Apple, the poster-child for user privacy. They even listed me as an “Associate,” when I was doing sensor design. Not surprised, given how management treated us.

I wonder if they do it for all reporting levels, like if they’ll send in a manager’s salary as well.

I’m about 15 months into my “gap year,” similar story (except no immigration). I traveled on the cheap, switched careers, found a new city I love (and is way cheaper), and settled down with my gf.

Word of warning: depending on what kind of friends and family you have, you might lose some people along the way. Taking a leap like that brought out a new side of people I thought I knew. Most were supportive, but some not at all. Focus on the “keepers” instead of the “haters,” stay positive, and enjoy it!

In my experience, statistical modeling of potential timelines is not the bottleneck to accurate quotes: it’s the ability to actually give good guesses for “min time” and “max time” on critical tasks. I.e. the majority of timeline variability is due to just a few “tasks” that totally blow out of proportion because I underestimated how much work was actually involved. Idk, maybe that’s just me.

It would be nice to track my estimates vs actual time spent to improve the “human error” part.