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Silicon Valley bro explains sex work economics to a stripper (news.ycombinator.com)
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[-] itappearsthat@hexbear.net 25 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Senior consultants that solve million dollars problems don't charge that much per hour

On top of everything else that is literally false at least in the US. If you're engaging one of these senior consultants on a 40 hour/week contract they won't be charging $500/hour sure, more in the $200/hour range. If you want them for a one-off hour-long contract or just a couple hours a week? $1000/hour minimum.

[-] AcidLeaves@hexbear.net 13 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I think the 500+ is what the firm charges while the actual consultant's cut is about 200, that sounds right

[-] combat_brandonism@hexbear.net 10 points 4 months ago

10 years ago acturial consultants were regularly billing $750+/hr and I can't imagine that's gone down

that assertion in the OP is peak tech bro.

[-] AcidLeaves@hexbear.net 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I'd imagine actuarial consultants are special though right? Actuaries actually have to pass tons of difficult math exams while normal business consultants just bullshit out their ass and tell people to layoff

[-] combat_brandonism@hexbear.net 4 points 4 months ago

sure but I was just using it as an example of "senior consultants that solve million dollar problems"

[-] moujikman@hexbear.net 22 points 4 months ago

Five hundred dollars? Are you serious? Just for an hour? That's absolutely ludicrous. I mean, listen, I'm a tech guy, right? I solve problems worth millions to companies. And even I don't pull down that kind of hourly rate. Let me break it down for you, because there’s no way the value adds up here. Just think about it logically, for the cost of one hour, I could upgrade my entire home entertainment setup and enjoy it for years. Or better yet, I'd throw that $500 into crypto. Now that's an investment. Bitcoin, Ethereum - hell, even some of the newer altcoins. Exponential potential returns. This? This is just... it's poor financial planning, is what it is.

[-] itappearsthat@hexbear.net 18 points 4 months ago

absolutely pitch perfect holy fuck

[-] Tabitha@hexbear.net 21 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Senior Computer Guys don't charge $500/hour and they solve $1million problems

actually actually they do often charge $500/hr, but often it's measured differently, such as $1000/day or $5000/week, and sometimes instead of fixing $1million problems, they create $1million problems, and sometimes the $1million problems are fake.

Source: pole dancing is great exercise, read theory.

[-] PKMKII@hexbear.net 19 points 4 months ago

They’re shaking naked booba in your face, the price is justified

[-] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 12 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

The real dunk tank is Rule 8 yet again. This one would have been fun and fresh to dunk on but it's definitely going to disappear any minute now. Sorry OP you're only allowed to find another celebrity repeating the same propaganda that every other celebrity is also repeating, that's the only content allowed now.

[-] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 23 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I'm gonna go ahead and leave this one up because it's hilarious and mansplaining is absolutely a mainstream form of dipshit brainworms.

Rule 8 is about passing a vibe check so we're not getting mad at fake shit and unfathomably fringe opinions that only a single twitter pervert supposedly has.

[-] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 11 points 4 months ago

I think that's probably my biggest beef with Rule 8 is that it is basically impossible to know what will and will not pass the vibe check. I mean I agree this one is great and should definitely stay but it's impossible to know until it does or doesn't.

[-] davel@hexbear.net 10 points 4 months ago

If only there were some way to downbear lame posts antelope-popcorn

[-] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 8 points 4 months ago

Real downbears is bourgeois. Sorry.

[-] BountifulEggnog@hexbear.net 8 points 4 months ago

What is most confusing to me about it is rule 8 doesn't read (to me) the way Emma is interpreting it. If the rule was "don't get made at fake shit and unfathomably fringe opinions that only a single twitter pervert supposedly has." I'd feel a lot better about it and I think most detractors would too (maybe not though). But the actual rule seems very different to me. When the mods said it would get rewritten I imagined something a whole lot more like what Emma just said then the rule 8 we actually got. The rewrite was mostly reversing it from "Must be popular/lot of upvotes" to "Must not be unpopular/low upvotes". Which, again at least to me, doesn't really change it.

I don't know, maybe I'm getting too caught up in the wording.

rule 8 for my mobile comradesThe subject of a post cannot be low hanging fruit, that is comments/posts made by a private person that have low amount of upvotes/likes/views. Comments/Posts made on other instances that are accessible from hexbear are an exception to this.
spoilerThat's enough whining from me, honestly not even sure if I should post but shrug-outta-hecks

[-] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 6 points 4 months ago

You (and everyone) should always post. Posting is Praxis.

But yes I think this is really the issue; the rule should be more clear, even if it just "mod discretion on this" then fine, write it that way. This community is undoubtedly full of anxious folks who will have a post they wanna share, look at the rules, go "I dunno I'm scared" and then just...not. I'd rather people err on the side of posting and having it removed because "doesn't meet the criteria for vibe check" than folks go "I dunno if that's allowed or not" and just ... not post. More posts more better I think.

[-] BeamBrain@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago

Link the post, lib

[-] Beaver@hexbear.net 5 points 4 months ago

Clicking the post title takes you to it

[-] BeamBrain@hexbear.net 6 points 4 months ago

I am a dumb

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