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11 votes
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New Jersey is motivating telecommuters to appeal their New York tax bills. Connecticut may be next.
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The startup offering free toilets and coffee for delivery workers — in exchange for their data
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Amazon grows to over 750,000 robots as world's second-largest private employer replaces over 100,000 humans
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US Federal Trade Commission bans new noncompete agreements
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In US lawsuit, ex-Amazon AI exec claims she was asked to ignore IP law
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Where is the best place to find freelance UX/UI designers?
Historically companies I've been at have had someone on staff, but we're a small startup and looking to get some UX/UI support. All of my googling has lead me to "gig" websites like Upwork or...
Historically companies I've been at have had someone on staff, but we're a small startup and looking to get some UX/UI support. All of my googling has lead me to "gig" websites like Upwork or Fiver and talking to friends in industry (granted salaried UX/UI folks) have lead me to Linkedin or Indeed. Neither feels like the right place for what we're looking for. Does anyone have an suggestions for finding freelance designers we could work with iteratively? Thanks!
Context: Our company is rolling our a new platform out to beta users and are looking to refine some of our platform's interface. Mainly we're hoping to polish up some of the more amateur design elements across the platform and get help designing layout for tools/data presentation. We have done a good amount customer research on what folks are looking for, will be getting active feedback after pushing the changes, and are hoping to iterate with said feedback.
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Sketches from US animation studios found on North Korean computer server
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An ex-MLB player needs just one more day on a roster to get a pension. Will the Atlanta Braves help?
9 votes -
Canadian science gets biggest boost to PhD and postdoc pay in twenty years
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'Grand Theft Auto' maker Take-Two to let go 5% of staff, scrap some projects
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Everybody's obsessed with the retro corporate aesthetic
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AI and the end of writing
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With Vids, Google thinks it has the next big productivity tool for work
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Looking for advice on a work related issue
I'm currently a software developer consultant working as a lead developer in the fintech industry. My team consist of me and 6 other developers of various levels of expertice. I started apx a year...
I'm currently a software developer consultant working as a lead developer in the fintech industry. My team consist of me and 6 other developers of various levels of expertice. I started apx a year ago in this position and the project was to take over an system built by an external company and develop and maintain it going forward. We grew the team over time, so initially there was only me, but after 3 months we'd added a couple of other developers. The most junior developer with only a few years of experience took on the scrum master role at 50%, which allowed the other of us to focus moren on dev stuff. I wouldn't have said the scrum master was a junior level developer based on them having worked for several years. That was my expectation...
After a few months we've continued to grow the team. All in all we are now 7 developers. The person that initially had the scrum master role has since opted to focus more on the dev side. We've accomodated them and since mid january they've focused soley on dev. However, the outcome of this hasn't met my expectations. Working 50% as a dev I understand (and expected) that they wouldn't pick up the domain/system as easily as simeone soley focused on the dev role. Given that they've now had a couple of months I don't really see any improvement however! And, to be clear, it isn't really about their level of output. I'd be content if they were able to show some increased understanding of the domain and/or had increased the quality of their work somewhat. I see none of this and a tendency to "hide" their work (postponing creating PRs so it's hard to judge their progress/need of help, not asking for support, dismissing offers for help when given, non participation in discussions/problem solving etc etc).
Speculating, but to me it seems they are not comfortable in their dev role and I seem to have failed in this instance to establish enough trust (either in me or in the team as a whole). I don't see this issue in the other team members though (even with the more junior people). Complicating things is that I am not their manager. So, it is ultimately not my responsibillity.
Any advice in addressing the issues? Ideally the outcome would be a situation where they have started to contribute to the team in some meaningful way. Should I be more patient? Should I impose help on them, e.g. comitt to pair with them on all work? What is a good and construcrive way to approach this (preferably without being a complete ass)?
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Bernie Sanders: It’s time for a four-day work week
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California introduces 'right to disconnect' bill that would allow employees to possibly relax
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UT Austin lays off around sixty staffers to comply with Texas DEI ban
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Phoenix passes historic ordinance giving outdoor workers protection from extreme heat
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Half of senior staffers in US Congress are so fed up that they may quit
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How do you - or, how did you - leverage your hobbies into careers?
Hey there! I'm an office monkey doing IT stuff. I've mercenary'd my way across multiple teams for the last decade (level 1 support to basically DevOps for payment systems) with no formal training...
Hey there! I'm an office monkey doing IT stuff. I've mercenary'd my way across multiple teams for the last decade (level 1 support to basically DevOps for payment systems) with no formal training or certification at a fairly large company. It's nice that my bosses all seem to appreciate that I'm flexible, but my work kinda swells and relaxes every couple months, and sometimes it feels unstable since I've never actually put any of this knowledge into an accepted certification. I look into certifications but nothing jumps out; recently I gave AWS a shot in a self-guided course and realized I was pretty bored by it. Something that popped into my mind as I noticed that I don't really have a "portfolio" is that I have tons of car work, audio editing, off-the-cuff writing about games, etc things that have to do with my hobbies in gaming, cars, music, shitposting on the internet, etc that I'm happy to make without feeling pressured. I feel like if someone asked me to pick up something like this for pay and give me a deadline - a program to edit, a car to work on, an image or audio to manipulate, something analyzing a piece of art - I'd happily do it without even thinking about it, and they're the kinds of things I could do for hours losing track of time.
Being a breadwinner right now with a kid I don't have the risk factor to jump careers right now, but if I lost my job I feel like I'd want to give some different industry a shot. Problem is I just don't get how people... weasel into these things? Is that how this happens? Or do they just eat a ton of time/money making these laterals? Where do they get the experience, where do people find the connections? I'm curious - has anyone ever turned a hobby into a career? Did it work out?
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A collection of stories about kindness at work
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Ericsson will lay off about 1,200 employees in Sweden as the telecommunications company faces slowed demand for its 5G equipment
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Finland's proposed labour reforms risk doing more harm than good
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US Fed’s Jerome Powell ready to support job market, even if it means lingering inflation
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Folks in those $100k+ jobs, corporate types, office workers... What would you say you actually do?
I work as a prek teacher. I go to work, clock in, and spend 8 hours actively engaged with kids teaching reading, writing, math, social skills, science, games, and more. I don't have "down time" at...
I work as a prek teacher. I go to work, clock in, and spend 8 hours actively engaged with kids teaching reading, writing, math, social skills, science, games, and more. I don't have "down time" at work; I'm always on, because I have to be. There are demands of me every moment I'm there.
But what about you corporate folks? I can't seem to figure what you actually... Do?
My dad worked such a job (VP in pharma) and I could never get a real answer from him. He would always just say "I'm busy", he traveled a lot, and as far as I could tell his "work" was just meetings.
Other business folks I interact with, it's the same. They're always playing on their phone, or (my favorite) constantly talking on the phone when picking up or dropping off their kids at school, and ignoring them. A buddy of mine is a senior exec and was able to complete baldur's gate 3 during work hours because he's just sitting around in meetings all day.
How is that work? How does that justify earning 4x+ what I make?
I'm genuinely curious because I've never gotten a straight answer and my impression is that in these jobs you don't actually do anything, but that can't be right.
Sorry if this is a dumb question.
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Where are all the teachers? Breaking down America's teacher shortage crisis in five charts.
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NASA’s x-ray telescope faces a long goodbye
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Job boards are still rife with 'ghost jobs'. What's the point?
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The difficult emotional labour of healthcare workers
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Idaho needs doctors: But many don't want to come
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AI IT project management
Im part of the EPMO of a healthcare system. We just got licenses and an intro to co-pilot for teams, word, excel , PowerPoint. I swear this AI will tell you all the questions asked during a...
Im part of the EPMO of a healthcare system. We just got licenses and an intro to co-pilot for teams, word, excel , PowerPoint.
I swear this AI will tell you all the questions asked during a meeting. If you join a meeting late you can ask it to recap the meeting thus far. Did you get a sales presentation from a vendor you need to recap and present to stakeholders. Ask co pilot to create a pdf from the documentation the vendor provided.
AI is making my job so much easier but at the same time I kinda feel like I’m training my replacement.
Are you using AI at your job, how are you using it and how do you feel about it use in the workplace and if it will one day replace you?
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The Apex [Legends] team was hit with layoffs today
@Aaron: The Apex team was hit with layoffs today. It sucks seeing some of the people I've worked with for almost 3 years now get let go. Hopefully, they land on their feet sooner rather than later.
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The world’s first autonomous snowplows are in service
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Britain’s future is being compromised by the massive increase in long-term sickness among the working age population
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The life-ruining power of routines: Habits don’t lead to personal optimisation. They lead to suffering.
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On International Women's Day, Northern European countries stand out for women who are looking to develop their careers – Iceland secured the top spot
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Rooster Teeth is shutting down after twenty-one years
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Why tech job interviews became such a nightmare
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What's the matter with men? They’re floundering at school and in the workplace. Some conservatives blame a crisis of masculinity, but the problems—and their solutions—are far more complex.
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Diversity in the skies: US FAA’s controversial shift in air traffic controller hiring
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'I stopped believing in myself': Game developers share the human impact of over a year of mass layoffs
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‘There is no help’: US nurses’ suicide rate rising amid staff shortage and stress
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US regulatory agencies take steps to fight non compete clauses in employment contracts
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EA cutting 5% of workforce
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Sony is laying off 900 PlayStation employees
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Return to office policies do not improve company value, but do make employees miserable: Study
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US Federal Trade Commission and eight states sue to block supermarket merger between Kroger and Albertsons
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South Korea health alert raised to ‘severe’ over doctors walkout
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Our company is doing so well that you’re all fired
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