jchonphoenix

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by jchonphoenix 5y ago
Having been at FB as well as multiple startups that became unicorns, I can tell you the "high stress" at FB is nothing compared to startups. On a whole, FB is a great place to work with very solid WLB. My theory on the FB comments
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by jchonphoenix 5y ago
The reason tech tends to compare vs FANG is that the "canonical" startup is founded by a Stanford or Harvard graduate and hires friends/employees exclusively from Stanford, Harvard, Carnegie Mellon, and MIT. This was certainl
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by jchonphoenix 5y ago
This is out of date. At this point, many larger corp dev teams act like a recruiting team for acquisitions. They find leads and pass them to VPs
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by jchonphoenix 5y ago
Mypy and Pyre appear to be the only two that work really well and can solve type-checking issues at scale.
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by jchonphoenix 5y ago
Isn't it obvious? There's no profit here. Model out the math and you'll immediately see this is a horrible company to start economically
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by jchonphoenix 5y ago
If you draw out your argument inductively, I think you'll find you proved the opposite of your claim. You get smaller and smaller houses until they cannot go smaller. Side note: smaller also translates into not affordable.
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by jchonphoenix 5y ago
I'll second this one as a founder and early employee at a couple of the recent IPOs. The definition of "successful" here must be that the product and revenue succeeded, not that the team did well within the company. Otherwise
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by jchonphoenix 5y ago
The problem with a wealth tax is the definition of wealthy. The delta between the 1% and the 0.1% is astronomically larger than the difference between the 99% and the 1%.
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by jchonphoenix 6y ago
I agree they won't do it, but it isn't laughable. I've worked at another FANG and have used a lot of the recruitment software you reference. That FANG rebuilt the software from the ground up internally and have successfully m
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by jchonphoenix 6y ago
There's no rudeness in my comment. I'd argue the tone is much softer than the original post. I agree that auto upgrades can cause enterprise nightmares, but my point is, you aren't using an enterprise product. You're usi
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by jchonphoenix 6y ago
How does a SPAC indicate a bubble? They're an alternative to an IPO with very clear pros and cons relative to an IPO itself. Or do you mean to say the number of companies going public indicates a bubble?
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by jchonphoenix 6y ago
Extremely rare. Taiwan and Hong Kong are very different places beyond both being ethnically Chinese. Singapore is the preferred alternative given cultural and business similarities.
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by jchonphoenix 6y ago
Stackrox raised a round a few months ago so I'd expect the outcome to be positive here
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by jchonphoenix 6y ago
I'll point you to Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai, and Tokyo as counterexamples. All of those cities are 3-7x denser than LA, more populous, and culturally multigenerational. I think it's quite clear to anyone who's been payin
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by jchonphoenix 6y ago
Uh... Pretty sure they're actually doing this to avoid the reporting requirements of new privacy laws in Ireland, which is more onerous and costly than the taxes. Hence the comment about "IP"
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by jchonphoenix 6y ago
You should read the actual proposal. I think you have a few facts wrong. 1. Data sharing on app store downloads is now opt in. 2. Apple apps are exempt because they are managed by different settings. You cannot opt out. 3. FB and Apple bot
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by jchonphoenix 6y ago
Apple is applying opt-in rules to everyone except themselves. You can't opt out of data collection for Apple apps and that data will power Apple ads. If this isn't anti competition I don't know what is.
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by jchonphoenix 6y ago
This is likely an over exaggeration, but software jobs will go the way of ibanking or law. Still highly paid, but not as lucrative as it is today.
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by jchonphoenix 6y ago
You do realize this is exactly what my mother told me throughout my childhood right? And this is what my nieces and nephew are told. We don't really have to imagine what it feels like to be marginalized. In your own words, we already a
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by jchonphoenix 6y ago
I think the key here is that it's a bug in iOS, not in Instagram. So FB isn't even the responsible party. Additionally, it's a beta version of iOS, so we're supposed to be expecting bugs anyway.
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by jchonphoenix 6y ago
Editorialized title. Article confirms its a bug in iOS and not Instagram's fault
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by jchonphoenix 6y ago
This title is editorialized. The article confirms that this was due to a bug in iOS and is not Instagram's fault.
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by jchonphoenix 6y ago
I get the sentiment, but Ha was more helpful than she realized. I've been in this game from both sides the table. From this post, it's pretty clear she does lack basic knowledge. She needs to understand how VCs are evaluating her
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by jchonphoenix 7y ago
Genuinely curious how you fixed your joints. Do you have any reading or tricks that you learned?
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by jchonphoenix 8y ago
The Uber card actually gives 2% cash back on online transactions, which includes Apple or Android Pay.
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Engineering Management Philosophies and why they matter(medium.com)
6 points by jchonphoenix 8y ago|0 comments
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by jchonphoenix 8y ago
233k in the bay area isn't close to the top 1% and isn't a salary that will afford a lifestyle higher than what you would expect to be middle class. You clearly haven't dealt with the cost of the bay area before. Your dollar&
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Famed VC Kleiner Perkins is splitting up(axios.com)
3 points by jchonphoenix 8y ago|0 comments
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by jchonphoenix 8y ago
If by global, you exclude China with 1/6 of the world population, then sure. While you're at it, you should exclude Japan, SE Asia, and Russia also.
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by jchonphoenix 8y ago
Say for example, your company needs about 1 million users before you can start charging any type of meaningful advertising dollars. Additionally, there's this virality affect that gets those 1 million users to get their friends on your

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