other? Do you make them comfortable talking to you? Do you make it easy for them to bring ctritisizm to you? Do you know how to make stone soup? Do you hold grudges? Do you praise your team mates for their clever ideas? Do you take yourself too seriously? Are you having fun? Are you making those around you have fun? These aren't just duties for a manager - they are for all.
How does one get these skills? Experience working with people. This may be years of experience working in your field - or non-related activities like sports, musical bands/groups, political groups - anything where you have a group of people forming for a goal. Heck even those guys on network games like Counterstike and Halo 2 have people skills. Although probably not a good thing to put on the resume, but I have a great deal of respect for the people on those games that can form a group of people they just met a few minutes ago and organize a team, and move methodically through capturing a flag or a goal - with a headset and their mounth and ears as the only tools. Which team are you on? The orgnized team or the team that gets hammered on?
We do have several PhD and MSc's (Indians included) in our group who have great collaboration skills and can communicate their ideas effectively. They also have great interpersonal skills and have a professional attitude (always positive, no gossip, willing to help, can-do attidute). I'm sure their education got them in the door, but these other attributes (and more) helped them stay there. Isn't that what (job) security is all about?
I'm very happy with my Darwin pack from Mountain Equipment Co-op. It looks like a regular old non descript bookbag, but inside it has a padded pocket that holds a laptop. The pocket is about 5" from the bottom of the bag so when you put the bag down it doesn't make contact with the floor. It also has pockets for CD player, Cell phones/PDAs, straps, velcro, neoprene/mesh outer bag and loops to clip your 'biners on.
Getting the software was not hard. Getting the hardware was.
You would be suprised what you can get if you just ask. I worked for DEC as a NT/Alpha Porter - for many interested software development companies they would send top-of-the-line hardware, an engineer - if you wanted - and support from the DEC mothership. I worked on porting 3D rendering products for Alpha/NT for company 'X' on behalf of DEC - I got it crunching scenes a two-and-a-half times the best Pentium. The really bent thing was that Company 'X' used the Alpha machines to render complicated scenes for marketing - but Company 'X' marketing never pushed the Alpha product.
Oh well, DEC was truly an excellent organization to work with.
If they are not paying for the overtime, better start updating that resume.
The 'owner' has calculated that at the current money burn, you are not going to complete the project. It may be that the project was estimated poorly or the project was managed poorly - but it doesn't matter at this point does it? Asking for a couple hours here and there is no big deal, but they have pressed the panic button and they are very concerned. Perhaps its the owner's own money flying out the window, or that they are prediciting themselves out of work in a short while - again, doesn't matter now.
If this is a start-up I would be greatly concerned.
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Same goes for Canada, except the threshold is $30,000 CDN.
GST in canada is only charged to canadian residents - if an item is shipped outside Canada - GST should not be charged. If you travel to Canada to buy an item, you can still get your money back by filling out a form at the border.
For most of us who want to sell on eBay this doesn't change anything - we won't have to charge GST.
For buying, we will have to scan for the added tax. But, if you look at the bottom of each listing (near shipping info) you will notice that most power sellers may have provincial/state taxes - so this will just be another line listed there.
When I look at a listing I first check the number of feedbacks. If the number is in the thousands, you know its a business.
So, in summary, this is not earth shattering news. Keep moving, nothing to see here...
If they are hosting the content - can we assume that they will be allowed to collect stats on who is searching for what items - be it news or reference?
This type of information would align naturally with their line of business.
If they are hosting the content - can we assume that they will be allowed to collect stats on who is searching for what items - be it news or reference?
This type of information would align naturally with their line of business.
Radio Paradise has also been operating for years. 7,226 Listeners on right now - I'm one of them. Not too shabby for a station that's listener supported.
Their 128 k MP3 feed is quality enough to pump through a home stereo system.
That is... if you like the music.
Too many people are taking this silver bullet approach - graduate degrees can be good but alone the will not offer security.
We have two people (Indians - but this applies to all people) in our group, one has their PhD, The other two Master Degrees. For sake of argument lets assume they are from an accredited University. The PhD has very poor English skills - so bad our boss can't understand him, even after several retries. The PhD doesn't understand my bosses assignments - and has too much pride to say so - so he ends up failing. He has been let go, so how did that PhD give him security?
The MA**2 has sketchy English skills but cannot understand directions - and when asked to perform a task in a certain manner they will refuse because the person has less education than them. This person has zero collaboration skills. We achieve much more as a team than any individual - this person has also been let go.
Both of these people got in the door because of their education - but it was quite clear that they had no real workplace skills. Their technical skills (even after 6+ years experience) were about the level of a mediocre co-op student. I feel sorry for them - but hopefully they will figure things out.
MBAs are not the holy grail of gainful employment either - we have several in our organization who go theirs and expected the success to start rolling in. They are still waiting.
One of the few things that people don't concentrate on are their people skills. I'm not talking about shmoozing and sucking up - I'm talking about how do you work with the people around you to achieve success? The people make the organization. How do you make sure you and your team are all on the same page? Do you talk to your group about your tasks to see how you can help each other? Do you make them comfortable talking to you? Do you make it easy for them to bring ctritisizm to you? Do you know how to make stone soup? Do you hold grudges? Do you praise your team mates for their clever ideas? Do you take yourself too seriously? Are you having fun? Are you making those around you have fun? These aren't just duties for a manager - they are for all.
How does one get these skills? Experience working with people. This may be years of experience working in your field - or non-related activities like sports, musical bands/groups, political groups - anything where you have a group of people forming for a goal. Heck even those guys on network games like Counterstike and Halo 2 have people skills. Although probably not a good thing to put on the resume, but I have a great deal of respect for the people on those games that can form a group of people they just met a few minutes ago and organize a team, and move methodically through capturing a flag or a goal - with a headset and their mounth and ears as the only tools. Which team are you on? The orgnized team or the team that gets hammered on?
We do have several PhD and MSc's (Indians included) in our group who have great collaboration skills and can communicate their ideas effectively. They also have great interpersonal skills and have a professional attitude (always positive, no gossip, willing to help, can-do attidute). I'm sure their education got them in the door, but these other attributes (and more) helped them stay there. Isn't that what (job) security is all about?
I have a few pairs of socks that thin.
I'm very happy with my Darwin pack from Mountain Equipment Co-op. It looks like a regular old non descript bookbag, but inside it has a padded pocket that holds a laptop. The pocket is about 5" from the bottom of the bag so when you put the bag down it doesn't make contact with the floor. It also has pockets for CD player, Cell phones/PDAs, straps, velcro, neoprene/mesh outer bag and loops to clip your 'biners on.
Um, what's a capslock?
http://www.spacepen.com/
Writes in zero gravity/upside down, in freezing cold , under water but best of all...
Can fit inside your front pants pocket (for when your shirt has no front pocket).
Oddly enough, it was a Seinfeld episode that turned me on to these.
Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lound Lizards.
...
Actor Possibilities:
Matt Dillon (like in Something about Mary)
Nicolas Cage (like in Raising Arizona ) or
Getting the software was not hard. Getting the hardware was.
You would be suprised what you can get if you just ask. I worked for DEC as a NT/Alpha Porter - for many interested software development companies they would send top-of-the-line hardware, an engineer - if you wanted - and support from the DEC mothership. I worked on porting 3D rendering products for Alpha/NT for company 'X' on behalf of DEC - I got it crunching scenes a two-and-a-half times the best Pentium. The really bent thing was that Company 'X' used the Alpha machines to render complicated scenes for marketing - but Company 'X' marketing never pushed the Alpha product.
Oh well, DEC was truly an excellent organization to work with.
If they are not paying for the overtime, better start updating that resume.
The 'owner' has calculated that at the current money burn, you are not going to complete the project. It may be that the project was estimated poorly or the project was managed poorly - but it doesn't matter at this point does it? Asking for a couple hours here and there is no big deal, but they have pressed the panic button and they are very concerned. Perhaps its the owner's own money flying out the window, or that they are prediciting themselves out of work in a short while - again, doesn't matter now.
If this is a start-up I would be greatly concerned.
In a hurry? try challenging some or all credits. Many colleges and universities have some sort of challenge program but may not advertise it.
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here's one that is advertised:
http://www.athabascau.ca/html/depts/registry/ch