charmides

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by charmides 8y ago
Thank you for the clarification. The conclusion that I'm getting out of this is that it still makes sense to move to SF if you're willing to live frugally for some years, save some money, and then move elsewhere. It probably makes
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by charmides 8y ago
Your math is worth little unless you plug the right values into the equation. He said his salary would be twice as high in SF, so for a 100k salary in Houston, we're talking about 200k - 41k vs 100k - 17k, which is roughly a 70k differ
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by charmides 8y ago
It seems to me that by living as a frugal software engineer in SF, you will be much faster to save money for a $400k house in Texas than if you choose never to leave Houston. Buying a 2 million dollar house in SF makes little sense to me un
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by charmides 8y ago
You are far from the only person who's saying this, but I don't understand how you can reach the conclusion that you would enjoy a lower standard of living in SF than Houston on a salary that is twice as high. The three things you
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by charmides 8y ago
Writing good satire is hard. The site you linked to has some good ideas once in a while, but they lack the consistent quality of The Onion.
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by charmides 8y ago
It's not all someone else's fault, but the people who are making those decisions are very young and easy to exploit.
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by charmides 8y ago
This is a great idea.
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by charmides 8y ago
"College shouldn’t entirely be a STEM trade school." I appreciate the feedback, but here you are distorting my argument. There is not a binary choice between getting a STEM degree and going into debt for the rest of your life beca
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by charmides 8y ago
I feel really sorry for the author and the author's parents. I know so many people who spent so much time and money on degrees like English literature, history, arts, sociology, etc. Today, most of them cannot find a job in any related
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by charmides 8y ago
Me neither. As a fruit eater, I would definitely prefer picking low-hanging fruit than high-hanging fruit.
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by charmides 8y ago
Which mistakes did you make when you were transitioning from an engineer to a manager? Were there any incidents with your employees that you wish now you had handled differently? Thank you for taking questions.
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by charmides 8y ago
First, I am an ESL speaker. If you have nothing left to contribute except to nitpick my choice of words ('unfathomable' and 'pereived intimacy'), then you have obviously lost this debate. Second, I don't believe tha
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by charmides 8y ago
>What level of evidence is enough? Much more than what the author presented. >Why can we not accept what the author writes? Because when people make ugly accusations against others, they need to show evidence. >I have read and list
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by charmides 8y ago
>You write "The reputation alone is the reason why the donor wants to speak with him" >Do you have evidence that that is the case? OP does not have the burden to prove something about the donor's motives. The burden is
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by charmides 8y ago
>Since you don't know what he's done, why do you second-guess his explicit statement by positing "is it unfathomable that he has accomplished something that some donor would like to speak to him about privately." >
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by charmides 8y ago
I don't disagree, but you are having a conversation about something completely different. This was my comment: >I would guess that those clients are young and with high income, so their net worth may not be that meaningful yet. Othe
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by charmides 8y ago
It felt like self-aggrandizement disguised as an article about sexism.
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by charmides 8y ago
That depends on your age and what you do for a living.
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by charmides 8y ago
Without trivializing institutionalized sexism, the author's highly submissive (almost grovelling) attitude makes me feel uncomfortable, not because of the genders of those involved but because he seems to let the workplace hierarchy co
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by charmides 8y ago
The short, simple sentences and the unassuming vocabulary made it feel like an ESL piece for college students. I also found it moderately interesting, but it really could have benefited from a more personal touch (why and how did she get in
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by charmides 8y ago
I would guess that those clients are young and with high income, so their net worth may not be that meaningful yet. Otherwise, they would be well-advised to fire their financial manager, take their million dollars and live somewhere less ex
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by charmides 8y ago
>You wouldnt use blockchain for social media Not saying you're wrong, but why not?