a_gentle_autist

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by a_gentle_autist 12y ago
Here comes the down vote brigade. Seriously, tell me why the most privileged people in the bay area need this service.
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by a_gentle_autist 12y ago
LOL yes, the poor poor kids and parents in PALO ALTO really could benefit from this!!!
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by a_gentle_autist 12y ago
Please go on about this. Seriously. It's a national security issue.
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by a_gentle_autist 12y ago
Hacker news commenter with a lot of karma...
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by a_gentle_autist 12y ago
You know the same thing happens here, right? Not everyone can down vote, flag, etc. Irony isn't lost on me.
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by a_gentle_autist 12y ago
Here's what I've noticed. There's no correlation. It doesn't mean anything. It's a position taken out of fear. At this point, if you've graduated from top ten universities I will ignore your resume, because you
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by a_gentle_autist 12y ago
Ones that get to market, like those from Mercedes, VW, Tesla. Google's car tech, and software, will never be adopted by an auto manufacturer. And Google will never sell cars.
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by a_gentle_autist 12y ago
Some choice quotes: "So even for a mid-level or lower-level engineer, they'll tell us, "I only want someone who went to Stanford," or someone who has started a company before." "And most companies in Silicon Va
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by a_gentle_autist 12y ago
"I have a slightly different view. In the report that Google published, they said they've spent roughly $40 million on diversity efforts over the past 10 years. They've spent, I'll guess, several hundreds of millions of
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by a_gentle_autist 12y ago
It's why New York Pizza is so good, it's the minerals in the water.
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by a_gentle_autist 12y ago
Also -- the IRS debt comes from not paying taxes over those 4 years, because the only way you survive in the Bay Area making that kind of money is to not pay your taxes.
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by a_gentle_autist 12y ago
Correct.
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by a_gentle_autist 12y ago
Okay?
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by a_gentle_autist 12y ago
Some personal numbers, from 4 years at a SV startup (now at a larger company, couldn't take it anymore) Over four years: Total compensation: 80K (10-99) Debt: 8K Credit Card, 25K IRS Equity: ~1% (worthless probably, at most 50K) Not wo
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by a_gentle_autist 12y ago
You've clearly never spent any time in a real poor neighborhood. Or, more likely - you consider the lower middle class "poor" by your inflated Silicon Valley standards. Reminder: avg. US HOUSEHOLD income is 52K/year.
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by a_gentle_autist 12y ago
I don't know if that's even accurate. If so, it's pretty revolting.