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by bsvalley 10y ago
Not nesseceraly more business ideas. I would say for sure, fewer taxes will lead to more opportunities and more money back in our pockets. Which means more investment opportunities for up coming ideas.
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by bsvalley 10y ago
- Acura (luxury branch of Honda) has the NSX. - Mazda, coming up with a new RX concept - Hyundai... no comment
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by bsvalley 10y ago
Felt excited for the future because 0. You dream 1. You fail 2. You learn 3. You win Failure was the end of step 1. The only thing you need is a little break though...
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by bsvalley 10y ago
You are right. I used repetitiveness as "the more interviews the better".
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Ask HN: What are you tips for landing an engineering job in 2017?
4 points by bsvalley 10y ago|2 comments
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Ask HN: If you could spend 1 hour with someone of your choice, who would it be?
3 points by bsvalley 10y ago|6 comments
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by bsvalley 10y ago
It's all about where people hang out. From experience dealing with both I'd say you'll mostly find candidates with lots of experience on linkedin versus angel list. AngelList = ideal for early stage startups (1 to 20 people)
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by bsvalley 10y ago
Depends where you live. I can give you the San Francisco Bay Area use of linkedin 1. sharing linkedin accounts is more natural than sharing FB accounts here. And I'm talking about social events, friends, meeting someone new. Not about
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by bsvalley 10y ago
carpool
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by bsvalley 10y ago
If it's in the bay area I'd say just give your number, they'll do something. An offer is an offer... It's like buying a car, they give their offer and you give yours until it works out. I've done it so many times. T
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by bsvalley 10y ago
You need to understand the difference between "VC" money and the economy. The first one is about extra cash that can be invested, the economy is about people's money. If a bank loses it's money invested in tech, it won&#
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by bsvalley 10y ago
Sorry for this very generic message but here's the rule of thumb in tech for 2017. Especially in Silicon Valley: - Be as young as possible (young people work with young/younger people) - Don't work remotely (too many local pe
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by bsvalley 10y ago
There won't be any big bubbles anytime soon. Only small bubbles. If silicon valley falls apart tomorrow for example, it would be considered a small bubble since it would be very contained (only VC money). In 2000 the entire world was i
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Ask HN: Why technical interviews still suck in 2017?
3 points by bsvalley 10y ago|1 comments
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by bsvalley 10y ago
Because I don't think it would be a multi-billion $ business. It has to be something more than just a smartphone.
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by bsvalley 10y ago
I think you're mixing 2 things. First, what investors are investing in (AI/VR), then what kind of jobs will tech companies offer in a near future. I think the second one won't change, what will change will be the visions and
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by bsvalley 10y ago
The answer to your question is the same as: will the cost of living drastically drop in the near future? Nope. Salaries? Same.
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by bsvalley 10y ago
Now that all make sense... The acqui-hire situation is another topic. Millions of dollars are spent when it comes to people acquisition. And indeed, companies are usually willing to get what they need no matter what. Any random software eng
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by bsvalley 10y ago
the opposite. No one reports to that employee. (my previous message was confusing sorry).
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by bsvalley 10y ago
I don't believe it. 1.8M - 3M in RSU grant at google/FB? I have never heard of such a thing for an engineer. It's director level MINIMUM.
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by bsvalley 10y ago
what do you mean by 1.8M and 3M? if you get 150k RSU and $200/base salary per year, how do you end up with 1.8 million?
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by bsvalley 10y ago
Now I don't believe you :) 6 years of experience pulling $500k at google/fb? I've worked for these kind of companies, there is no such things. Unless you're one of these isolated rats who don't communicate to anyone
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by bsvalley 10y ago
an individual Contributor is an employee who doesn't have any direct reports.
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by bsvalley 10y ago
Of course... total comp is standard at 200k/year (at least here in the bay area). Same for a startups, you can own %2 of a startup with a 40 million valuation. The bank will ask for your monthly paychecks at the end of the day.
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by bsvalley 10y ago
That is pretty impressive I have to say...
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by bsvalley 10y ago
Other companies, you mean FB or Microsoft? The rest, they don't. Also, Staff engineer at google = at least 8 years working at google as an engineer (while being a rock star over there). What if you join google now with 10 years of exp?
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by bsvalley 10y ago
I agree, though, are you really booked 44 weeks in a row as a freelancer? Seems pretty rare.
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by bsvalley 10y ago
Rarely, if you join as a senior engineer at AmaGooFaceSoftApple you won't make 200k base salary. This will be mostly stocks.
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by bsvalley 10y ago
I've been there, there is not such things for an individual contributor unless you're an old employee (10 years at the same company). I'm talking about +200K/y base salary, no stocks, bonuses etc.
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by bsvalley 10y ago
Principal engineer is way over 10years of exp. Or these 10 years where spent at the same company.

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