Stack Overflow's annual developer survey was published this week, giving an insight into the skills, experience, and opinions of a wide slice of the developer community. Since its launch in 2008, Stack Overflow has become an essential developer tool, offering copy/paste solutions to an ever-growing number of programming problems. The Stack Overflow survey is particularly interesting, as Stack Overflow does not focus on any one kind of developer or development; is used by professionals, students, and hobbyists alike; and has substantial use across Europe, North America, and Asia, with respectable representation from South America, Africa, and Oceania. As such, it gives a view of the software development industry as a whole, across all fields and disciplines. To the surprise of nobody, Web technology remains top of the usage chart: some 67.8 percent of developers use JavaScript, giving it the number one position; and 63.5 percent use HTML and CSS in second place. SQL once again takes the … [Read more...] about Developers love Python and TypeScript, get paid for Clojure, and aren’t using blockchain
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez suggested members of Congress should get paid more, but a majority of Americans want the complete opposite
Bob Bryan, provided by Published 2:18 pm PDT, Thursday, March 21, 2019 Tom Williams/Getty Images Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez suggested that the salaries for members of Congress should be increased to ease the financial burden on members and to curb the incentive to cheat. But, according to an INSIDER poll, 55% of Americans think Congress should get a pay cut. Just 9% of people agree with Ocasio-Cortez and think lawmakers should get a raise. Studies show that increasing pay for government officials can decrease corruption. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the freshman Democrat who has taken Congress by storm, recently advocated for a salary bump for Congress. But a majority of Americans actually want to see lawmakers' pay get cut. Ocasio-Cortez first brought attention to the finances of lawmakers after the midterm elections with stories about her own financial struggles during the transition period between the election and the swearing-in of the new Congress. The New … [Read more...] about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez suggested members of Congress should get paid more, but a majority of Americans want the complete opposite
Want to get paid to take time off work on top of your annual leave? Try working at insurance firm Aviva
PUBLISHED: 13:58 20 February 2019 Caroline Culot Volunteering is now being made an easy and fun option at Aviva. Pic: www.aviva.co.uk It might sound too good to be true but at Aviva you get up to 21 hours paid time off work a year on top of your annual leave. But it’s for a special reason. When not out riding, it's work as usual for Lisa Edwards. Pic: www.aviva.co.ukIf you want to make a difference and help a charity, it’s really hard if you work full-time to find the time. But at Aviva, they will give you paid leave to pursue volunteering. Aviva regards volunteering as so important it has put various measures in place to make booking off the time as easy as possible and last year its staff in Norwich donated 6000 hours of work outside the business.MORE: WATCH: A real life rocket man with a plan that’s out of this world Aran Bird, who works as a broker service team manager, is setting up an internal system whereby employees can sign up … [Read more...] about Want to get paid to take time off work on top of your annual leave? Try working at insurance firm Aviva
Sell your old phone on eBay and get paid instantly
So let's say that you just purchased the Apple iPhone XS Max and you have an iPhone X to sell. Or suppose the Google Pixel 2 XL you used all last year has been replaced with the new Pixel 3 XL, and you'd like to get rid of the older model. Today, eBay announced a new program called Instant Selling that quickly and easily turns your old phone into an eBay voucher that can be used for anything on eBay, including a new phone.According to eBay, the entire process of selling your old phone and receiving an eBay voucher for payment takes minutes. Those listing a handset don't have to wait for their phone to sell to receive the voucher. And eBay says that you'll receive more money selling the handset through its new program than you'd receive from a trade-in provider.A recent survey commissioned by eBay found that 61% of Americans have never sold or traded in a phone that they no longer use. 40% have two or more older handsets collecting dust in a drawer. Instead of letting these devices … [Read more...] about Sell your old phone on eBay and get paid instantly
For many, a struggle to find affordable mental health care
Visit The Boston Globe Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Comment on this Scroll to top of page Liz Kowalczyk Globe Staff October 20, 2018 Part of a series of occasional articles on how money affects patients and their care.Massachusetts has more mental health care providers per capita than any other state, more psychiatrists than anywhere but Washington, D.C., more child psychiatrists than all but D.C. and Rhode Island. Yet poor and middle-class patients describe an often-frustrating and painful struggle to find a provider who will see them, at a price they can afford. They sometimes suffer longer than necessary, or settle for care by an inexperienced or less-credentialed practitioner. Advertisement How can this be? Only about half of all licensed mental health care providers — psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, mental health counselors, and marriage and family therapists — accept payment from Massachusetts Medicaid. Only about … [Read more...] about For many, a struggle to find affordable mental health care