This is the reason why Renaissance hires PhDs to clean data 😬

The problem with H-1Bs is that there is a bimodal distribution: some are literally used for cheap labor, whereas others are actually used for the actual stated purpose of the H-1B program, i.e., high-level work that's exceedingly difficult to source within the country. Talk to

So half of San Francisco is bucolic Edwardian wonderland and the other half is just the backrooms?

When people talk about Africa, or Pakistan, or Egypt having a “large, young population” as some kind of positive I just laugh. A ‘large, young population’ in a poor country is just a larger class of people who will get violent if they don’t get handouts.

Why is it always those Euro-girlboss types talking hard?

*Everyone* in New York City is a guest. That's what makes it what it is. NYC is not "your" city. It does not belong you, because it belongs to *nobody*. It is where the entire world goes to compete, and it consumes or expels all who cannot keep up

I just had an epiphany. Maybe this is obvious, but the people doing this kind of cringe "Of COURSE the city is a thunderdome, what are you, SCARED??" are hicklibs. They moved to the city recently from some rural conservative place where people are nice and you can leave your

i think it would be cool to have a kind of dumb but cunning popular kid to go run against a smart dork who found his way as an adult

well that’s completely insane

"beigal" "smoother" "tobacco sauce"

And remember, all the top firms follow a lockstep, cartel-like salary scale for associates. Everyone makes exactly the same salary each year, year on year, until most associates have burned out.

Australia's massive immigrant surge over the past decade: 14% more workers (1.8 million) since 2019, many via student visas. Result: GDP per capita and productivity stagnant. Like a classic developing country, it desperately adds inputs but can't generate growth.

Decked out G wagons are the shared cultural heritage of Chinese and Iranic peoples alike lol

Unstoppable! The trend of Taiwanese re-identifying as Chinese is just ripping through social media! “I’m a Chinese person from Taiwan. Is there a problem with that?” “Exactly. Let everything return to the track of history.” “Chinese people all over the world, regardless of