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I come from Poland where girls either choose a) medicine b) pyscology c) fashion related gig like hair dressers, tailor d) modeling (often most pretty girls choose this)

Here in Poland, entry level gigs in technology companies pay way less than modeling gigs these days.

I asked many of those girls who went into modeling and fashion related jobs, they always said, they found it easier and more rewarding than jobs where someome else might steal their credit.


What if you guys are reported to the dictator and the officals sieze your app and revenue?


Sorry, such a discussion is not very interesting for me. I think you have a distorted opinion about our country. Read about the "Belarus Hi Tech Park" initiative and conditions for IT companies. A very serious and important work has been done here.


My partner was multi millionaire from Belrus who owned a steal rolling company.

Now, he took whatever he had and moved to states.

He got his company raided and government officals took over it.

Anyways, if the situation has improved, that's a good news :)


There are female influencer making lot of money on Instagram by posting photos of their bodies, makeup kits, outfits etc.... who are making way more than median pay in STEM career.

I don't understand why would any woman choose STEM when batter paying gigs are available to them.


Um, is this sarcastic?

Maybe because Instagram millionaires are about as common as sports millionaires?

Maybe because beauty fades, and doesn’t make for much of a career past age 35?

Maybe because not every woman is conventionally beautiful?

Maybe because some of us couldn’t care less about fashion or makeup?

Maybe because we enjoy technical work?

Maybe because some of us are damn good at it?

Maybe because we enjoy producing value with - and being valued for - our brains instead of our bodies?

“Look at the salaries pro football players make. I don’t understand why any man would choose STEM when better paying gigs are available to them.”


> Maybe because Instagram millionaires are about as common as sports millionaires?

If you enjoy it, that's good. But not everyone enjoys it and that's why STEM has lower praticipation from females and that's what we are discussing here.

I didn't say millionaire anywhere. Many modeling gigs pay more than entry level median salaries in STEM.

It's about efforts vs reward. People in STEM require years of education compared to posting a product review on Instgram which doesn't even require a high school certificate.

Don't compare it to Pro football players either which is very risky and requires years of training and money.


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His style of management got him success which he envisioned, why would he change it?


I am a masocist, i wouldn't be in development getting insulted by a lifeless computer everyday if i was normal.

Anyone who insults me and motivates to offer my best, gets my respect and best work. Heck, i would work for more hours if you can offer me such cortisol+dopamine effect which comes from such treatment.

Think about this. Who struggles with a lifeless computer when they only get the sufferings and frustration which comes with it?

Swearing at me is the least you could do to provoke any response.

I like Steve Jobs and I've yet to find the CEOs who are like him. This is probably why there is no other apple.


Most likely what will happen is not what you think.

They'll do nothing and successice complaints will remove you from a role which requires you interfacing with the CEO and then someone else who is capable of taking these blows will get the compesation and influence you had when you were in that role.

It's a balancing act, you can't have everything your way.


What I've seen is that people who take it up with HR get blacklisted after multiple complaints and will not find much success. You need perseverance to take every blow and still stand on your feet.


That is not the person's problem, that is the HR department's problem and the company's problem.

And, really, a reason to look for another company.


When i first worked in Finland for a very successful mobile game development company, the project manager told me, whatever you are working on is complete shit, we can't afford you to be wasting our money on this. Every single minute you spend in arguing for your idea is paid by us which is true.

After that i got a blow to my ego and started doing what manager told me to. Looking back, i was really wasting their money and once i got blow to my ego, my productivity drastically increased.

I used to be fast learning workholic and yes, i need constant blows to my ego to prevent me from derailing myself into oblivion. So, i would have respect Steve jobs, if he would have been asshole to me.

Edit: I simply detailed my personal experience, so I don't understand your downvotes.


Rovio was/is a special case for bizarre management.


Yea, but what about his kids and grandkids?


5 million USD revenue: adplexity.com

Enough to pay 3 fulltime engineers.

100K yearly AWS expense.

Running several scraps....scraping ads and listing them on site.

Most developers don't know where the market demand is, so they don't make a lot of money.


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