exitreturn123

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   by exitreturn123 9y ago

   You make a/the compelling counter-argument. I still think there is a market driver (China TAM) that motivates the behavior as much as anything here. I guess we'll see if the slope is slippery or not.
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   by exitreturn123 9y ago

   I work closely with Apple so need to post anonymously. I believed everything in this until something that happened in late July this past summer. In China, their fastest-growing market, China demanded all secure messaging and VPN apps be re
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   by exitreturn123 9y ago

   Yes, I work at a very large public tech company now (40,000+ employees). I'm a senior executive in the company but two levels below CEO. I would guess: 4000 people make > $500,000 / year 1000 people make > $1,000,000 &
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   by exitreturn123 9y ago

   I do believe that I will never feel as rich as I did when I went from negative net worth to zero. That liberating feeling was amazing, as it's all upside after that. You'll get there, and it'll feel so good when you do.
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   by exitreturn123 9y ago

   Making a throwaway for this. My annual pre-tax income from work is about $2,500,000. My annual passive pre-tax income is about $1,200,000. This is 100% derived from investment returns from an exit I had a few years ago from a startup I was