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by abdabab 6y ago
This is not entirely true. Google doesn’t have enough interesting work for even its “better” engineers. Amount of hoops you have to jump to do any good work is enormous and it takes toll unless you’re in a really good org. It’s a good place
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by abdabab 6y ago
> to live off interest for Y years You don’t have to live off interest to retire. 4% withdrawal is good enough [1]. You might be lot closer to retirement than you think. [1] https://www.bogleheads.org/wiki/Safe_withd
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by abdabab 6y ago
> Probably do Google for two years, then start a company while working there I second this. Google still has a good engineering culture and you’ll learn a lot. Two years is a good amount of time to soak up the good stuff that will be val
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by abdabab 6y ago
I agree with you on finding purpose and it certainly brings the sense of our interconnectedness with everything else, which can bring you to a perspective where you’re not stuck thinking about personal pain anymore. However, I also think l
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by abdabab 6y ago
I think you answered yourself already. > I noticed I had set up impossibly high expectations for my life and because of that, everything I accomplished always felt like it was nothing or it felt like it was something already expected fo
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by abdabab 6y ago
I’m still looking for a Project Fi alternative that has 2FA. I’ll sleep lot better if I find one.
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by abdabab 6y ago
I don’t see why it shouldn’t be possible. It will depend on the culture and value system of the company.
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by abdabab 6y ago
Do they really have housing stipend? I never heard of it.
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by abdabab 6y ago
Which company was it? Your experience with health insurance sounds nuts.
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by abdabab 6y ago
> I started as an SDE 2 by the time I left I was a Principal SDE. How many promotions was that? 4? How did you manage to do that in 7 years? That doesn’t sound easy at all.
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by abdabab 6y ago
I got paywalled by medium.
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by abdabab 6y ago
Does that setup allow you to check mails from multiple computers and phones?
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by abdabab 7y ago
Strangely it excludes USA.