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Cut all the prices in half and replace startup stupidity with enterprises-trying-to-act-like-startups stupidity and you have most people's lives outside of Sili

Cut all the prices in half and replace startup stupidity with enterprises-trying-to-act-like-startups stupidity and you have most people's lives outside of Silicon Valley. Not to make it generational but this feels like how most people my age live anywhere.

wavefunction 10y ago
Nannys? Going to fancy restaurants hoping to see venture capitalists? Most people your age do not by any means conduct themselves like this, nor could they if they wanted to. Their "nanny" is their sister or mother or mother in law or a neighbor. They don't go to a fancy restaurant because they don't have the money for both the fancy restaurant and a baby-sitter. They're a two income-family forever, not until stock options vest and can be sold on secondary markets to speculators with easy capital. This whole scenario is ridiculous and not at all representative of anything but a very small demographic. But I guess that's the Valley, at least to this outsider reading articles like this.
- twblalock 10y ago
  Let me put it this way: I have lived in Silicon Valley my entire life (and I'm not that young), and the only person I've ever met who was raised by a nanny was a rich kid who went to my high school. I've never met anyone who hired a nanny, except that kid's parents. But maybe that's because I don't live in Atherton.
  - pfarnsworth 10y ago
    And let me put it this way: Every working couple except for one that I know with a kid has hired a nanny for at least some portion of the time, including myself.
    - ernestbro 10y ago
      Nanny != babysitter
    - twblalock 10y ago
      A nanny is not a part-time worker. That is a babysitter. A nanny lives with the family.
      - gutnor 10y ago
        Is it in the US ? In the UK to be a nanny, childminder or work in a nursery you have specific regulation and qualification required. A babysitter requires nothing, it can and generally is some teenage kid. The difference with all 3 is where the child go. Nursery has special dedicated facilities to take care of several children, number limited by the number of employee and size. A childminder will take care of 1 to 3 children in her own home. A nanny will come to your home and take care of 1 to 3 of your children. All 3 are available in full-time ( i.e. working hour full time ) or part-time. The movie type, stay at home Nannies are "Au Pair". Depending on the qualification ( from foreign student doing a bit of cleaning and getting the kid to and from school to fully qualified nanny ) the price varies enormously. Au Pair is not unusual, Au Pair Nannies is rich people stuff.
        blowski 10y ago
        Again UK-specific: They only _need_ qualifications to register with OFSTED, and as a parent, it's up to you whether you require your childcare to be registered. If you leave your kids with a friend, for example, your friend doesn't need any kind of qualifications. However, you can only get Government subsidies (like child tax credits and childcare vouchers) for a registered childcare provider.
        manarth 10y ago
        Technically, the requirements are a little stricter: "You must register with Ofsted or a childminder agency if you want to be paid to look after children under 8 for more than 2 hours a day in England"[1] In the example of leaving your children with a friend, the exemption is for a maximum of 3 hours (per day), if the friend is being paid. Any longer and the friend is obliged to register with Ofsted (with a penalty of an unlimited fine and/or jail for not being registered). I doubt many people would think to check the legal requirements though. [1] https://www.gov.uk/register-childminder-childcare-provider/overview https://www.gov.uk/register-childminder-childcare-provider/o...
  - BurningFrog 10y ago
    > I've never met anyone who hired a nanny I doubt you know that.
  - asveikau 10y ago
    I'm raising a kid in SF. Many people have nannies. Go to any major playground in the city during the work day and you will see nannies. Sometimes on weekends too.
raverbashing 10y ago
Also make your logo have your name in all lower case now. It's hip

wavefunction 10y ago

Nannys? Going to fancy restaurants hoping to see venture capitalists? Most people your age do not by any means conduct themselves like this, nor could they if they wanted to. Their "nanny" is their sister or mother or mother in law or a neighbor. They don't go to a fancy restaurant because they don't have the money for both the fancy restaurant and a baby-sitter. They're a two income-family forever, not until stock options vest and can be sold on secondary markets to speculators with easy capital. This whole scenario is ridiculous and not at all representative of anything but a very small demographic. But I guess that's the Valley, at least to this outsider reading articles like this.

twblalock 10y ago
Let me put it this way: I have lived in Silicon Valley my entire life (and I'm not that young), and the only person I've ever met who was raised by a nanny was a rich kid who went to my high school. I've never met anyone who hired a nanny, except that kid's parents. But maybe that's because I don't live in Atherton.
- pfarnsworth 10y ago
  And let me put it this way: Every working couple except for one that I know with a kid has hired a nanny for at least some portion of the time, including myself.
  - ernestbro 10y ago
    Nanny != babysitter
  - twblalock 10y ago
    A nanny is not a part-time worker. That is a babysitter. A nanny lives with the family.
    - gutnor 10y ago
      Is it in the US ? In the UK to be a nanny, childminder or work in a nursery you have specific regulation and qualification required. A babysitter requires nothing, it can and generally is some teenage kid. The difference with all 3 is where the child go. Nursery has special dedicated facilities to take care of several children, number limited by the number of employee and size. A childminder will take care of 1 to 3 children in her own home. A nanny will come to your home and take care of 1 to 3 of your children. All 3 are available in full-time ( i.e. working hour full time ) or part-time. The movie type, stay at home Nannies are "Au Pair". Depending on the qualification ( from foreign student doing a bit of cleaning and getting the kid to and from school to fully qualified nanny ) the price varies enormously. Au Pair is not unusual, Au Pair Nannies is rich people stuff.
      - blowski 10y ago
        Again UK-specific: They only _need_ qualifications to register with OFSTED, and as a parent, it's up to you whether you require your childcare to be registered. If you leave your kids with a friend, for example, your friend doesn't need any kind of qualifications. However, you can only get Government subsidies (like child tax credits and childcare vouchers) for a registered childcare provider.
        manarth 10y ago
        Technically, the requirements are a little stricter: "You must register with Ofsted or a childminder agency if you want to be paid to look after children under 8 for more than 2 hours a day in England"[1] In the example of leaving your children with a friend, the exemption is for a maximum of 3 hours (per day), if the friend is being paid. Any longer and the friend is obliged to register with Ofsted (with a penalty of an unlimited fine and/or jail for not being registered). I doubt many people would think to check the legal requirements though. [1] https://www.gov.uk/register-childminder-childcare-provider/overview https://www.gov.uk/register-childminder-childcare-provider/o...
- BurningFrog 10y ago
  > I've never met anyone who hired a nanny I doubt you know that.
- asveikau 10y ago
  I'm raising a kid in SF. Many people have nannies. Go to any major playground in the city during the work day and you will see nannies. Sometimes on weekends too.

raverbashing 10y ago

Also make your logo have your name in all lower case now. It's hip