2 friends working in amazon in different projects, they new grads joined < 5 years. One of them just recently got L5 and second one recently got L6. They're both < 5 years of averall experience.
I don't buy that sh*t that Meta is different. You just have to land in right projects with manager who likes you. That's it.
5 years from new grad to L6 is way more realistic and normal than 4 years from new grad to staff, which is L7 at Amazon. If you're good a year to L5 is pretty normal and if you're exceptional 2 years from L5 to L6 is normal as well. The quickest L6 to L7 promo I've seen is 3 years, though that one started at L5 and has 7+ years tenure, so probably between 8-10 YOE total
Same stuff in amazon, if you're lucky to get into new project, even if it's designed like shit (in my case), people got nice promos. As soon as it was delivered team left with new titles and now new team which alomst doesn't grow. 1 promo in 4 years.
lol downvoted for writing a reasonable explanation. People on Hacker News really love bashing China and not actually talking substance. Maybe this is a sign for our nations’ futures.
A combination of industrial policy, extreme competition in China's domestic market for cars, and a huge eco-system of subsuppliers.
Lots countries have had subsidies and incentives for electric cars; however China's policies seems to have been uniquely succesful - exactly why is not obvious.
Some point to the "mayor economy" where cities compete in being attractive for companies to setup business. For example see the story of Tesla's Shanghai plant.
Very simple. You could contaminate freely on China, but not in Europe and USA. You can use as much coal as you want, with as many ashes, sulphur or radioactivity as you want.
That makes energy super cheap. But is is an external cost, people are paying with their health.
Europe and USA went to similar periods in the past. Now China is regulating more and more because pollution is a huge problem there.
Then you have salaries, that used to be cheap, now not so much.
Also a very important thing is that in China capital is not free, it is a communist system and your savings account are used to subsidise what the Government wants. EV, solar, electronic chips and batteries are a priority so they receive infinite amounts of money from Government.
Finally you have scale. China usually have enormous markets because it has so much people, although that applies to cheap things, for cars they don't have enough buyers inside so they want to sell in Africa and India and the West.
I agree with you, personally. Few calories. But in the west right now, this is often seen as a positive (due to obesity). It can be a healthy diet/snack food.
Wouldn't seaweed be a net for all of those toxins & pollutants found at sea? Seafood health claims are always focused on omega 3s and such but rarely mention this aspect.
Yeah, South Africa also has those roasted seaweed snacks (when I’ve seen them in Germany, they were always mixed with flour for some reason…), and while they taste awesome, they were around 3€ for 20g, which is insane.
Nori works out to about $30/kg dry weight if you buy it in sushi-chain quantities. Sometimes sushi places will sell you one of the big bags they use if you ask nicely.
