Yeah, but actually no.
I know VERY wealthy people that aren’t that bright, but had other advantages; I know very modest wealth people that are brilliant.
One can be, but is (significantly) not always related to the other.
Depends on who you’re dealing with for employees. Some will just walk out of the door. Other have the time, interest, and money to make things quite miserable for you.
The position of the worker is declining rapidly as the economy - and hiring - has receded. I am highly confident that big tech - or however you call it in that industry - as zero difficulty replacing personnel.
Is there a cost? Oh yeah. Definitely. Real difficulty? Nah.
As a manger of people, my first-hand experience is that some people were markedly LESS productive at home, while others were just fine. This fiction that people are WAY productive remotely…I simply cannot believe it is accurate overall.
Ultimately, I brought everyone back in.
Yes and no.
As an employer, you CANNOT let the staff yank you around.
I don’t know if Amazon pays particularly well, but for every one that is willing to leave their employment over going into the office, there are three that will take the job and comply. Who’s to say if one is better or...
Well. I think there's a lot more that goes into pricing than is controlled by changes in demand. I'm absolutely sure there are actuaries that do this for production process planning.
I was typing up a treatise on the various ways demand (and related) factors can change pricing, but I sliced my...
In fairness, I think the argument is a bit more nuanced than that. It is indisputable that there's an effect on demand from mining. The argument is more over the relative price impact.
There are no less than 10 people on this forum, and more in the local area, that are using cards from me, used for this purpose - with full and complete disclosure.
If you know and trust the supplier, there is no reason not to use the cards at a favorable price.
I have thought about it, considerably. I think there is a significant (to me) difference between an authenticated or licensed print of an existing and published work, or the rights to the same, than a newly fabricated imagine that has ZERO associated value, other than the hustle for the rights...