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by dangwhy 4y ago
yes for sure, that kind of salary bump outside tech is not easy. But at the same time if you can make it happen it has a huge impact on your net worth/retirement/kids college ect. Even in this example, ppl in bay area gained a mil
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by dangwhy 4y ago
> 400k that's probable 2M+ This seems like an extreme example. I have friends raising 2 kids in Pleasanton, CA working for bigtech. They bought their houses at ~ 1M before the housing craziness started. They made a similar move fr
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by dangwhy 4y ago
> because of housing costs despite the potential career boon. Tech jobs adjust for col though ? Its maybe 3k more/month at high estimate. I know bay area jobs in tech ajdust for 35k more for sure.
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by dangwhy 4y ago
> You can't simultaneously argue that price gouging events are rare and not rare. Why not though. It can be rare in some industries( eggs) and not rare in others(oil & gas). Why would there a be universal price gouging rule that
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by dangwhy 4y ago
> CFO Max Bowman attributed the monopolist's good fortune to "significantly higher selling prices" and "our ability to adapt to inflationary market pressures." Cal-Maine's stock is up 47% from a year ago – a
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by dangwhy 4y ago
> I fractured my elbow > In order to see an orthopedic Why does even a simple thing like fracture need a specialist in USA.
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by dangwhy 4y ago
This is not a rare event though. These 'price gouging' events happen very often. you can certainly count on them happening every few years.
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by dangwhy 4y ago
Article just says 50% increase in stock value. Doesn't mention dividends or stock buybacks.
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by dangwhy 4y ago
> price increases are mostly going to shareholders. I am confused. how are they going to shareholders, unless shareholders are actually selling the stock? how exactly are price increases coming to me as a shareholder.
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by dangwhy 4y ago
would you put all your retirement savings in moderna stock then ?
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by dangwhy 4y ago
> After watching the oil companies rake everyone over the coals What i don't understand is that why don't oil company stocks don't reflect these record profits. exxxon stock seems to be at 2014 levels. If we know oil compa
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by dangwhy 4y ago
> Just because the option is there on the tablet doesn't mean it's expected. Yes i am too much of wuss to not tip when the person behind the counter is staring right at me making that choice.
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by dangwhy 4y ago
> tipping This has gotten ridiculous past 2-3 year. Buy a $3.00 coffee , $1 tip is expected. I hate those ipad type payment consoles.
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by dangwhy 4y ago
I know few family members that retired during pandemic and are now living off on their airbnb incomes in a tourist town. They are able bodies and are in good health, now spend their days skiing and goofing off everyday. "housing crisi
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by dangwhy 4y ago
blind has to be the most toxic community in tech. I don't know if i can handle the mental damage for referrals and insider info on prospective employers.
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by dangwhy 4y ago
> You have never been to the Netherlands, have you? How does merely visiting Netherlands tell a person that inequality stats are misleading ?
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by dangwhy 4y ago
> My family came to the US in the early 90's with zero dollars, but now we're doing well. May I ask what was the path to financial well being ? Coming to US with zero dollars is pretty common and doesn't really tell the wh
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by dangwhy 4y ago
lobbying isn't corruption.
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by dangwhy 4y ago
> We should probably pay our politicians way more Lobbying is legal though. I am not sure if thats case because we want politicians to make money.
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by dangwhy 4y ago
ah got it. My offer was towards the end of pandemic so it was understood that they will require rto at some point.
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by dangwhy 4y ago
> Amazon's hired people remotely. I don't think they hired people fully remote. My 'remote offer' was still tied to chicago office, with expectation that i'll be back in office at some point.
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by dangwhy 4y ago
> How does Bob avoid being fired for living somewhere more affordable? Don't people with kids live in good school districts vs affordability. I know lot of people move out chicago to the burbs for school districts.
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by dangwhy 4y ago
> she held her phone up so high I couldn't help but see it. Atleast she is using good posture for phone use. Give her that.
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by dangwhy 4y ago
> Why do we let kids use this again? Same reason we eat junk food. Its easy!
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by dangwhy 4y ago
airbnbs are cheaper if you don't mind sharing the bathroom with other guests/host and cook all your meals in host's kitchen. This has saved me a ton of money traveling over the years.
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by dangwhy 4y ago
right. I was talking about the 'quintessential' part. Entire apartments isn't quintessential airbnb, atleast for me, I've been using regularly for over a decade. Op was also talking about airbnbing someones floor in a co
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by dangwhy 4y ago
nothing in USA includes taxes in the list price, except airlines.
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by dangwhy 4y ago
why not ?
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by dangwhy 4y ago
sure you can just book hotels if you expect that experience. I don't understand 'airbnb should exactly be like a hotel' expectation.
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by dangwhy 4y ago
which site includes taxes though? I don't see it on amazon.com, even physical stores don't have taxes included. Why do you have such spl expectation for just airbnb?

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