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I can't take credit for this, but I also don't recall where I heard/read it from:

"Most teams would be better off using a shared spreadsheet for task management than they would using Jira"

Rings true to me to this day.

This was definitely not 5 years ago. This was 12 months ago.

And yes you can definitely win $80 from a $5 lotto ticket I promise you.

I generally agree with this sentiment, then I saw a gas station in the middle-of-nowhere-Wisconsin was selling Bitcoin.

It was essentially a $5 lottery ticket

Relative to your offer

The Twin Cities are tech bro approved?

OK fair, but let's say that making $250k as a senior/experienced software engineer these days is fairly middle of the road. It's still double.

(I managed a team where post-Covid, 3 left to make >$500k, 2-4 round up the $3250-$425k range. It sure _feels_ average)

> don't they get more leverage on what QOL and wages they can demand ?

Following up on this apart from my reply above, my observation is instead of raising pay they simply let roles languish. It's bizarre.

But then again it feels like that's what happens when nursing/AP care is treated as a cost center. It seems like they aren't concerned with addressing a market as much as keeping cost/income the same as it has always been.

> 'leave nursing' and then what

When we got married, my wife (Physicians Assistant) made handily more than I did. $140k to my $82k midwest, software development job.

10 years later, she makes $130k (after cutting hours back) and I make $4-500k as a software engineer in the midwest. The two markets crossed drastically

Where are they going?

For us, home.

Your argument is more or less a critique of Swift itself, which is a far more full-featured and "safe" language than Objective-C, at the expense substantially higher compilation times given otherwise like-for-like programs.

You're not necessarily wrong, but that ship has sailed for iOS development long ago and isn't necessarily the fault of teams like Doordash who have probably (like others) already squeezed as much build-time performance out of their given app size and feature set.

Mobile apps are inherently monoliths, and there is unfortunately no real way around some code changes triggering full rebuilds of millions of LoC.

Well the good or bad news is that nobody is paid based on their contribution to society. They are paid according to the market.

Bless, or curse, capitalism.

He said he plans a wood shop in the post

That's not what the numbers say

I also think this guarantees the binary to be released has had a full review

(TestFlight awkwardly only requires review for any build in a release train, and future builds can be released toll-free)

There is a place between those today, which is Apple Business Manager (ABM).

It uses the App Store infrastructure, but apps are not listed on the public App Store and are instead made visible through redemption codes or using an email-based invitation. The UX is pretty terrible, the support is nearly non-existent, but it's there.

I just hope they are a little easier on App Review considering how hard it was to get a bespoke app through App Review in the past.

I agree companies have a current vs new hire agility problem relating to the market rate. It don't think this is reflective of CoL adjustments.

For the past 10-15 years, the market rate has far outpaced CoL—yes even in the Bay Area (assuming FAANG-like companies and startups)

Companies in the private sector pay you based on the market for your skills, not cost-of-living.

They may move in tandem, but they are not in lock. If there is a shortage of talent even without inflation, your market rate will rise. Likewise if cost of living increases, but there is a surplus of talent—your compensation can still fall.

Almost anyone browsing this board makes far more than the cost it takes to “live”.

Speaking of North Loop - rich get richer I suppose.

https://northloop.org/prominent-chef-turning-ribnicks-into-r...

My pet theory on Bachelor Farmer is that being owned by the Daytons affected the closing quite a bit.

It was a hobby of theirs, but nothing they were willing to keep around as a risk (contrast with Spoon and Stable, Gavin’s identity). The other restaurants in the area are booming (Kado no Mise, Belacour, Billys are a few particular post-Covid success stories on the same block)

I just wish somebody would take that wonderful space. I’m sure it commands a hefty rent.

I also have the opposite view of Minneapolis 10-15 years ago.

so much urban renewal has happened since then. It honestly became pretty run down in the core suburban sprawl/white flight years of the 90s. The last decade has been pretty amazing with renovations, neighborhood developments, and almost all of the surface parking lots turned into something far better.

I live downtown (North Loop) with my wife and two daughters under 5.

The crime narrative is strange, and the restaurant scene has never been better.

The downtown core isn’t quite the same, but that’s of course because nobody goes to the office anymore - but they’re still building everywhere (including another 40+ tower on Nicollet)

Awesome tool. Powered much of the Target iOS app when I was there, down to the animated checkboxes.

An important difference between art and Bitcoin is that Bitcoin is owned by ordinary people with bills.

A market downturn or economic crisis can turn a lot of Bitcoin owners to liquidate, potentially annihilating its value. You just don't see that with people who have money to collect art.

Good reminder that the growth in Bitcoin has almost entirely happened since the last real bear market.

North Chicago, or really any of the nicer parts.

Chicago is a weird place for various political and economic reasons (I’m from Minneapolis, so just a neighbor), and was not growing pre-pandemic. I wouldn’t be surprised to see that trend reverse given its relative LCOL - especially with the Denver/Austins of the world no longer being very affordable.

In my very anecdotal observation – these small downtown areas don't rely on retail as much as food and entertainment. It's where the best restaurants, brewpubs, and general hangouts are.

If there is retail, it's _highly_ differentiated from Big Box.

Being on the north side of Chicago, you're probably already in one of the "move-to" and not the "move-away" from areas.

It's expensive, but let's be serious it's nothing compared to the coast – with a good quality of life (as the reasons you stated).

The point I’m making is that software engineers have developed a habit of bemoaning about how their jobs don’t bring them to the peak of self-actualization.

But we have, by far, the most intellectually stimulating and flexible careers in the world. And nowadays, get paid ridiculous to boot.

So why is everyone complaining? What is everyone aspiring for?

Sure, but software engineers are at the top. There is no career where the reverse of your example is true.

"Our jobs aren't that bad – do you hear what they do to software engineers?"

I think the point is that these are not real problems.

My wife works in healthcare, and agree that our "problems" are paltry relative to what they deal with.

"Instead of 6-3 your hours are now 6-to-6 3 days a week because we lost coverage in the evening. Tough noogies"

She gets paid 1/2 what those with 4 years of experience in our field get, and works on brains and spines.

“Mean” is quite literally the average.

I think folks often confuse "I can't afford a home" with "I can't afford the house I want".