Curt Doolittle

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  • DECLINE IN THE POWER OF THE UA CURRENCY 1000UAH = 40USD. Ouch. Damn. It was 120

    DECLINE IN THE POWER OF THE UA CURRENCY

    1000UAH = 40USD. Ouch. Damn. It was 120 when I came here.

    And Salaries? IT Jobs in Kiev:

    Php Middleware Dev $2000 per month (24K)

    Php Drupal Dev $2000 per month (24k)

    Oracle PM $1600 per month (19.2k)

    Senior Javascript Dev $1600 per month (19.2k)

    C# Developer $1600 per month (19.2k)

    Web Designer $850 per month (10K)

    Tech Support $240 per month (2.8K)

    And these are great paying jobs by Ukrainian standards.

    I have a friend that runs her family on $200 a month.

    I know a lot of young people who make $80 per month.

    I know a handful of retirees and they get $50 per month.

    They have no money, but they are white, so they are not poor.

    Source date (UTC): 2016-04-30 07:46:00 UTC

  • #iOS Like I said. Apple’s only choice will be to pivot to business displacing MS

    #iOS Like I said. Apple’s only choice will be to pivot to business displacing MSFT. The only question is how much they lose before doing it.

    Source date (UTC): 2016-04-30 07:32:00 UTC

  • ON COMMISSIONS FOR SALESPEOPLE: GOOD OR BAD? In the “commissions work vs commiss

    ON COMMISSIONS FOR SALESPEOPLE: GOOD OR BAD?

    In the “commissions work vs commissions don’t work” argument, I look at the problem this way:

    1) Commissions are either unproductive, or completely fraudulent in attempts to sell uncompetitive products and services.

    2) Commissions (or bonuses) are productive for distributing effort between product and service lines. In other words, setting priorities in the attainment of results, not producing results in and of themselves.

    3) Commissions very often produce behavior not in the customer interest.

    4) Commissions are a good way of ‘hiding’ very high salaries.

    5) In my experience salaries must be sufficient and commissions must be bonuses for going the extra mile, not necessities.

    6) Businesses vary between few customers retained for years, and many customers retained for a single transaction. Commissions produced short sighted behavior in long term relationships. They are really just a way of justifying the high salary that salespeople who manage high revenue accounts deserve.

    7) As a CEO and Sales Manager I tend to look at every opportunity by it’s total portfolio value, and I try to maintain a revenue stream. I prefer to teach people to do the same.

    (personally, I have found that they make zero difference in my behavior since I do not change my behavior at all. I will kill it if I can and not waste time on it if I can’t. All commissions do is cloud my judgement. )

    Source date (UTC): 2016-04-30 07:02:00 UTC

  • “In order to find his equal, an Anglo Saxon is forced to talk to God.”

    —“In order to find his equal, an Anglo Saxon is forced to talk to God.”—

    Source date (UTC): 2016-04-30 06:34:00 UTC

  • “It turns out that consumerism and degeneracy are more contagious than virtue an

    —“It turns out that consumerism and degeneracy are more contagious than virtue and heroism.”— Rob De Geer

    Source date (UTC): 2016-04-30 06:30:00 UTC

  • “Will you fight with me cousin?”

    –“Will you fight with me cousin?”–

    Source date (UTC): 2016-04-30 06:30:00 UTC

  • The difference between educated Ukrainians and Americans is limited to the aware

    The difference between educated Ukrainians and Americans is limited to the awareness of political corruption, the experience of the trustworthiness of others, and the competence of middle and upper management. This leads entrepreneurs in the Ukraine to ‘think small’ because it requires a smaller network of trust. It leads americans to ‘think big’ because they can rely on large networks of trust.

    Just as say, americans think brits are obsessed with procedure (the movie Brazil is more documentary than fiction), and procedure is a method of not-caring about the interests and incentives of others, and limiting the sphere of one’s concerns, Ukrainians have this low-trust, cash-economy, where they are obsessed with small transactions.

    We forget that all of this western ‘magic’ works because we were raised with the Oath in one way or another, and our ‘priesthood’ of judges protects that oath.

    We forget that that oath arises from membership in the militia (warriors, men), we take upon ascension in to manhood.

    There is no commitment higher than this oath.

    That is the secret to the western rates of progress in each era.

    We simply ‘calculate’ faster than other groups.

    Source date (UTC): 2016-04-30 06:27:00 UTC

  • SOURCE OF MOST UNHAPPINESS? Most of unhappiness in life is caused by the desire

    SOURCE OF MOST UNHAPPINESS?

    Most of unhappiness in life is caused by the desire that people behave as we wish them to, rather than to behave as they do, as they prefer to do, and as it is in their interest to do. People are rational. They act in their own interests, to the best of their ability to comprehend their interests, when offset by the risk and reward of pursuing alternative interests.

    Philosophers are as guilty of this error as any other person.

    Source date (UTC): 2016-04-30 06:18:00 UTC

  • Amoral (non-cooperative) Objectively Moral (necessary for formation of a coopera

    Amoral (non-cooperative)

    Objectively Moral (necessary for formation of a cooperative polity)

    Normatively Moral (adaptations for structures of reproduction / production / Commons) Assuming a moral norm may be moral, if not amoral, or immoral.

    Contractually Moral (adaptations for structures of reproduction / production / commons) Assuming a moral contract may be moral, if not amoral, or immoral.

    Lawfully Moral (codifications of structures of reproduction / production / commons) Assuming a law may be moral, if not amoral, or immoral )

    Legislation is either moral, amoral, or immoral

    Regulation is either moral, amoral, or immoral

    Discretion is either moral, amoral, or immoral.

    Source date (UTC): 2016-04-30 05:50:00 UTC

  • How do you discover the truth? You don’t. You eliminate error, bias, wishful thi

    How do you discover the truth? You don’t. You eliminate error, bias, wishful thinking, suggestion, deception, and truth is all that remains.

    Source date (UTC): 2016-04-29 16:04:00 UTC