brycehamrick

In several US states having a law degree is not a requirement to practice law, there's other avenues to become a lawyer. Rare, but it happens.

This 100%. My primary interface for navigating Spotify is via Alfred [1] and the macOS Notification Center [2].

[1] https://github.com/citelao/Spotify-for-Alfred [2] https://spotify-notifications.citruspi.io/

As someone who runs an e-commerce site, I 100% agree with you. The reality is pricing is really hard. There is no "right price" for an item, it's a moving target based on an infinite number of variables. Sometimes we have to test pricing on certain segments of visitors, but there's no deceit going on. If that person doesn't believe the value of the product is equal or higher to the price being offered to them they don't buy, and that's totally fine.

I use Authy for this. If it's all you use Authy for you can easily get away with just using their free tier. https://github.com/authy/authy-ssh

As a product manager, this makes me cringe. This attitude is exactly why engineering often hates product.

Of course the underlying assumption here is that putting people out of work will negatively effect the economy or the well-being of individuals, which isn't necessarily the case. This is currently how our system works (so it will in the short-term), but if we want to collectively progress as a society I think most would agree that the average individual should have vastly more amounts of leisure-time in the future than they do today. Perhaps that means not everyone needs to work.

I believe we're fast approaching the need to re-evaluate how we treat (un)employment and the role of individuals with an imposed obligation towards economic contribution, particularly due to the automation and/or efficiency we gain through technology. Will we always have enough work for everyone to sufficiently provide for themselves without "redistribution of wealth" programs? More importantly, if we force everyone to work to provide for themselves, is the work done actually creating value to society? Is it necessary?

By far the fastest and easiest setup I've done of a VPN was with Pritunl, an open source and OpenVPN compatible VPN server that has installable packages for the big distros. It has a great web based admin interface for managing the server as well.

https://pritunl.com https://medium.com/pritunl-tutorials/pritunl-tutorial-ed50a5...

As an MBA, take this with a grain of salt, but the hiring decision is all about managing risk. Most companies, not just American ones, are risk-averse. As such they hire vetted candidates, and there's absolutely nothing wrong with that.

Hiring decisions carry the same risk & reward pairing of an investment. You can take a risk on an un-credentialed candidate that you have a good feeling about, and in turn they won't expect the same pay as someone with a well-respected degree. Graduates from top schools get good salaries because there's a sense that these schools adequately vet candidates and prepare students for the real world. You could argue this is untrue, but it all depends on what you're looking for.

The truth is academia is less relevant to startups. MBA programs focus on case studies on Fortune 500 companies with multinational reach and departmentalization of business functions. Startups don't act this way, so hiring an MBA doesn't necessarily mean that candidate is going to perform better than someone without the same degree. What it does tell you is that they have some ability to organize, manage priorities, and ultimately complete a plan, which is still valuable.

As any statistician will tell you, citing anecdotal examples is misleading. Steve Jobs may have dropped out of college, but there's millions of dropouts that don't go on to create multi-billion dollar companies. I've worked with plenty of amazing people who were great at what they did without credentials behind their names. I've also worked with people I still have no idea how they managed to completed their programs.