In Canada, my family knew a couple who tried to adopt a child in the decades ago because of infertility. The vetting process and the paperwork from the government agency was "audacious". They said the amount of red tape was so much to the point that the fertile couples would not adopt locally.

Back in the day, adopting a child from China and Romania was easier than adopting locally.

From the off-hand remarks from some conference organizers, their work carried some risk and could be thankless. They could face the following unpleasant things: * A speaker got cancelled because of something they posted or said. * Nasty people violated code of conduct. * Conference organizers got verbal abuse and death threats because they rejected a speaker's proposal. * Anything money related.

What are the other difficulties of the conference organizers?

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Like what a few other folks in this thread pointed out, your resume and your portfolio looks outdated and fragmented on my first glance. Most recruiters and hiring managers spend 5 seconds max during the first pass, so first impressions matter.

Here are the things you can do to bring your resume up-to-date: * "Key achievements" does not include numbers to describe impact. For example, "pre-screen and match thousands of patients a day" could be rewritten as "pre-screen n patients per day and match them to m healthcare provider with 99.99% uptime" sounds impactful. * Self-rating of your skills is not necessary. Nowadays your description of your impact is implicit on how you learn and work. In addition, "expert" for one person may not be the same for others.

On your portfolio: * Listing your education is no longer necessary after the first job. Putting this in your portfolio site makes you look inexperienced. (Leave education in the resume, however.) * The screenshots for Nike and LG look outdated, which contradicts "cutting-edge internet experiences".

Do you have specifics on how Americans adults could be naive on the world?

Putting headshot in resumes is not expected and even cringe in my country, but some countries expect headshots and other highly personal info. No thanks.

...for most people. Even if the company got sold or had an IPO, only the very early employees made life-changing money. There's no guarantee if the company will be at those stages.

The news bias towards people who made life-changing money, but does not tend to report the "invisible force".

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42382883

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- The pool business near the single-digit RIM buildings had more business than they could do. Many folks wanted swimming pools at their homes.

- Various eateries such as the sandwich shop mentioned in the article made decent money during the height of Blackberry.

- People skipped starter homes and bought single houses as their first homes. Some real estate agents waited outside of some buildings during bonus was announced.

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Some people became jaded on being a cog in a huge machine. Some people got fed up with the work. Some people got burn out. Some people failed to find a fit in the field.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42082462

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I had the reverse. My younger self wanted to do something to benefit the humanity, but hated see the old me having no money and out-to-date skills (See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41716772). At the end of the days, the people at the top wanted the money. I didn't even have handcuffs, let alone golden ones.

There are jobs you like in this world, but you may not like the salary.