It doesn’t make sense to lump python and Julia together in this high-level/low-level split. Julia is like python if numba were built-in - your code gets jit compiled to native code so you can (for example) write for loops to process an array without the interpreter overhead you get with python.
People have used the same infrastructure to allow you to compile Julia code (with restrictions) into GPU kernels
Is there evidence that minimizing finger movement is ergonomically desirable? It seems like "repetitive" is a key part of RSI, so making the exact same small motion over and over again may not be optimal.
I think about piano players, who obviously need to move their hands and arms a lot to hit the keys (and with more force). Definitely takes a lot more energy than typing on a computer keyboard, but is there evidence that it's any more or less likely to cause injury?
Yeah, I wonder if that's part of the confusion. "Signing Bonus" is a weird name for what amounts to a large salary boost for the first 2 years. I think a lot of people think of a signing bonus as a lump sum you get when you are hired.
The "waiting for my vesting" mindset only makes sense to me if your TC is back-loaded, but I think Amazon offers are usually pretty consistent TC over the first 4 years, it's just that the balance shifts from bonus to stock.
So lets' say I start in January with 5% vesting after 1year, 15% after 2 years, and 20% every 6mo for the next 2 years. The signing bonus starts large and then shrinks proportionally to keep the TC constant. In my mind the only change is that my salary gets more "lumpy" at the end because I'm getting paid every 6mo instead of every 2wks.
So right before a vest I'm thinking "it's worth it to stay for 1 more week for 20% of my stock" but right after a vest the question is "is it worth it to stay 6months for 20% of my stock and 6 months of base pay?". That latter question seems the same whether my TC is cash or stock.