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This is a very ungrateful and childish perspective. It assumes that these things exist out of thin air rather than things google has created. Products don’t just appear, they’re built. Nothing is stopping someone from usurping google. Ever hear of oracle, intel, xerox, blackberry or Microsoft?

That’s a horrible conclusion. It’s anti-constitutional and exactly why you have unchecked power now. We have checks and balances. The courts and congress are the safeguards.

Are you trolling?

The government is not meant to continue functioning with a mentally inept president. The vice president is supposed to have them removed.

The president is elected, not his cabinet. I can’t believe you even said that.

America is a free market who uses its military to keep shipping and global trade free from interference. We deport some illegal immigrants.

China is a communist country with real life re-education camps. They manipulate markets and steal intellectual property. They’ve been cozied up to authoritarian and oppressive regimes, like Russia, for a long time.

That’s worse for stability in my opinion.

You’re spot on.

There really is no comparison. China has real life re-education camps not make believe ones.

Salty much? I’ll assume you wear scarves and burn teslas

This is the truth.

I'm assuming this, like my similar comments, will continue to be downvoted by people who are out of touch with reality.

Accountability is shutting down the agency and shuttering the programs. They did that.

The point of a slush fund is that the funds weren't allocated for specific programs by law, they were discretionary. So, while technically not illegal, they are frivolous and unethical. Not to mention, how would half the country and most of the world react if Trump's DOJ started arresting the people involved? They'd call him a tyrant and burn more Teslas.

equity is a post-modern buzzword that doesn't mean anything. it's only applicable in world of fairness which doesn't exist.

Rich countries are not going to subject themselves to austerity so poor countries can catch up and surpass them.

Life's not fair, the world will never be fair, and no amount of global-equity-fetishism will every make it fair.

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Sorry, I didn't mean to remove regulations. I meant that maybe the regulatory side of the agencies should meet as needed with enforcement being the thing that is perpetual.

I’d argue the regulatory unit ought to be temporary while enforcement is ongoing. Permanent organizations are just as ineffective. They did nothing to protect our food supply from ingredients banned in other countries. They did nothing to stop microplastics from taking over the world.

So exactly what are they good for while sitting around pontificating for years on end?

While true, the larger the ship, the more difficult it is to turn. I think the idea is that for every salaried individual, you have support staff, equipment, benefits, etc that come along with them. It’s also another cog in the chain of work that needs to be done.

For example, there are at least 1200 positions that need to be confirmed. It can take half the presidency to staff a full cabinet. I think we can agree that’s excessive.

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Do you have a source for this claim? It’s not something I’ve read or heard in 36 years.

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This hasn't been true for the last couple of years.

source: I was a Shopify employee until today and can confirm my salary was closer to FAANG than not.

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Can confirm.

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Replies seem to miss your point. No matter how a company hires, some group of people will be upset and complain about it.

The real issue is that the company ghosted OP rather than provide feedback and closure.

Personally, the more experience I gain, the better the hiring process becomes.

Not on this team, but have heard nothing but praise internally. Congratulations to the Hydrogen team on shipping!

Personally, I just don't enjoy writing Elm and much prefer TypeScript. For me, TS is great because of the community, tooling, and its self-documenting nature.

Not OP but current employee.

They "underpay" compared to Google, etc and compared to the Bay. But Shopify is a Canadian company first (I'm in the US) and they pay me a salary well over the average for my area (double), not much less than what I was offered by other remote companies (within ~$10k) but pushed north of $200k/yr by adding stock.

We also recently received info on a new pay structure that basically lets us choose how much of our TC is $$$ and how much is stock. We're excited and people will be given raises. There are news articles you can read online.

Shopify also aims to be a "100 year" company. It means not paying in the top 10, but also not overworking employees or firing the bottom 10% every year.

As someone who isn't in the Bay... they pay just fine for new hires and for tenured employees once they finish raises.

This I can understand.

But why would someone want to do this? It feels like mental overhead. So what advantages are there to a system like this?

And that's a company's prerogative. But in the US, that mentality can cause you to miss out on great contributors.

For example, if you are building a new e-commerce platform and can hire someone with 1.5 years of experience shipping a successful project at Shopify, you should do that. They will give you more than someone chipping away at a non e-commerce SaaS for a half dozen years.

Point is, context is key. But I can't speak to outside of the US.

Both incredibly horrifying and unsurprising.

Apes stronger together and all that.

I worked for a consultancy when covid started. They decreased salaries in case the economy tanked. They also started recruiting in cheaper places like Colombia.

Low and behold, salaries were never brought back to pre-pandemic levels.

The end of the article explains "going to the south for cheaper labor".

Definitely agree. My only concern about maintaining pay across the world -- does it contribute to inflation in those areas? Would this be bad for the areas? Or does it help by adding revenue?