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1auralynn
·29 ngày trước·discuss
We don't pay teachers enough to entice people who are really good at science to teach at the K-12 level. There are some who do of course, but to make it a viable career choice for a talented person, we just need to pay better salaries (and vastly improve working conditions)
1auralynn
·tháng trước·discuss
I think "don't care enough about tech" is a mischaracterization. Software engineers are EXPENSIVE and many companies just can't afford it. Personally I think AI unlocks a ton of opportunity, because things that were just not possible due to the high salaries (justified, of course) of software engineers are all of a sudden very possible. Maybe these small businesses will now be more likely to hire a fresh grad who can not only build them a website in a couple weeks but also a ton of other useful internal software.
1auralynn
·5 tháng trước·discuss
Working on a web viewer for my "immersive science platform for education" https://10k.science

https://viewer.10k.science/
1auralynn
·9 tháng trước·discuss
Yeah our doctor specifically recommended Bambas. Babies love them and they sell them at Trader Joe's.
1auralynn
·10 tháng trước·discuss
The UK has it dialed in on this stuff - check out Tractor Ted https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIo-RUdF6QU&t=10s
1auralynn
·3 năm trước·discuss
As long as you never grow.
1auralynn
·3 năm trước·discuss
Universities already have their indirect cost rate negotiated (most are like 80-120%). Default for newcomers is around 30%, until you can build up the history and wherewithal to navigate the negotiations for establishing your own rate.
1auralynn
·3 năm trước·discuss
No, it adds a huge burden. It's already eaten up a large amount of my bandwidth. If they don't repeal it I also have to get some kind of VC or other debt funding, which is by no means guaranteed. Not to mention that writing these grants is not inconsequential in terms of effort in the first place. At any point the added strain and uncertainty could force me out of business.
1auralynn
·3 năm trước·discuss
NIH, it's 32%. You can negotiate a custom one somehow, but I haven't waded into those waters yet.
1auralynn
·3 năm trước·discuss
Thanks - yeah, I was mostly being dramatic for effect, there's no way I'm not applying for Phase II.
1auralynn
·3 năm trước·discuss
I'm no expert, but my understanding is that any expense related to software development would have to be amortized regardless of company structure or employees.

So, two scenarios: a) If you were a sole-proprietorship, you made $100K revenue, paid $10k in AWS fees, you would pay personal taxes on $98k (100 - 10/5) that year. b) If you paid a contractor $50k that year, you would pay taxes on $88k. (100 - 10/5 - 50/5).

In the past taxes base would be a) $90k (100 - 10) and b) $40k (100 - 10 - 50). So yeah larger tax implications for having employees, but the same would be the case with any expense.
1auralynn
·3 năm trước·discuss
Right? Like, should I even bother applying for Phase II in September? There is no way I could afford to pay taxes on $1.8M.
1auralynn
·3 năm trước·discuss
Yup, I am screwed because I got an SBIR grant in 2022. The default indirect cost rate is ~30%. In this new scenario, it should be something more like 60%, which reduces the usable funds that can be spent on actual development (IF you can even get a high rate like that approved by the govt agency)

EDIT: By "screwed" I mean that I'm facing a $100k personal tax bill because the company is an LLC taxed as an S-Corp. You can say all you want about lack of planning, etc, but the reality is that many times very small business do not have the budget for a high-end business accountant on retainer. If I were to try to "plan better" to avoid this situation, I would have just not written the grant or tried to do any of it and gotten a FT job or something instead. It's an innovation-killer.
1auralynn
·3 năm trước·discuss
I own a two-person educational software company. We have a CPA that we engage once a year to do our business taxes and can't afford anything fancier than that. It's an LLC taxed as an S-Corp so all of the "profit" goes directly to me on my Schedule K. For 2022, if this is not reversed, I will owe around $100K in taxes. For reference, my salary was around $100k. I'll have to take out a payment plan with the IRS, and probably shut down the company if nothing changes because I can't do that again for 2023 and beyond.

We aren't making huge profits to absorb the costs and give me a fat bonus to cover my taxes. In fact in 2022, I WAS expecting a nice $30k loss and a refund. Do we deserve to survive? Probably not in some peoples' minds, but we've been scrapping together a living so far. It sucks because we were actually growing and gaining some momentum: any further growth would now be pretty impossible because I can't afford to pay my personal taxes to cover additional dev salaries.
1auralynn
·4 năm trước·discuss
Dynamoid | Oakland CA or US Remote | Unity Engineer

Dynamoid is looking for an engineer with intermediate-to-expert skill in Unity and C# to work on its VR science data visualization platform, 10k. Depending on your strengths, your responsibilities will include implementing UIs and other interactive elements in VR, data importing/parsing, refactoring existing systems, and optimizing geometry and special effects (particles, shaders etc) for use on Oculus Quest.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/64ugpaxm3sntogn/Dynamoid%20-%20Lea...

https://dynamoid.com
1auralynn
·6 năm trước·discuss
Hypothyroidism? It's a simple blood test, you'll be able to get it done even now.