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by SeoxyS 10y ago
Probably a sales- and engineering- heavy team; many of whom will be earning $150k+. Executives are probably making $300k+. This should bring up the average salary at the company. Also, this is just one line-item. There's a lot more exp
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by SeoxyS 10y ago
Let's do some quick napkin math. Foursquare has 286 employees[1], let's say the average salary is $120k, representing ~$180k fully-loaded cost. And there you already have a ~$51MM cost. [1]: https://equidateinc.com&#x2F
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by SeoxyS 10y ago
For the longest time, I found Snapchat to be the silliest thing ever. I didn't understand how Evan could have possibly turned down Facebook's $3B… But then, I started _really_ using it, and something clicked. Snapchat enables ser
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by SeoxyS 10y ago
NYTimes is a news organization with a mandate to report on verifiable fact, not rumor or opinion. You're complaining that it's reported as a he-said-she-said type of story… but for now, that's exactly what it is. The claims a
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by SeoxyS 10y ago
Peychaud is probably the second biggest brand. Since I drink this at bars, it really depends on what they have on hand. Most good bars will have a selection of 5-10+ different bitters. I like grapefruit bitters; I've also had really go
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by SeoxyS 10y ago
Drink soda water w/ bitters. Looks like a drink, tastes good, and satisfies anyone actually drinking. I drink regularly; but every now and then I'll go a week or month without drinking. I'm currently in the middle of one of t
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by SeoxyS 10y ago
You're misunderstanding the immigration system if you think you "need" to be on H-1B. H-1B is just one of many statuses you could get. O-1 is one that is perfectly appropriate for a brilliant PhD. (Source: I am on an O-1)
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by SeoxyS 10y ago
Honestly, if people get conned into sending money to Nigeria, why should it be anybody else's problem but theirs. Yeah, it sucks, but it's fully their fault. It's a pretty stupid thing to do and they should know better.
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by SeoxyS 10y ago
If you actually work at Facebook, this maybe isn't something you should share on a public forum…
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by SeoxyS 10y ago
Isn't the obvious solution here cheap/clean electricity = cheap/clean purified water? Seems higher leverage to focus on the energy part of the equation.
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by SeoxyS 10y ago
How about not marrying? You could live a life as a committed couple including merged finances, co-living, even having kids. But without an actual marriage, you would never be at risk of losing in a divorce. The only benefit to get married,
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by SeoxyS 10y ago
I was woken up by the quake this morning. Pretty strong feeling; it shook for a good few minutes. As far as I can tell everyone's safe in Tokyo, though the trains are a bit delayed and the elevators in my building weren't running.
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by SeoxyS 10y ago
Oh sure; but you won't have to lay down any money until you sell your stock; and paying taxes on real money is a lot easier than paying taxes on imaginary money.
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by SeoxyS 10y ago
Unity is getting to the stage where early employees can start cashing out through secondaries. Marketplaces like Equidate[1] can help with that. [1]: https://equidateinc.com/ - disclosure: I'm an investor in Equidate,
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by SeoxyS 10y ago
You can file an 83b election with the IRS to avoid this problem, thankfully.
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by SeoxyS 10y ago
That's only true when the value of your options is pretty small. ISOs are taxed under the AMT plan as regular income at a rate of 26-28%, and so you might be forced to pay taxes on them anyways. Source: I had a fat AMT tax bill precise
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by SeoxyS 10y ago
For young startups, I always recommend allowing Early Exercise. Put simply, it's the right by employees to exercise their options before they vest. The company retains a right to repurchase those options should the employee depart befo
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by SeoxyS 10y ago
I think simply banning private car ownership in cities might be a good idea. It'd change the entire incentive system to focus more on building strong public transportation. We'd still have taxis / Uber / on-demand self-d
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by SeoxyS 10y ago
It's incredibly rare for startups to fly people around the world in business class. And I say this as someone who flies long-haul exclusively in Business and First—I still would never expect my employer to put me up in business. As a p
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by SeoxyS 10y ago
Or learn how to use the CLI client to connect. No need to install a awkward wrapper software layer.
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by SeoxyS 10y ago
Unfortunately, you cannot buy options, only the underlying stock after the option is exercised. It's likely the strike price will be in the thousands for this grant. Also, the company will likely have the right of first refusal on a sa
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by SeoxyS 10y ago
Get a credit card; and a new savings account. Put an amount of money equivalent to the credit card's credit limit in the savings account. Don't touch that account so long as you have the credit card. Set up autopay for the full am
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by SeoxyS 10y ago
The key is using the right card with the right processor. There are certain cards that earn multiples with certain processors. Personally, I use a card that gives me 3 points per dollar and pay 2.5% in fees… so I'm "purchasing&quo
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by SeoxyS 11y ago
This is the one article that made me fully grasp it forever. I've known about this for ages, but it never really clicked until I read it put this way: http://waitbutwhy.com/2016/03/the-jellybean-problem.html
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by SeoxyS 11y ago
I think they meant compromising as in potentially triggering deletion or corruption of the data.
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by SeoxyS 11y ago
It depends on the business model. CapOne is basically a predatory lender making money off people who can't pay off their debt. Amex makes money from its high value customers and the interchange fees. Amex's fees are higher, and ma
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by SeoxyS 11y ago
A jet engine (e.g. turbofan) relies on combustion in the engine in order to function. The ignition of the fuel from within the engine is key… it is not just there to just create energy to drive rotational force. You would you use an electri
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by SeoxyS 11y ago
I took a white town car on UberBLACK back in the day. It was pretty cool, it had a disco ball and pink lights inside.
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by SeoxyS 11y ago
You must be thinking of St. Louis and Flint, MI… That, plus I hear Detroit is bouncing back a bit. The homeless would probably become jobless, there. A slight improvement, I guess.
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by SeoxyS 11y ago
Me too. It really is a huge problem.

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