bradlys

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by bradlys 1y ago
Who is "you"? The US government doesn't reflect the majority of Americans, at all. It reflects capital interests - which the majority of Americans are not. Majority of Americans are laborers.
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by bradlys 1y ago
Yes but I took the time off somewhat intentionally. I spent 3+ years not working. I tried finding work in NYC for a couple of those years but it never manifested. It got to me in the end and I got tired of some issues I was having in NYC. I
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by bradlys 1y ago
I'm currently in the bay area in a 1950s home with no AC, no insulation, and single pane windows. Do you think that's what I want? No but I can't change it because that's what is mostly available on the rental market in
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by bradlys 1y ago
I’ve been the hiring manager too. You’re severely underestimating how many people operate.
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by bradlys 1y ago
Very rare. So is being American.
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by bradlys 1y ago
Yes. I interview at everything from pre-seed to FAANG.
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by bradlys 1y ago
Everyone misunderstands what LC focuses on. It focuses on - did you grind like everyone else that did to get into this company/region/tech? It allows for people who didn't go to the most specific schools (e.g. Cal, Stanford,
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by bradlys 1y ago
I'm routinely asked LC Hard questions in interviews. Sometimes more than one in one 45 minute interview. That said, I interview in silicon valley and I'm a mixed race American. (extremely rare here) I think a lot of people just do
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by bradlys 1y ago
Why is no one blaming the parents? We cannot control everything but that no one even gives a thought as to how the parents were acting seems strange to me. Maybe readers here see too much of themselves in the parents. If so, I worry for you
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by bradlys 1y ago
I might get shit for this but 1.5m is a lot but for people who are relatively early at OpenAI - a $500B company - it’s not. I would be surprised if most engineers hired 3-4 years ago are not on paper at least worth $10m in NW. When I worked
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by bradlys 1y ago
I'll go even further. I've been the guy who gets all his work done way faster than others. You know what happens? I get assigned way more work than most people until I am overflowing and the literal bottleneck is my peers being ab
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by bradlys 1y ago
> Yes, there's a large cohort of "senior" software engineers who can't actually code. They bullshit their way into jobs until they're fired and then apply for the next one. These are the people you want to filter
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by bradlys 1y ago
You can’t even get money back from PG&E. At most, they’ll neutralize your bill every month to near zero. Any excess you create is typically not credited or rolled over. They really discourage solar in a variety of other ways as well.
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by bradlys 1y ago
With electricity hitting rates around $0.70/kwh with PG&E - gas isn’t usually a more expensive way to heat water. PG&E in CA is criminally expensive. If you’re lucky to be in one of the cities in the bay that isn’t on it, you g
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by bradlys 1y ago
Heat pumps are very efficient form of heating. The nice part is that you can use them to cool the home too.
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by bradlys 1y ago
What’re you doing to move the pan all the time? If you’re working with a wok and doing a lot of fast paced work you’d find in a restaurant, I’d understand because induction wok surfaces are hard to come by in the US. But I don’t get it othe
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by bradlys 1y ago
These fans are not using $3000 in electricity over their lifetime.
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by bradlys 1y ago
The culture that is brought over is definitely very prevalent in faang.
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by bradlys 1y ago
Can anyone who is from India or China explain why the type of person who goes to SV and works in tech from these two countries is so wildly different than the type who goes to NYC and is from those two countries? It’s a massive cultural dif
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by bradlys 1y ago
I’d like to see percentage of tech workers in SV that were American citizens then vs now. Regardless of whatever cap we talk about - it’s quite obvious that this has changed dramatically over the last 20 years for those under 40.
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by bradlys 1y ago
Why do the kids need play dates? When I was a 7, you’d just talk to the kids down the street. I knew several kids within a few blocks of where I lived. It seemed like a really far distance that I went to see people but now I realize I never
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by bradlys 1y ago
Where do you live? If you’re in SV or NYC, extremely easy to meet these rich families. If you’re meeting someone who has a Masters or PhD from a US university and came from another country - often their family is well off. Certainly better
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by bradlys 1y ago
It is in some contracts but I wouldn’t say it’s in every contract. Only one startup I worked at had a clawback cause.
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by bradlys 1y ago
Acting as if this is even remotely unique to tech workers is ridiculous. This Maoist third worldism rhetoric has no place here.
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by bradlys 1y ago
Do we think that wages in non-major cities are competitive? They’re not. Either way, you’re asking for people to leave the regions they’ve built their life.
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by bradlys 1y ago
My point is more that you can’t afford a typical home in Silicon Valley or many other major cities in the US on a single non-faang income. If you happen to luck out and get a partner with a high income - congrats, not all of us are blessed
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by bradlys 1y ago
What age did you start med school? Probably not feasible for those of us who didn’t have stellar academic records. (Regardless of professional accomplishment)
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by bradlys 1y ago
Written by a European. Reality is - if you’re an American and got into tech and are working for well paying tech companies, you’re not leaving and there’s no escape unless you fatFIRE. This is why FIRE is so big among the Silicon Valley tec
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by bradlys 1y ago
Collusion is a thing.
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by bradlys 1y ago
I think the lack of notifications is what makes it less likely to turn into a flamewar type of place. You don't know that someone is wrong. I've considered creating an extension for firefox/chrome that added this feature beca

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