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    Popular games you didn’t know were made by South African studios

    Are there any new game companies growing in the country? Looking at head count, 24Bit seems to be holding steady. All the other ones I know of seem to be in decline.
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    People earning over R600,000 a year are in deep trouble in South Africa

    I'm sure that they're missing the good time when they were marking R300k per year.
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    The South African luxury suburb where average house prices tripled to R30 million in five years

    Well triple is more than double. The thing that I thought was most dodge, was the claim that sales were an average of R11m 5 years ago. Yes, because the statistics published in early to mid 2021 are typically from the prior year, which included lock downs, economic turmoil and other...
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    AI Development general thread.

    Yeah, not well. The analogy I would draw is that it’s like trying to compete with a car engine, by taking a humanoid robot and using it to power a pedal car.
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    What was your first job?

    Sound like you were labeled the local “computer fundi” kid. Not sure if that term is still used? I did the same, but for free - I should send out some delayed invoices.
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    What was your first job?

    I sold some bespoke software I wrote for a store when I was 10-12 (in Turbo Pascal, which was brand new at the time). I also wrote some software for another company at 18. My first job with an hourly wage was ComSci tutor at 19.
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    94% of South Africans don’t have enough for retirement

    It’s already significantly progressive, so this would just make it another tax, which wouldn’t fly.
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    94% of South Africans don’t have enough for retirement

    Retirement in the US is an interesting. Some people don't put money into a 401k (even with matching) their whole lives, and avoid contributing to social security by taking cash payments (also evading tax), and then act wronged when there's no social net for them. The masses are doing much...
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    What are some of your favourite video game soundtracks?

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    Two countries hunting for skilled South Africans – offering R97,000 a month and 3 months rent-free

    That's a most uncompelling offer for IT specialists and engineering. Perhaps if you're a junior and don't have a family, it would be ok.
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    Amazon looking for data centre engineers in South Africa

    Do you have any idea how successful the people at these companies are?
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    Amazon looking for data centre engineers in South Africa

    Then you likely choose relative poverty. All the people I know at Microsoft have been there 20+ years. They are all dollar millionaires many times over. Microsoft’s median employee tenure is 5.3 years, which is very long. It’s fun to beat up on the big boys, but they get a lot of things...
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    Amazon looking for data centre engineers in South Africa

    But also take note:
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    Employers struggling to hire engineers and IT professionals in South Africa

    It’s not always greener, but it usually is.
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    Does anyone still use LinkedIn?

    I’ll say that the thing that annoys me most is when I ask which company they are hiring for and they want to have a phone call because the company name is confidential. I have appreciated the occasional recruiter who has put the comp in the subject line.
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