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by aliston 6y ago
It's possible that in 30 years the climate in Detroit will be better than the climate in Northern California. Wildfires and drought could be the new norm.
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by aliston 6y ago
This is why I am going back to school for an MBA and looking for roles outside of software engineering. Being a SWE is a great way to make decent money immediately out of school, but the reality is that, unless you're a true standout,
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by aliston 7y ago
"Trickle down stimulus" is not an economic theory. It's a criticism of supply side economics, equivalent to calling Keynesian economics "money printer go brrr" stimulus. Arguably, corporate bailouts like we're
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by aliston 7y ago
Admissions committees at top universities are some of the most bleeding heart do-Goode types on the planet. There is no way disclosing a learning disability would get you Scarlett lettered. If anything, it would probably help your applica
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by aliston 7y ago
The real scandal that I can't believe hasn't gotten more attention is that wealthy families are hiring psychologists to claim their child has a learning disability. They can then get more time to take the test and due to a policy
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by aliston 7y ago
Theoretically an x billion dollar dividend results in the exact same outcome for a shareholder as an x billion dollar stock buy back. Not sure the time value of money factors in.
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Software Engineering Promotions: Advice to Get to That Next Level(blog.pragmaticengineer.com)
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by aliston 7y ago
I was talking about the Dynamex decision, not ab5. Obviously legislation is not legislation from the bench.
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by aliston 7y ago
Without going down the rabbit hole of Constitutional Law, I’ll just point out that there are folks on the Federal Supreme Court that disagree, in principle, that courts should be making laws. That aside, if you think it’s a shallow criticis
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by aliston 7y ago
The question isn’t whether they’re doing a job, it’s whether drivers are acting as contractors vs employees while performing the job. Ironically, taxi drivers are also contractors. I’m surprised nobody has brought up the fact that the stat
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by aliston 7y ago
That’s just not true - they all became depth electives or not required at all. OS is 140. Not required. Multi var calculus is math 51. Not required. As you note, compilers is not required. They also removed the EE hardware class in fav
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by aliston 7y ago
Please point out where something I said isn’t accurate.
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by aliston 7y ago
Stanford has also dumbed down its undergrad CS major, removing all of the old engineering requirements that tended to filter out the SJW types. Edit: seems the downvoters don’t like what I have to say, but that doesn’t make it less true. C
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by aliston 7y ago
Just wanted to point out that typically in the US, the role you seem to be describing is that of an engineering manager, not a project manager. If your company is finding engineering managers in 2-4 weeks, it probably is not a top-tier tec
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by aliston 7y ago
I wouldn't think about it as an either/or. In fact, from my limited circle of friends in Silicon Valley, I would actually say the most common route to entrepreneurship is something that starts as a side project. There is a great
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by aliston 7y ago
Go look at the p&l... top line revenue was up ~3 billion while costs were only up ~2 billion.
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by aliston 7y ago
That's not true RE: losses scaling with growth. Uber's losses last year narrowed while revenue still grew considerably. I think with the public market's emphasis on profitability, Lyft and Uber will both raise prices and cu
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by aliston 7y ago
The time decay will also be astronomical on options.
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by aliston 8y ago
Employees get taxed on the value that they vest at IPO, but are locked up from selling for 6 months. The company withholds a percentage, effectively selling a portion at IPO, but it is less than the effective tax rate. I should clarify th
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by aliston 8y ago
They are going to get hammered on taxes, though. The IPO price sets the income they are taxed on while the price in 6 months determines what they actually take home. The result is that if you’re in California and the stock price falls to
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by aliston 8y ago
Article is titled "why a good deal has gone bad." My point is that winning does not make it a good deal. To expand on it further, even if you are lucky to have joined a unicorn, you still didn't get a good deal in comparison
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by aliston 8y ago
If you go into a casino, put 1000 on green at the roulette table and win, did you get a good deal? The fact that some people win at startup roulette doesn't mean that it's a good financial decision to join a startup, especially co
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by aliston 8y ago
That’s a pretty miserable way of looking at the college experience. Anecdotally, most college students I’ve encountered care a great deal about what they learn and appreciate college for more than a rubber stamp. But, likely depends on wh
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by aliston 8y ago
My point is not that going to a top college isn't a great opportunity. My point is that for someone who could have gotten into Stanford, the actual admission it isn't defining. Someone with that sort of intelligence and drive wi
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by aliston 8y ago
There's so much discussion from the perspective of the parents, but what about the message this sends to the kids that it's OK to cheat your way through life? If you could get into USC with a ~1000 SAT score like Huffman's da
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by aliston 8y ago
I’m surprised nobody has mentioned an arbitrage sort of approach to starting a business. If you work at a FANG in the US, why not hire developers in another part of the world to build out your vision for you?
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by aliston 8y ago
Out of curiosity, where did you get these numbers and data about when Uber was offering RSUs?
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by aliston 8y ago
Why RSUs over options? In CA, in particular, if you're at a rocketship, the tax benefits of early exercised options can be huge, whereas with RSUs you're paying 30-40% to the government.
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by aliston 8y ago
Why should California tax payers provide health insurance to illegal immigrants?
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by aliston 8y ago
Wouldn't non-existent inflation be a reason not to increase rates?

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