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by dublidu 8y ago
If only we could aloe property assessments to increase with a local cost of living index, we would at least have enough property tax revenue to pay teachers.
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by dublidu 8y ago
You’ve clearly not lived in San Francisco. My 3 mile commute takes 45 minutes by bus. It’s only a 30 minute bike or scooter ride.
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by dublidu 8y ago
Yes. Senior engineers at these companies are heavily compensated via equity. Total comp can fluctuate by tens of thousands each month. Its crazy hoe much picking a job has become an exercise in stock picking, and it’s crazy how little our i
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by dublidu 8y ago
I actually think Triplebyte’s numbers are low because they don’t reflect RSUs and refresher grants. It’s also hard to compare ISOs to RSUs.
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by dublidu 8y ago
I miss Mailbox. They had a Mac client and mobile apps that where best in class at the time.
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by dublidu 8y ago
So kickbacks are ok as long as they’re part of the culture?
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by dublidu 8y ago
People are not reading the cited article, which proposes lowering the cost of basic needs (such as housing) as the main solution to this problem.
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by dublidu 8y ago
I agree there are certainly systemic issues that inflate prices beyond the reach of most Bay Area residents. However, first time home buyers are probably buying something cheaper than median. With dual tech income and no dependents, it’s ce
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by dublidu 8y ago
Parents chipping in down payment is certainly more prevalent in Australia and Canada than in California.
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by dublidu 8y ago
and fleas
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by dublidu 8y ago
How are you saving on fees when you buy things with bitcoin? The seller pays credit card processing fees, and I don’t see them giving you a discount for paying bitcoin.
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by dublidu 8y ago
Isn’t Saudi Arabia an example where citizens did became lazy, and the government had to introduce incentives to go to college, start businesses, etc? And they still need cheap migrant labor for everything from childcare to construction, so
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by dublidu 9y ago
MoviePass can’t use the gym model because most people actually like going to the movies, it’s not aspirational. MoviePass also has much higher cost per visit, since they have to pay full price to AMC.
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by dublidu 9y ago
A 40% drop in any other asset price would already be considered a deflated bubble.
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by dublidu 9y ago
Moving government jobs out of these mega cities. This is mentioned in the article as something Beijing planned to do. US should also move some jobs out of DC and into a cheaper area that needs a job boost.
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FICO is releasing anonymized credit applications for ideas on explainable AI(qz.com)
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by dublidu 9y ago
Just because you want to work forever doesn’t mean you will have the opportunity to. There are plenty of 50 year olds who unexpectedly find themselves out of work and unhireable.
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by dublidu 10y ago
Robinhood's average account size is much smaller than the traditional brokerages, so they're not making much (if any) per client. I don't know if waiting for your clients to get rich is a viable strategy these days because th
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by dublidu 10y ago
It makes a difference at high volumes.
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by dublidu 10y ago
I really don't understand why Zenefit's script was such a big deal. Have you ever had to sit through a bunch of slides and be forced to spend x hours staring at something you can speed read through in minutes? The regulations didn
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by dublidu 10y ago
This is especially true for new grads who are willing to share an apartment. Student loan also doesn't scale with COL. For frugal engineers without family, SF Bay Area or Seattle can make a lot of sense.
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by dublidu 10y ago
Yup, med schools are actively advertising public loan forgiveness as a way to get students to pay whatever they charge. Students don't have any incentive to take on less debt since they'll pay the same no matter how much debt they
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by dublidu 10y ago
It's more like long term climate forecasts. We know it's probably going to get hotter.
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by dublidu 10y ago
Why does Uber spend billions to subsidize drivers if self driving cars are on the horizon?
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by dublidu 10y ago
Large companies have more employees and will have more violations, maybe proportional to their size, whereas a rich person should not have more speeding tickets than a poor person and should arguably pay more per violation.
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by dublidu 10y ago
This is the Napster generation. We don't think all laws should be obeyed.
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by dublidu 11y ago
Given that compensation in the Valley can go up 10% a year, and a significant portion can come from stock and bonus, I find data on GlassDoor to be fairly useless. The h1b database is a good source on base pay, but doesn't show stock
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by dublidu 11y ago
For an average American with household income $50k, getting a $1k raise (after tax) is probably not trivial. For techies in SF, definitely spend time on building your career, negotiating compensation, and try to save on rent.
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by dublidu 11y ago
There is no guarantee that you can collect tax through dividend and income. Companies don't have to pay dividends (Buffet's Berkshire doesn't pay dividends but is wildly profitable), and there is no way for a country to tax c
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by dublidu 11y ago
Because CEOs and other higher paying jobs impact the world we live in. Women need to be represented in high impact jobs so that we don't have a world designed entirely by men.

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