The real cancer cure is white blood cell transfusion. Check with LEF for more info (they are funding the trial). Certain Chinese doctors in China will perform it (under the cover), for those in need.
How do I like short comments like this. One cure and your cancer will go away. Yeah, right. And people actually might believe things like that with the result that they don't get proven treatment in time.
Cancer is really serious, it can kill you you know, and since there are promising developments (as far as I can tell as not being a doctor), we are still far away from a definite cure to that.
You would realy do everyone a favor by keeping comments like that for yourself.
I'm going to ignore the HN guidelines and not be civil for a moment...You're an arsehole. Once you lose someone close to you from cancer you'll understand why.
And this for people who don't understand how stock buyback "works"
The stock purchased is "canceled". Yes, canceled.
So if a company has no operation but 100 billion in cash, after a stock buyback of 100 billion, the company is worth $0. It's a super bad deal for the employees who sees nothing, but great for Wall Street traders
Almost always go for the higher offer. As odd as it sounds, company value the higher paid person more, it's almost a rationalization on the part of the company.
One more thing: never accept counter offers from your current employer.
Good advice on the "counter offer". The trust is broken, and the working environment can never be the same again. It is like living with your ex after you have broken up.
Common wisdom is that it creates a bad environment, but I think it has a lot to do with your personality type, I have accepted counter offers before and it has been fine, but I am a pretty open and honest person, people know where they stand with me and they know that I will take a significantly higher compensation package if all other things are equal. I usually lay that out in the initial interview, I tell my potential employer that I expect to be compensated at market rate, and to remain compensated at market rate, that I will occasionally check the market to verify and that I will always give them first right of refusal should I find a discrepancy. I think educating people on how to maintain your loyalty has a lot to do with how the situation turns out.
On a slightly tangential note, when I worked for other companies, I was generally regarded as a loyal employee, all things being equal I would rather stay with a company I know, as there are a lot of unknowns in switching companies, I was always upfront about this fact, but I was also upfront about a large discrepancy in compensation being a factor that could compromise that loyalty. Giving people the tools to maintain loyalty helps employers clearly see what they need to do to maintain personnel.
