Too bad they haven't named/shamed the actual officers. Lack of details is effectively giving the police carte blanche to continue doing this shit. "Oh, we'll tell the officer to cut that out (fingers crossed behind back)"

:fingers-crossed:

I still have no idea how they let it ship. Sure, it's not a productivity killing defect, just a head-scratcher that makes you question the entire software stack.

Just asked Google... Madrid's winter temperatures aren't far off my local (DC, USA) temperatures. Valencia is a bit warmer, but not quite "swimming in the Med" warm. But, DC isn't exactly Oslo either.

For me, a week in the Caribbean in Jan/Feb is a nice treat. And if I'm visiting Rome or Athens, I'll try for a shoulder season trip - not too hot, not too cold.

I wouldn't be upset if we fixed both ends... make H1B an immigrant visa (they can apply for residency after ~7 years) and place reasonable minimum salaries (currently pegged at the prevailing local wage - probably should be 150% of that figure instead).

I blame Musk. Maybe I'm way off base, but most of these trends were first highly visible in Tesla products. They may not have created each dumb UX decision, but certainly were one of the first to put them all into a single car.

I remember the first time I tried to go to lunch in a friend's Tesla. I couldn't get in or out of the stupid thing without instructions. And getting in would be next to impossible for somebody with bad rheumatoid arthritis and bad fingers - the "push with thumb, while pulling with fingers" is awkward at best.

How do you determine the "correct" location of a job?

My employer sells software internationally - are you claiming any international job should be subject to some sort of fine simply because the company is HQed in the US?

I suppose we could try slicing revenue or profit by sales region and comparing against headcount expense per region? But with salaries abroad being a fraction of in the US, that math might still work out in favor of keeping international employees.

EDIT - I dislike the H1B system overall. Just not sure "fine companies that operate overseas" is something we should consider as a replacement.

devil's advocate - if they are HQ'd in the US, is hiring US citizens that big of an ask? why do they need cheap overseas labor?

For us, it's a mix of...

Local SMEs (regulatory requirements), sales, local implementation teams, HR / legal (to support the previous employees). And engineers.

Sales and implementation could maybe be US-based, but then we're flying them around the globe. Not sure that makes sense vs hiring locals.

SMEs, similar story - not always available in the US.

The engineers are the only ones that could realistically be co-located in the US. But, a good chunk of those were acqui-hired, so now you're asking them all to relocate to the US? Not sure that's viable in the best of times, and definitely not in today's ass-backwards political climate.

IME it’s not cheaper, it’s the only way to find enough qualified people

IME at my org we have 3 contractors out of SE Asia to every 1 US FT role. They make less than a third of a FT US employee.

Yes, there is a ton of abuse that drives down pay for many people.

We should find way to improve the system.

Meh, not sure I really buy that argument. I've never had a problem hiring in the US. And this is for a mid-tier, mid-size software company that most people have never heard of, not located in SV, and PE-owned (not much in the way of big bonuses and no stock options).

I’ve interviewed hundreds of people over many years. Lucky to find one out of 10 that are good.

1/10 sounds in the ballpark - I think my ratio is better, but not by much. About half my interviews have been with candidates in India, half US, all for software engineering roles, mostly early to mid-career. Success rates weren't significantly different between the countries. Haven't had the chance to interview in Mexico yet, but we have an office there, so that'll probably happen soon.

Summer break from school.

Now that there’s no kid in my household, we do travel more in winter (or whenever).

Have you tried using a 3rd party photo app (like Halide)?

An "Ultra Mini" with a proper lap button would open my wallet very quickly.

Same, I’d pay for more physical buttons

Isn't that what it already does if you have the action button set to "workout"?

Not that I could find in settings... the settings menu let me start a workout but that was all I saw. Maybe it just wasn't discoverable... Just looked at the online user manual and the only mention of lap control is in the stopwatch app (not workouts). It does mention secondary actions, but doesn't elaborate... if that actually does control the lap, Apple really sucks at doc.

:shrug:

Plus, I really want a mini version. The Ultra is MASSIVE to the point it's ridiculous.

Slightly better for documents and spreadsheets? Although I have a laptop for those, so... I guess I'm not the target audience.