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There's no hard and fast rule, especially when you're working with a small team. When I think of a solution architect, they select the right technology/technologies for the job - usually in an enterprise setting where the tech landscape is vast. This is typically a role one moves into after being a developer - which is helpful because they were hands on with the technology (or at least other technologies) and have the ability to get into the technical details.

Typically, the person that spends time creating tickets, and making sure they are moving along, generally has a title like scrum master, tech lead, product owner, product manager or the like. Each of the aforementioned roles has different additional responsibilities and responsibilities can vary by company, for the same title.

The title consultant typically doesn't refer to a skillset or job function. It's mostly used to describe a person that doesn't work for the company, but can be hired (oftentimes short term) to do anything.

I'm 38. It didn't improve any symptoms. It's supposed to lengthen the periods between attacks. I never fully recovered from the last attack, so I have a new set of symptoms I just have to live with.

Don't ever make a person show you who they really are, twice.

If you decide to move forward with this person, this is the type of behavior you are always going to have to look out for. You shouldn't allow yourself to every be surprised, nor should you leave any ambiguity with anything.

Then, ask yourself, "Is this the type of person I want to co-found a business with?"

Good luck.

dang ftw - again

This. The Wahl's protocol https://www.amazon.com/Wahls-Protocol-Autoimmune-Conditions-...

It's very simple. Avoid foods that cause inflammation and this helps reduce MS flare-ups

Biogen offers non-income dependent financial aide that covers $20k a year towards the drug, and $2-3k a year towards the cost of infusions.

I'm on Tysabri as well. There have been no documented significant side effects in the US, which is good. Many people have many years between relapses, if they relapse at all.

However, there is additional risk in taking it if you are JC Virus positive.

It's not necessarily just a matter of time, but many R/R turn into progressive.

I have MS; just diagnosed in March.

I've noticed a bunch of little things, over the years, that are probably MS related - and a few more after a big relapse: Foot drags every so often, mental math that was easy - isn't, forgetting things, fatigue.

My advice is to take a breath and make a plan. I've started to realize that the retire at 65 plan might not be possible - so, I'm planning for a scenario where maybe I can't work in the same capacity, at 55.

There's a lot that one could be depressed about - so, it's important not to get stuck in those thoughts. Happy to chat offline or it seems like a discord channel (for the group) might be in order.

I'm JC Virus negative and taking Tysabri. So far, so good. It's had very good results in studies, but you have to stay JC negative

It's unclear that stores are a disadvantage. Arguably, they've become more of an advantage and continue to evolve in that direction. From a supply chain point of view, having micro distribution / fulfillment centers makes a lot of sense.

Blaming the tools isn't typically helpful, nor is it usually accurate.

I want to upvote this...but, I just can't.

My take is stop listening to venture capitalists. There is no right or wrong salary level. However, there should be a common understanding that there will be some level of sacrifice in the short-term, for the long-term. However, if your co-founders have real expenses, 150k or more might reflect that. A family of four, with student loans, living in a high cost area, when the person was making 250k...that sounds like a sacrifice to me.

On the other hand, if they want the startup to match the market rate job they are turning down to join the startup...that's a problem.

Or, if you don't have the money to pay, reasonable or not, you can't pay what you don't have.

An even bigger problem is if you can't have a discussion and work this out amongst yourselves - you have an even bigger problem. This is probably the easiest co-founder conflict you'll run into and you're not even officially co-founders. It only gets harder from here.

It seems like you're asking, "Is MySQL 8 magic?" No database will inherently do everything you need it to do (as a first class function), guarantee no loss of data, be secure and require only a working knowledge to keep up and running as expected, all the time.

Now, in terms of requirements, it sounds like you need a DB that:

- Is highly available - replicated (easily?) - Secure - Open Source (free?) - Well documented / supported

Whatever your requirements are, you need to prioritize them and do some discovery work. Typically, you can rank the technology across categories and pick the one that best suits your needs. No DB is perfect for your application and they all require some level of expertise to keep working as expected. Lastly, and oftentimes, you use other layers in the stack and architectures to bridge any gaps in the core technology.

Good luck

This is a live and learn moment. There might be a legal / contractual reason you are entitled to them, but you'd have to sue the legal current legal owner to get them, if they won't otherwise turn them over. The terms might be codified in some sort of employee agreement / vesting agreement.

For example, you could demand the emails, as a part of "returning company property." If they don't, you might be able to pursue legal action, that would entitle you to discovery.

This website basically says that 6 companies use Alexa, for HIPAA purposes - that they are allowing CEs and BAs access to an environment that Amazon attests is capable of being HIPAA compliant. That's a long way from the statement that "Amazon is HIPAA compliant".

>>>>Amazon Alexa is currently providing a HIPAA eligible environment to select skill developers as part of an invite-only program in the U.S. In the future, we expect to enable additional developers to access this capability to build healthcare skills, allowing more customers to access healthcare services more conveniently using voice. If you are interested in getting updates on our HIPAA eligible environment for Alexa skills, click here.

"Real startups," as you use the term, are solving problems that are subsets of problem spaces. The vision of the company should always be focused on the problem spaces. The ability to bridge between the one thing your product does, better than anyone else, and the larger problem space, is really hard. If you can make the leap, you've gone beyond being just a feature.

I'm gonna second the OSCP or any Offensive Security major cert. The testing is both intense and IS the actual job, when it comes to hiring security professionals - assessors, pen testers, CSIRT / Hunt folks, etc. It verified both the technical and report writing skills, which is essential to the job.

Huge difference. Google does it for money. Yandex does it to enable an autocracy and to maintain their ability to operate.

False. Teams is a very useful tool and continues to get better all the time. Albeit, it's much better if you are already in the Microsoft ecosystem - but, that's probably on purpose.

There isn't much here to go off of, but a few questions come to mind:

What type of masters is she/he going for? Which schools are they applying to?

Many schools / programs that you would know, in the US, especially coming from a developing nation, are very prestigious and very competitive. If you want to get a masters in business from Harvard, it's very difficult to get in no matter where you studied and what your grades are.

That being said, if your friend is willing to take classes or research / work at a university, that's a great way to get your foot in the door. Additionally, if your friend has relevant professional experience, those types of recommendations can help. Lastly, do they have compelling reasons to go to that specific school / program and is their admission packet otherwise strong. Finally, are the schools / programs they are applying to realistic, given their academic / professional performance.

Additionally, if they have existing relationships with professors / counselors from their previous school, I would start there. If the university is a credible research institution, they probably have the relationships / infrastructure to help students get into grad school in the US.

Best of luck!

Find a remote job with a major tech company / startup. Then, move to Germany. There is very little reason to trade location for salary in this day and age, especially with the hunt for talent and the movement to work remotely.

I'm from California and once I got out of it and saw other places, I realize it isn't all it's cracked up to be, nor is it worth the additional cost.

The broker model has a yes out in the transportation industry, before Uber and Lyft were a twinkle in someones eye. It's a low margin business and has gained efficiency through tech. Once we understand that the gross margins are probably 20%, you are scalping the drivers and no driver can exist successfully living off brokered rides alone, Uber and Lyft will price like CH Robinson.

I'd apply to be seen at the Mayo or Cleveland clinic. While it sucks that there is a patient selection process, once you are in, they can line everything up, over a a few days, and get you an answer - at least all the testing will be done. They do have telehealth options and I found the digital experience compelling.

I'd second the medical tourism, but I've never done it myself.

I'm a patient at the Mayo.

I'm specifically exploring whether or not the ability to run queries quickly would be of value to a hunt-type situation - or more generally speaking, are enterprises losing out because complex queries take too long to run. Selfishly, I'm on the security side, so I think SIEM. But, generally, application-level logging may have the same problem.

Many mature companies are freezing net headcount, but still backfilling positions. Others are instituting temporary hiring freezes. Others are laying people off.

In the startup space, many companies were raising money on valuations equal to 30-50 times ARR. Investors can be very picky and many startups are about 1 yr of cash on hand. If they are forced to raise money now, and their performance isn't the best of what's out there, they are going to be SOL or facing such onerous terms, it's going to be demoralizing.

Startups should be preparing to ride out the storm and that's going to mean they're going to find a way to push off a fundraise / going broke at any cost, if possible.

The Federal Reserve only has a couple of tools at their disposal. They can:

adjust the Fed Funds rate: which is used as a target interest rate for many savings / lending instruments

Bank reserve rates: How much cash banks have to hold - that they can't lend.

Buy Bonds / Securities

In a more "normal" economy, adjusting interest rates has the biggest impact. Though, during the last financial crisis, you saw the direct buying of securities. However, historically, the fed often buys / sells bonds. Reserve ratio adjustments is the other common tool, though I'm not sure how frequently that's used.

Prior to a federated identity solution, I'd suggest a corporate / enterprise ready password manager. Check 1Pass or LastPass.

My exposure is primarily through growth and income mutual funds, domestic and international. I'm continuing to make monthly contributions and trying not to check my balances.

Can you site any sources supporting your claim?