ToPutItBluntly

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by ToPutItBluntly 9y ago
I have a wife and a couple of kids. I'm maxing out the 401k and two Roth IRAs (one for me, one for wife) and saving $3k/month on top of that in post-tax. I did relocate from the SF Bay Area to a more affordable place to live. That
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by ToPutItBluntly 9y ago
There is a solution for this and it's Early Retirement Extreme. But it's not what you think. Ignore the "Retirement" word and think "Financial Independence" and ERE is a way to get there. The whole idea is you
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by ToPutItBluntly 10y ago
For California, that is wrong. You can claim right away if you are fired. The employer can dispute it however they have to prove they tried to rectify the situation. The way the system works, the former employee has to dispute the unemploym
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by ToPutItBluntly 10y ago
I had a similar experience with Facebook although I did well until the last one. Then I was just too tired and hadn't practiced enough to do a good job. After the fact, I read more of the interview questions on Glassdoor and wished I&#
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by ToPutItBluntly 10y ago
I agree. I struggled with something recently and just decided there is no way to write about it without sounding like a whiner. Best just to move on and let it go. So that is what I'm doing. It sucks. Sometimes things just don't w
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by ToPutItBluntly 11y ago
How did you last 26 months with that? Life is way too short for those kind of games. Congratulations on getting out.
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by ToPutItBluntly 11y ago
But it depends what you want. VC-backed startup and all the BS that comes with funding for about 11 years? Or bootstrap a relatively profitable business that wouldn't interest VCs but can keep a couple of employees well paid for near l
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by ToPutItBluntly 11y ago
Every single manager I have had in the SF Bay Area is at least one position up from where they would be anywhere else in the country. This area has a reputation for being the best place to start a career. Well it also should have the reputa