#Project2025 might not be Trump's per se, but the overlap between its authors and those in his past and potential future administrations is significant.
@kingrat thanks; I was just curious if you'd noticed any changes.
In my own job search, I finally found a prospective employer that ignores the pay transparency law badly enough to justify reporting it to the State of California. Apparently my options are to send email that they won't see for 3-5 days and/or submit a complaint and schedule an "intake interview", and the next available time slots are nearly 3 months out.
It sure looks like "Justice delayed is justice denied."
Have you seen improvement in compliance with California's pay transparency law, #SB1162 (employers of 15+ disclosing pay ranges in job listings & 100+ reporting pay rates to the state)?
"Is your boss complying with California’s new pay transparency law? Here’s how to find out"
by Grace Gedye March 13, 2023
"A new California law that requires many businesses to add pay ranges to job descriptions has raised a lot of questions among both employers and employees.
The law has had an immediate impact: In early December, 41% of daily active job listings on Glassdoor in California had pay ranges provided by the employer, according to analysis from the company’s lead economist. By the end of December, it was up to 54%. By Jan. 8, when the law had been in effect for just over a week, it had climbed to 61%.
"Trump may have voted illegally when he cast early primary ballot in Palm Beach"
By Noreen Marcus, FloridaBulldog.org Aug 15, 2024 4:47 AM
"Convicted felon Donald J. Trump apparently did not have the necessary grant of clemency to vote in Florida’s Republican primary, public records indicate – but he voted anyway.
Assuming an average rate of inflation at 4%, that $418-million would be worth about $2.2-billion, which is about Trump's current net worth, as finally reported.
Not only Trump "didn't earn it" (DEI), it takes quite the businessman to barely keep pace with inflation...
My grade school had a bully named "J.D.". He was bigger than the rest of us. Apparently he had been held back a few times, maybe even three times in kindergarten. In short, he was mean and dumb.
Then in high school he acted up in an English class, and out in the hallway the teacher invited him to take a swing at him. "J.D." took a swing at the teacher, and apparently that crossed a line that allowed the teacher to swing back in self defense. We soon learned that the teacher had been a boxer. He only landed one punch on the student, but the student was done.
I know that Trump's "J.D." isn't the same guy. But damn the similarities.
Biden stepping aside so that Harris could run was a good move. Trump could have done it too if he hadn't tried to have Pence killed.
I'm a dual citizen, authorized and willing to work in or near Sunnyvale CA (Silicon Valley) or remotely for a company in any part of the EU or US where reasonable human rights exist (equality for genders & LGBT+, abortion access, freedom of/from religion, etc.).
I develop intelligent technology and business systems, including their hardware (usually at circuit board level), software (applications and embedded firmware), and documentation, generally as a consultant, contractor, principal, or director (Google L8 equiv). My project budget have ranged from zero (startups) to $1-billion (Google-size). My degrees include BSCS, BBA, and 5 AAs.
Recently a stranger emailed me about a job. (They sent to an address that I had used exclusively with Dice.com more than 10 years ago.)
It was for a "Product Verification and Validation Engineer" in Horicon, WI, and required a 4-year technical degree and many specific skills; seeing no hard floor on years of experience suggested this could be an entry-level position.
I have 7 degrees and beaucoup experience, including roughly 6 months as a contractor doing formal V&V for one of the world's largest technology companies on a very high-profile product that you may have used.
As a contractor, I often go where I'm needed, so I asked what it paid.
"44/hr on W2 max"
That's going to be a tough fit, even at entry level; for someone with a 4-year degree, major Silicon Valley employers set entry level pay at more than twice that, around $97/hour.
Common scammers these days try to get people to work for about half of market rate, and pocket the rest for themselves.
"A Manhattan jury found Donald Trump guilty of 34 charges of falsifying business records Thursday, an unprecedented and historic verdict that makes Trump the first former president in American history to be convicted of a felony.
Late last night as I drove my car up the driveway and pressed the remote to open the garage door, a possum scurried in. It must have been scared by the headlights and noise of my old car.
It hid behind one of the cabinets supporting my late father's old workbench, until I used the end of an umbrella to prod its backside. Then it went behind the washer and dryer, where we played similar games.
At one point, I managed to prod its behind to get it to come out between the washer and dryer.
It appeared to be an adolescent, looking at me as I tried to explain that it couldn't stay. It was very gentle, as was my last prod, which sent it running under my car and hopefully back out into our wild suburbia.
Dutch-American Silicon Valley native EE/CS developer (not a PE), long-time user of Unix & Linux, pilot, amateur radio operator (HAM) volunteer for IEEE (Senior member) & CAP; past: Atari, IBM research, game dev (mostly NES-PS3), Texan, adjunct prof, and some stuff with robots, railway equipment, and rockets; online since 1985I love science, music, social dancing, and people (E Pluribus Unum), want to see more democracy and equality, and am probably a little OCD & ADHD. Also, hail Satan!