dreaminvm

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by dreaminvm 10y ago
This is a common occurrence with Groupon. If you call the shop and mention using Groupon, most of the time they ask you not to purchase the Groupon. They still honor the discount, but avoid a 50% take by Groupon.
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by dreaminvm 10y ago
Are you saying 150k salaries for new grads or total comp? ASAIK, Goog/Uber/FB starting salaries are closer to 110k base with $40-50k RSUs vesting per year (refreshes each year), performance bonus 10-15% salary and sometimes a gene
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by dreaminvm 10y ago
It totally screws the early employees with options. You're stuck with losing that equity or paying for theoretical money. If the IPO goes south, you can only deduct $3k in capital losses per year, although the loss is rolled over to fo
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by dreaminvm 10y ago
Pretty incredible revenue growth on just Facebook and Instagram. Makes you wonder how big Facebook can get when they begin to really monetize Messenger, WhatsApp, and VR.
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by dreaminvm 11y ago
How do know this is not purely an Instagram decision? If Instagram usage data demonstrated that most users only looked at 30% of the timeline, then it makes sense to optimize for the most active/engaging content.
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by dreaminvm 11y ago
Would not work unless it ballooned into 10 figures. Lump sum taxes would take most of the gains away and that assumes you are the only winner.
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by dreaminvm 11y ago
Source? VMware was sold for $625M to EMC, so unless Diane and partner had a hidden company worth 20-30 billion, the math doesn't add up.
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by dreaminvm 11y ago
Forgot to note that I am fresh out of college.
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by dreaminvm 11y ago
Firstly, everyone not working in the Bay Area can ignore these figures because they are bloated due to cost of living (3K for 1BR/1BA apartment) and competition for talent (from startups and peers). Secondly, people are ignoring the fa
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by dreaminvm 11y ago
Pretty much the same story here except I was the third child. I feel fortunate that my parents wanted to welcome another troublemaker into their life. The scary part was learning later on that the policy pushed many Chinese families to disc
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by dreaminvm 11y ago
The stream quality was beyond my expectations, it was crisp and clear. This is a service I would happily pay for since DirectTV's Sunday Ticket streams are often lag/time out for me on other devices.
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by dreaminvm 11y ago
From what I know talking to AMZN engineers, they still vest over 4 years, but you do not get a big chunk of it until year 3. Probably still worthwhile when the $200k initial grant turns out to be worth 2-3X more after 4 years. edit: typo
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by dreaminvm 11y ago
Might actually be worth enduring the inhospitable work culture for returns of this magnitude on RSUs.
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by dreaminvm 11y ago
I am self taught but I've interviewed a few bootcampers from SF bootcamps that knew nothing aside from boilerplate Ruby code. If I were you I'd save the 5 figure fees and go through the python (learnpythonthehardway.org) and Djang
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by dreaminvm 11y ago
Can you expand on why a city where people rode bikes would be rid of traffic jams and accidents? My guess is traffic will be just as bad in downtown areas with frequent lights and pedestrian crossings. While bikes would certainly result in
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by dreaminvm 11y ago
A tip is additional compensation for great service solely at the discretion of the passenger. If cab drivers expect a tip regardless of service quality, then the tip might as well be added to the cab rate.
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by dreaminvm 11y ago
AFAIK most credit cards (Costco AMEX) will insure your car rental and luggage during travel. Out here in California and probably at most popular airports, the only things they look for are large dents.
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by dreaminvm 11y ago
D3.js or even Google Charts will get the job done for most visualizations.
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by dreaminvm 11y ago
Love the idea, although I wondering how user data will be protected across all of these different workflows?
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by dreaminvm 11y ago
By hard working Chinese people, are you talking about immigrant Chinese workers or Chinese people in China? You could easily make the argument that migrant workers are historically a hard working demographic, but I don't think the same
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by dreaminvm 11y ago
I would much rather hear from tenants who have been affected by AirBnB evictions and what they are doing to deal with the housing crisis. Too many of these pieces are just blame games that alienate/ignore the people factor.
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by dreaminvm 11y ago
Aside from using HT when they gave out free credits, their rates have been consistently more expensive than a comparable hotel on Priceline Express and Hotwire.
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by dreaminvm 11y ago
I disagree. What I got from the comments was that while everyone is capable of learning how to program, the expectation that a 3 month bootcamper can do/learn the same amount of information as a 4 year CS degree is insanity. Anyone who
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by dreaminvm 11y ago
While the demand is real, I am just not sure it will last with the level of skills being pumped out of these bootcamps. I recently interviewed a few candidates from a coding bootcamp mentioned in the article and while they can write basic r
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by dreaminvm 11y ago
I agree with 1 and 3, but 2 seems exaggerated. Enterprise jobs vary a lot depending on the organization you fall into. There are lots of engineers at Big Corp that are innovating and pushing the envelope.
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by dreaminvm 11y ago
Don't forget banks and wall street.
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by dreaminvm 11y ago
I interviewed a bootcamp graduate recently that had similar claims but couldn't answer basic algorithm and design questions that high school students are being taught.
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by dreaminvm 11y ago
Almost everything is the same using a VM, with the bonus of VM functionality like cloning and changing the hardware specs.
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by dreaminvm 11y ago
If you read into the job summaries, it seems like he's been doing the same things for a long time without progressing to roles of greater responsibility. On a side note, hes also starting an Oracle certification class.
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by dreaminvm 11y ago
Had the same idea a while back whenever I called a restaurant to check the wait time and it went to voice mail. App looks good, I will try it out this weekend.

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