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by bradlys 1y ago
I’m 34 and I’d say the 30s plus demo is what comments most here. I don’t know many peers who read HN regularly either even though I know a lot of engineers and founders in SV.
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Ah, yes. Famously people only like cities cause there’s jobs there. They’d otherwise live in a place where the population density is 5/mi.
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We’ve already seen that the market is not like that. Rent collusion already exists with landlords. When it comes to a necessity like shelter, it doesn’t follow supply/demand curves all the time.
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Get a new job or switch teams. You’re not going to change her or the situation.
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Burning isn’t as likely. But I had my old iPhone 4 or 5S battery swell and destroy itself that way while sitting in temperature controlled storage for a couple years. I won’t be storing such items in combustible containers anymore even thou
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by bradlys 1y ago
If a college grad is choosing between faang and no-name startup, their career will likely go over much better than no-name startup. Having the big name on your resume does wonders. Even for experienced candidates, keep taking the big name.
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by bradlys 1y ago
If you’re joining after there’s been any money raised, you’re likely triggering some taxes. How many people are joining startups that haven’t had a 409A yet? I’ve joined seed stage companies and even then - there’s a FMV that would trigger
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by bradlys 1y ago
> If you join an early stage company and you have a decent amount of excess capital, early exercise everything and file an 83(b) election. The reasons for doing this: starting the QSBS clock, starting the long term capital gains clock, n
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by bradlys 1y ago
So, his suggestion isn't to buy a water filter system and filters that could last you 10+ years but instead to pay $300 for a test. Retarded. The NYTimes is such a joke and so is this guy. If you're living in newer construction in
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by bradlys 1y ago
Not sure how almost any of this other than the catfishing is relevant to online dating only. People presenting one thing and being another is common in every medium. For your age demo, maybe it’s more common for the women to show old/m
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by bradlys 1y ago
7/10 is by definition not average, lol. That’s about 2 standard deviation above average. I’ve found many men have good success on the apps but the defining feature of all of them is that they’re physically attractive. They have no prob
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Women frequently complain about the behavior of men - period. I have an endless list of women who have complained about the men who have approached them in real life. Look at how Bumble turned out - it ended up behaving just like every othe
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I don’t want to be a dick but it’s not that dating apps are bad so much that most men are just ugly. The main issue men complain about is not getting matches and almost all these “new dating app” threads come from men. I can’t recall any ti
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It always blows my mind that 75% of H1B admittance is Indian. Then you live in SFBA for 10 years and it's not really a surprise anymore.
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I'd be good at it but I won't get hired cause I didn't go to the right boarding school. Tech has its barriers too. Most people I've met in tech come from relatively rich families. (Families where spending $70k+/yr o
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by bradlys 1y ago
Also, anyone who has worked in these companies also know it’s much larger than 3 out of 8… comical to act like it’s only 3/8.
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What if tech roles at big tech roles actually paid more like the same prestigious firms in finance in nyc? People in tech are so quick to shoot themselves in the foot.
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Which is exactly what has happened. Anyone in the industry for 15 years can easily see this.
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I agree but I’d say dating app mentality has infiltrated all aspects of dating life. So many women I know have complained about apps and not wanting to use them but then they only end up meeting their serious long term partners through them
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I did it for fifteen years and am quite accomplished. Traveled the world for it and done everything you can imagine. It was pretty damn useless cause I’m just not physically attractive even after multiple surgeries, spending time lifting, w
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by bradlys 1y ago
The times have changed. Meeting your spouse in person is pretty uncommon for educated white collar workers in nyc like myself. Almost everyone I know has met their partner off a dating app in the last few years. It’s exhausting. I’m also un
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by bradlys 1y ago
I’m not the target audience but I wonder if I’m the type of individual it wishes would attend. (There is a caveat) I’m in my mid-30s, relatively successful, educated, friendly, outgoing, and so on. When I think of many men in my life, I am
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If you weren’t having any luck in SF, nyc will improve your chances but it won’t fix it. NYC is a hyper competitive landscape for dating and the serious women are off market immediately. It also relies on dating apps very very heavily for s
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by bradlys 1y ago
His comments read a lot like typical Indian-superiority complex types believing that Indians are the superior race. It's tiring that shit like this even gets on HN. You're not going to convince him of anything.
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It’s the market, lol. You think executives are gonna be saying, “yeah we’re laying off people because our revenue stinks and we have too high of costs!” They’re gonna tell people, “yeah, we definitely got AI. It’s AI, that’s our competitive
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Tech layoffs were happening before the AI hype exploded.
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I don’t think people imagined this would be lasting for over 3 years. People were ready for a bumpy 12-18 months and not for this trend to be the new normal.
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People keep forgetting that the hiring cuts were happening before AI was hyped up. AI is merely the justification right now because it helps stock price. We’ve been seeing layoffs for over 3 years…
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People just don’t seem to get that we’re in a tech recession. You’re getting fired because interest rates are high and companies are trying to find ways to be profitable/drive-up share prices. That’s all it is. There’s no replacement.
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by bradlys 1y ago
You say this like the people in poverty are any happier. They're not. The people from these rich schools that go on to have lives where they have ample money and resources are also likely more capable of overcoming emotional struggles

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