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Congrats to them both, and I'm not at all surprised! Great acquihires.
If author could write a heavily commented version that would be amazing.
I'm from cultures where we bluntly call a spade a spade and pride ourselves on disdain for hierarchy. There's far less fear in raising concerns generally to anyone, but it's quite possibly because of the far better employment laws.
100%. There are 2 NZ employment markets. Those working for NZ companies in the $100k region, and those working for US firms for the $200+k region.
I've had an annoying time explaining this to past US employers when they present median values for NZ salary fudge factors.
It is a world away from the suburban kid's lifestyle back in the US (or wherever; i'm from NZ)
Congratulations on taking the bold choice to move!
I took a 50% pay cut to move back to my home country, while producing the same output (and value)... the company directly benefited from that.
Now, if my company forced me back into an office I'd say no. I'd be on the market only for a remote role, still at a steep discount on US engineers. Why wouldn't a smart company take that offer?
WFH is not going away, but I suspect the FAANG will move away from it and the startups will capture the opportunity.
In NZ we get about 4000 in-situ melanoma diagnosis a year. I was one of them a couple of years ago (at 37).
Wear sunscreen!
I was someone who took the opportunity to relocate back to my home country when Covid struck, but had to take a near 50% pay cut to do so, despite doing the same work. I'm surprised this hasn't become more of a hot button issue within the community.
As a kid it was an amazing place for me to spend an hour on the weekends pottering around all the electronic kitsets and latest computer parts/gadgets.
I would credit DSE with fostering a lot of my love of computers and technology. I am quite sad it no longer exists.