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othmanaba··on A Career in Science Will Cost You Your Firstborn
The argument that PhDs should earn more because their education costed more is faulty. Salary is a price, you see. It is governed by laws of economics, supply and demand. Scientists should not earn more, because their value is unknown. Why would anyone pay $200,000 to someone who "might" create an amazing paper? Whereas those in investment banking earn much more than that because they provide much greater value to the employer. One should be pragmatic about life and not feel entitled just because they incurred high costs.
othmanaba··on Is My Startup Burn Rate Normal?
Rule of thumb is 100k for prototype in 2 months. 1million for a full product in 1 year.
othmanaba··on Regulex – JavaScript Regular Expression Visualizer
Very nice. but it should visualize repetition instead of printing "Repeat 1 or more times". e.g. for "a+" it should be "a -> a*"
othmanaba··on Show HN: Ultralancer – An exclusive network for the world's top freelancers
We use a wide array of indicators and rank freelancers according to their Behance, Dribbble, Github, and other portfolios. Then we will admit those with the highest scores. Although we understand that those are not the only top freelancers, but those are the ones with verifiable track records.