I already know what it takes to fulfill the levels of "benefits" I want. I also know to factor in my time off in that bill rate, etc.
So, doing this, you KNOW your bottom dollar and everything you negotiate over and above that is gravy and fun money.
You don't know what the true value is when doing W2 and the company starts offering you "benefits"...etc.
You might actually be doing better to just get more cash.
I like that with 1099....my retirement investments are completely up to me and my decisions, as that so many w@ 401K offerings I've seen (not all) are often fairly limited.
Yes many places ask for that information. I almost never provide any salary information (not usually relevant) as there is no upside to me in providing that information. Where I worked and when is fair game to ask but what I made at my last job really has no relevance in almost every case and providing that data really can only hurt me in most cases.
Yep, that's just part of negotiating skills....
In most cases, the first person that gives a number is the one that loses....
Yes, the next big thing will be a headset that bans stupid uglies from my sight, and from my internet.
BUZZZZZ***
Sorry, wrong response....that kind of thought, especially when published publicly can no longer be tolerated.
Please report to the nearest re-education center.
And note...if you are fit and trim, and NON-ugly, well, this is a serious problem, and it is your fault.
Everyone else is right, and YOU should be ashamed for physically putting forth such an outrageous, and un-attainable body image model for our new big boned majority.
Won't you please....think of the children???
Hmm...modded down to zero "0",eh?
Maybe I should have thrown in that sarcasm tag...?
Yes, the next big thing will be a headset that bans stupid uglies from my sight, and from my internet.
BUZZZZZ***
Sorry, wrong response....that kind of thought, especially when published publicly can no longer be tolerated.
Please report to the nearest re-education center.
And note...if you are fit and trim, and NON-ugly, well, this is a serious problem, and it is your fault.
Everyone else is right, and YOU should be ashamed for physically putting forth such an outrageous, and un-attainable body image model for our new big boned majority.
On the other hand, I know someone who make a medium sized fortune when Oracle cancelled their Christmas party. (20 years ago now)
He knew what it meant. Ellison has his ego tied up in that party. Cancelling the party meant the earnings were terrible.
Not insider trading either. The party's cancellation was public, he just knew the culture well enough to know what it meant. So many out of the money puts just after the earnings date. He ultimately had to explain to the SEC, but they just said 'clever'.
Wow!!
What a great story!! Thanks for sharing and good deal for that guy who figured that out and made a small fortune!!
I love to hear a good story where someone makes a lot of $$ using observation and being clever (indeed).
If you really want places for the middle classes and poor to live, then you should support more density in your neighborhood.
No thank you....
I rather enjoy having a front and back yard and a covered driveway.
I really enjoy having my own space in the back for my smoker and Big Green Egg, I like that I can set up my 3 tier all grain brewing system...have a patio table to enjoy time with friends and family.
NO thank you, I don't really wanna live stacked on top of other people and sharing walls.
That last one alone would take a LOT of enjoyment out of my sound system I've been building for decades.
I'm sure your ability to shoot a gun will come in real handy for blocking the bullets when other people fire back.
Well, if I'm being fired upon, I"d much rather have the capability to return fire, rather than just "take it".
Also, I'm doubting that most low life fucking criminals put in early as much time at the range and weapons training as I do.
It might not make the winner, but in a horrible situation as you discuss, I'd rather have any and ALL edge I can to help me win and that criminal fucker end up dead instead of myself or other innocent citizens.
I own a flip phone while I ride the bus with the people who pick up your trash. We aren't all millionaires out here in Silicon Valley.
Sounds like you might need to consider MOVING to another city/state where jobs are more plentiful and cost of living is much less, so that you could afford your own car.
I'm guessing that the DA would choose not to try cases that involved such stiff fines for texting while driving... Mainly because the average person would be loathed to convict a soccer mom with three young kids to 5 years on confinement for sending a "Get Milk on your way home" text, and you can bet that if this went to trial it would be in front of a jury.
Why would they have a problem?
They'd have no problem if she was drinking and driving....and I believe studies have shown that phone usage impairs your ability to drive on the same levels as drunk driving.
Same type danger...so, why not convict on one and not the other?
Drinking and driving is not illegal because drinking itself is an "evil" activity....it is illegal because it impairs your ability to drive to the point of putting others in danger.
We also got open carry in Texas on the same day, which means I can walk down the street with a real loaded pistol in my holster that goes with my cowboy boots....
The trained eye will see my crosswise swipe at gun control laws in my original post, albeit not specifically discussed, until now..
So what?
TX also passed laws making carrying of most knives and swords, dirks, daggers and Bowie legal again too.
Basically, you're getting rights back that you used to have many years ago and now, you have them back again.
However, you are forced to do so yourself.
I would dare say, a potential robber of the local Kwik-E-Mart might think twice about pulling his weapon if he notices that 10-20 of the patrons there are openly carrying weapons.
I miss a great deal from family members and old friends from school because I refuse to touch facebook. I've stuck with my decision, and certainly won't change it now, but say there is no cost is wrong.
I find the opposite.
I've never touched FB, and yet I feel I've missed nothing with regard to family and friends (and I have a lot of them spread throughout the US in all the places I've lived).
We keep in touch with group texts...emails, phone calls and (GASP) making it a point to get together whenever possible.
My local friends I try to see at least once weekly (usually more)...and those living away, I try to fly out and see them once a year in person at least, or they come to visit me in New Orleans (helps to live in a vacation destination).
But everyone that needs to know where I am or contact me does...and I've never felt I've been missing out on anything.
I disagree. You may feel that this is always good advice, but it's not always useful. It's like telling somebody not to smoke. They're not smoking because they're unaware of the risks; they know the risks and smoke any way. Same with FB. Same with voice assistants. Repeating "Don't use FB!" to a FB user is pointless. They've decided to trade their privacy for what FB offers and repeating your opinion ad infinitum isn't "useful". It might be your opinion that everyone using a voice assistant should throw it in the trash, but that advice is only "useful" if there's some chance that somebody may listen to you. "Don't you know you're inviting a microphone into your house?!?" Yes... Yes, they know...
Actually, I would posit, that the majority of the GENERAL public do NOT, in fact, know they're giving up privacy, etc...with FB and these "spy units" that are coming into their homes.
The general public is generally not that bright. If you do not know this, then you have never worked a job dealing with the general public.
I fear it is much worse now than when I was a kid waiting tables/bar tending/retail sales.....
You work a public facing job for any length of time and sadly, your opinion of the majority of people out there drops sharply after you see and deal with it all day long.
You can't talk in terms of complete absolutes, I wasn't either.
But you also have to consider the timeline in the US.
Back when we started, there really was NOT much in the way of public services.
The government largely was not responsible for: "sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh-water system, and public health" as you listed.
A large bit of that was from individuals, responsible for their own, or paying for the services from private individuals (town Dr. for instance).
Of course today, we do have larger govt. that does take care of a GREAT many of these things, freeing folks up as has been mentioned.
But the argument is how much govt. intrusion.....and that's a fight that's going on today. The govt does some VERY helpful things, but it is overreaching a bit too much these days and encroaching upon what can and should still be up to the individual today.
But those things the government or society provides today for the most part: "sanitation, , education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh-water system, and public health" are there for ALL CITIZENS to take advantage of, so therefore, when one is successful, since everyone has access to these now public services...they aren't a basis for one to feel obligated to give back after one succeeds. Everyone else had these same resources available too.
A rich person didn't get where they are without society.
EVERYONE has society....so, that's pretty much a wash....and again, not an obligation reason.
You act like society is ONLY there for the ones that succeed. The ones that don't also have society, therefore it cancels out that as a reason for obligation to "give back".
A little late for that pep talk, bud! I'm with you now, but I wasn't until about 6-12 months ago. I did man up and left the bitch. She is one evil person and the best liar I've ever met (it's almost admirable how good she is at lying). One of the things I've really had to confront is that I have bad social behaviors across my whole life, not just with romantic relationships. I'm working hard to be a person who takes up space and has noticeable boundaries that people can't cross while maintaining a non-aggressive attitude. My life is much, MUCH better across all environments and getting better every day.
Hey...GOOD for you!!
Sadly, on both sides of the sex spectrum (yes, I still just count two real ones)....often, the abused or unhappy person will stick with the other toxic person, and be miserable.
Life is short...and as far as anyone knows at this time, we ONLY have one shot at it. So, do what you have to do to make YOU happy and enjoy your time here on earth.
Many good people will be willing to go on the trip WITH you, but no one can do it FOR you...
Oh, it's grimmer than that. The father was first put in jail as a young man. Gaining a felony record and never having a chance at a regular life.
Meanwhile, the white kid wasn't even stopped, and if he had been stopped, would not have been searched, have been let off with a warning, or if he had actually have been arrested would have been given a deferred sentence (because he had a bright future), and finally if he had actually been sentenced- it would have been 50% to 90% lighter than the sentence given to the black youth for the same crime.
While anyone can cherry pick cases on both sides of the pigment spectrum....
With regard to the youth, early cop interaction thing....
I don't believe that two 13 year olds, white or black, caught with one joint, are going to get that much a difference in punishment. Maybe some, if economical differences are in place, but I'm talking all things being equal, and only skin color.
Now....if you add on other circumstances.
Would one of those children be more prone in their interaction with the police to be belligerent, uncooperative and mouthy? Well, in the case of that, it has nothing to do with skin color, but geez, have some common sense around cops...don't piss them off and potentially get extra charges made (resisting, etc).
Would one of those two teens be more likely to also be carrying an illegal firearm? (I believe it is unlawful in most all of the 50 states for a minor to be in possession of a handgun).
Well, there a simple bust for a joint has now escalated for one of them waaaaay above what it could/should have been.
It is a community culture thing...and you can't really make laws or legislate that away, that has to come from family and home training.
(NOTE: I don't think having a joint should at all be illegal, but just using a simple example as may well happen today commonly)
It goes beyond being able to take care of ones self; it also means the person is motivated to take care of himself over taking care of the community at large. In other words, selfish.
I don't believe those two are necessarily mutually exclusive.
You can be self sufficient, you can be successful.
After that, you have a choice...you can help others.
You many not to choose to help others...is that selfish? Not really.
Selfish is taking that prevents others from having too, and then not sharing.
But if you make your way through life, not breaking any laws, etc....you become somewhat wealthy. You're not obligated to help others. It is nice, a VERY good thing, but you're not being selfish if you don't give. Because, those others...had opportunity to do what you did and better themselves due their own individual efforts.
Charity giving is a wonderful thing, but it is not an obligation of life. Not feeling a need to be giving and being selfish are not always the same thing.
I'd be curious how peoples feelings of guilt measure against this spectrum. Does it correlate (higher likelihood of depression ~ more prosocial ~ more guilt)? I'm in therapy after a failed marriage, and I'm terribly co-dependent. I think in bad relationships (with bad people, that I have historically chosen), I can get guilted into depression. I am so guilty, and my narcissistic partner heaps on more shame which I just take. I end up depressed, and I feel amazing when I finally get the cahones to leave (it takes some months, just like I imagine a transition from depression). Ultimately, guilt is my problem, and some people will take advantage of that to get things from me. I don't feel extremely prosocial, but I have always had an overemphasis on fairness which is plain silly. I I wonder if more prosocial people are more susceptible to guilt as well as depression.
Grow some balls.....man up dude!!
No chick out there is worth losing your mind (or anything else) over.
They're a dime a dozen. If you find a good one, then great, enjoy it....if it comes to an end, fuck it, move on.
The only part you have to watch in the game, is losing half your shit each time, and kids.
No one says you have to marry, and get snipped if you don't wanna risk the rug rat anchors to a specific woman.
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Negotiations are PURELY bill rate.
I already know what it takes to fulfill the levels of "benefits" I want. I also know to factor in my time off in that bill rate, etc.
So, doing this, you KNOW your bottom dollar and everything you negotiate over and above that is gravy and fun money.
You don't know what the true value is when doing W2 and the company starts offering you "benefits"...etc.
You might actually be doing better to just get more cash.
I like that with 1099....my retirement investments are completely up to me and my decisions, as that so many w@ 401K offerings I've seen (not all) are often fairly limited.
But, to each his own.
Being this is slashdot....I'm too lazy to click the link and go read it myself.
You should have quoted it if you wanted to make a point.
Yep, that's just part of negotiating skills....
In most cases, the first person that gives a number is the one that loses....
You know...if they would just let in the UNIONS, I'm sure ALL these pesky problems and lawsuits would just "magically" disappear.
So, what's ONE more time, eh?
Give some fire water, smoke a peace pipe, and get them to sign another dotted line.
Hmm...modded down to zero "0",eh?
Maybe I should have thrown in that sarcasm tag...?
That would be "Yerdedmuthafuker'.
BUZZZZZ***
Sorry, wrong response....that kind of thought, especially when published publicly can no longer be tolerated.
Please report to the nearest re-education center.
And note...if you are fit and trim, and NON-ugly, well, this is a serious problem, and it is your fault.
Everyone else is right, and YOU should be ashamed for physically putting forth such an outrageous, and un-attainable body image model for our new big boned majority.
Won't you please....think of the children???
Wow!!
What a great story!! Thanks for sharing and good deal for that guy who figured that out and made a small fortune!!
I love to hear a good story where someone makes a lot of $$ using observation and being clever (indeed).
No thank you....
I rather enjoy having a front and back yard and a covered driveway.
I really enjoy having my own space in the back for my smoker and Big Green Egg, I like that I can set up my 3 tier all grain brewing system...have a patio table to enjoy time with friends and family.
NO thank you, I don't really wanna live stacked on top of other people and sharing walls.
That last one alone would take a LOT of enjoyment out of my sound system I've been building for decades.
Well, if I'm being fired upon, I"d much rather have the capability to return fire, rather than just "take it".
Also, I'm doubting that most low life fucking criminals put in early as much time at the range and weapons training as I do.
It might not make the winner, but in a horrible situation as you discuss, I'd rather have any and ALL edge I can to help me win and that criminal fucker end up dead instead of myself or other innocent citizens.
Sounds like you might need to consider MOVING to another city/state where jobs are more plentiful and cost of living is much less, so that you could afford your own car.
Why would they have a problem?
They'd have no problem if she was drinking and driving....and I believe studies have shown that phone usage impairs your ability to drive on the same levels as drunk driving.
Same type danger...so, why not convict on one and not the other?
Drinking and driving is not illegal because drinking itself is an "evil" activity....it is illegal because it impairs your ability to drive to the point of putting others in danger.
Texting while driving does the same thing.
So what?
TX also passed laws making carrying of most knives and swords, dirks, daggers and Bowie legal again too.
Basically, you're getting rights back that you used to have many years ago and now, you have them back again.
However, you are forced to do so yourself.
I would dare say, a potential robber of the local Kwik-E-Mart might think twice about pulling his weapon if he notices that 10-20 of the patrons there are openly carrying weapons.
I find the opposite.
I've never touched FB, and yet I feel I've missed nothing with regard to family and friends (and I have a lot of them spread throughout the US in all the places I've lived).
We keep in touch with group texts...emails, phone calls and (GASP) making it a point to get together whenever possible.
My local friends I try to see at least once weekly (usually more)...and those living away, I try to fly out and see them once a year in person at least, or they come to visit me in New Orleans (helps to live in a vacation destination).
But everyone that needs to know where I am or contact me does...and I've never felt I've been missing out on anything.
Actually, I would posit, that the majority of the GENERAL public do NOT, in fact, know they're giving up privacy, etc...with FB and these "spy units" that are coming into their homes.
The general public is generally not that bright. If you do not know this, then you have never worked a job dealing with the general public.
I fear it is much worse now than when I was a kid waiting tables/bar tending/retail sales.....
You work a public facing job for any length of time and sadly, your opinion of the majority of people out there drops sharply after you see and deal with it all day long.
Yes...lots of people, actually MOST of the people I know.
And it is gunS not "a" single gun....
But you also have to consider the timeline in the US.
Back when we started, there really was NOT much in the way of public services.
The government largely was not responsible for: "sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh-water system, and public health" as you listed.
A large bit of that was from individuals, responsible for their own, or paying for the services from private individuals (town Dr. for instance).
Of course today, we do have larger govt. that does take care of a GREAT many of these things, freeing folks up as has been mentioned.
But the argument is how much govt. intrusion.....and that's a fight that's going on today. The govt does some VERY helpful things, but it is overreaching a bit too much these days and encroaching upon what can and should still be up to the individual today.
But those things the government or society provides today for the most part: "sanitation, , education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh-water system, and public health" are there for ALL CITIZENS to take advantage of, so therefore, when one is successful, since everyone has access to these now public services...they aren't a basis for one to feel obligated to give back after one succeeds. Everyone else had these same resources available too.
EVERYONE has society....so, that's pretty much a wash....and again, not an obligation reason.
You act like society is ONLY there for the ones that succeed. The ones that don't also have society, therefore it cancels out that as a reason for obligation to "give back".
Hey...GOOD for you!!
Sadly, on both sides of the sex spectrum (yes, I still just count two real ones)....often, the abused or unhappy person will stick with the other toxic person, and be miserable.
Life is short...and as far as anyone knows at this time, we ONLY have one shot at it. So, do what you have to do to make YOU happy and enjoy your time here on earth.
Many good people will be willing to go on the trip WITH you, but no one can do it FOR you...
I'd rather be unhappy and wealthy, than be unhappy and broke.
I would guess if wealthy, the duration of the unhappiness would be MUCH less than the duration if I was broke too.
While anyone can cherry pick cases on both sides of the pigment spectrum....
With regard to the youth, early cop interaction thing....
I don't believe that two 13 year olds, white or black, caught with one joint, are going to get that much a difference in punishment. Maybe some, if economical differences are in place, but I'm talking all things being equal, and only skin color.
Now....if you add on other circumstances.
Would one of those children be more prone in their interaction with the police to be belligerent, uncooperative and mouthy? Well, in the case of that, it has nothing to do with skin color, but geez, have some common sense around cops...don't piss them off and potentially get extra charges made (resisting, etc).
Would one of those two teens be more likely to also be carrying an illegal firearm? (I believe it is unlawful in most all of the 50 states for a minor to be in possession of a handgun).
Well, there a simple bust for a joint has now escalated for one of them waaaaay above what it could/should have been.
It is a community culture thing...and you can't really make laws or legislate that away, that has to come from family and home training.
(NOTE: I don't think having a joint should at all be illegal, but just using a simple example as may well happen today commonly)
I don't believe those two are necessarily mutually exclusive.
You can be self sufficient, you can be successful.
After that, you have a choice...you can help others.
You many not to choose to help others...is that selfish? Not really.
Selfish is taking that prevents others from having too, and then not sharing.
But if you make your way through life, not breaking any laws, etc....you become somewhat wealthy. You're not obligated to help others. It is nice, a VERY good thing, but you're not being selfish if you don't give. Because, those others...had opportunity to do what you did and better themselves due their own individual efforts.
Charity giving is a wonderful thing, but it is not an obligation of life. Not feeling a need to be giving and being selfish are not always the same thing.
Hey...you only have ONE shot at life as far as we know, might as well enjoy it to the maximum of your capability, whatever that takes.
Grow some balls.....man up dude!!
No chick out there is worth losing your mind (or anything else) over.
They're a dime a dozen. If you find a good one, then great, enjoy it....if it comes to an end, fuck it, move on.
The only part you have to watch in the game, is losing half your shit each time, and kids.
No one says you have to marry, and get snipped if you don't wanna risk the rug rat anchors to a specific woman.