Links May 16-19 2018
Saturday May 19, 2018
Disturbing drop in women in computing field: fortune.com
Since then, the lawsuit claims, “…Plaintiff (Green) was not promoted, and no white or black employees on Plaintiff’s teams were ever promoted, progressed, or given salary increases.” qz.com
"The next generation, the Indians who were born here, is more Americanized and therefore more attuned to the principles of fairness and judging somebody on their merits, not on who they are related to or who are they friends with." quora.com
Friday May 18, 2018
Online real estate listing site Zillow is jumping in and flipping houses now. geekwire.com
Google's selfish ledger to pass behavior from one person to another. theverge.com
Email is the next great media platform. fastcompany.com
H1-B pay discovered to be almost half the prevailing wage in 2011. computerworld.com
"At this point, you’ve been reading this story for 1 minute and 5 seconds; in that time, [Seattle housing] prices went up 20 cents." seattletimes.com
Thursday May 17, 2018
Encryption, code style, engineer roundtable. packetpushers.net
Wednesday May 16, 2018
Slate writer says Wall Street is getting back into house-flipping. slate.com
Another magical age, 26, seen as productive "They also happen to be between the ages of 26 and 35 — peak productive years." nytimes.com
"Panelists tended to describe "older," in industry terms, as over 35 and 40 for men, while for women, at least according to activist lawyer and talk-radio host Gloria Allred, who moderated a panel, it seems to mean over 30." latimes.com
"On the plus side, both athletes and Hollywood's creative artists are lavishly compensated during the peak of their careers and, if prudent, can do well enough in a short span of time to coast for years. Still, they also live against a backdrop of constant uncertainty, with promising rookies always looking for a chance to break through." latimes.com
Google's Karen Wickre on surviving as an old in tech. wired.com
"Viacom Inc.'s CBS, William Morris Agency Inc. and about 20 other television networks, producers and talent agencies face lawsuits claiming they stopped giving work to scriptwriters over the age of 40." latimes.com
Riley Weston lied about her age to get a job. wikipedia.com
Disturbing drop in women in computing field: fortune.com
Since then, the lawsuit claims, “…Plaintiff (Green) was not promoted, and no white or black employees on Plaintiff’s teams were ever promoted, progressed, or given salary increases.” qz.com
"The next generation, the Indians who were born here, is more Americanized and therefore more attuned to the principles of fairness and judging somebody on their merits, not on who they are related to or who are they friends with." quora.com
Friday May 18, 2018
Online real estate listing site Zillow is jumping in and flipping houses now. geekwire.com
Google's selfish ledger to pass behavior from one person to another. theverge.com
Email is the next great media platform. fastcompany.com
H1-B pay discovered to be almost half the prevailing wage in 2011. computerworld.com
"At this point, you’ve been reading this story for 1 minute and 5 seconds; in that time, [Seattle housing] prices went up 20 cents." seattletimes.com
Thursday May 17, 2018
Encryption, code style, engineer roundtable. packetpushers.net
Wednesday May 16, 2018
Slate writer says Wall Street is getting back into house-flipping. slate.com
Another magical age, 26, seen as productive "They also happen to be between the ages of 26 and 35 — peak productive years." nytimes.com
"Panelists tended to describe "older," in industry terms, as over 35 and 40 for men, while for women, at least according to activist lawyer and talk-radio host Gloria Allred, who moderated a panel, it seems to mean over 30." latimes.com
"On the plus side, both athletes and Hollywood's creative artists are lavishly compensated during the peak of their careers and, if prudent, can do well enough in a short span of time to coast for years. Still, they also live against a backdrop of constant uncertainty, with promising rookies always looking for a chance to break through." latimes.com
Google's Karen Wickre on surviving as an old in tech. wired.com
"Viacom Inc.'s CBS, William Morris Agency Inc. and about 20 other television networks, producers and talent agencies face lawsuits claiming they stopped giving work to scriptwriters over the age of 40." latimes.com
Riley Weston lied about her age to get a job. wikipedia.com
