morgante

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by morgante 9y ago
> Would you be like, "Uh, no, by communicating with me you have completely killed my interest"? It's not about completely killing my interest, but my mood would be slightly lessened. Also, there are some things where conse
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by morgante 9y ago
> Asking permission before touching people, and not arguing when they say no goes a long way. Honestly, that's just not realistic. Subtle touching is a key part of rapport and bonding (even in a platonic setting between men). It wou
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by morgante 9y ago
This is a really great post, both in the courage it took to write and the logical analysis it provides. I have to provide a bit of mea culpa here. When this issue first surfaced, I thought it was much more towards the line of flirting which
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by morgante 9y ago
Being a billionaire definitely helps, but it's not really a massive advantage to be a multimillionaire. I have a few wealthy friends (single digit millionaires) who still struggle with dating.
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by morgante 9y ago
My point is that saying they're dangerous (and we shouldn't do them) is not really helpful, since humans being humans we'll likely still do it. Instead, I'd like to think of ways to reduce the harm and make the dynamics
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by morgante 9y ago
How do you get physical approval without flirting? I have eye contact and smiling with lots of people. It's just being friendly.
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by morgante 9y ago
I agree it's dangerous, but it also happens literally all the time. Do you think nobody hooks up at SXSW?
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by morgante 9y ago
Oh, I agree it's super creepy and would call out any colleague who I saw doing it. I just think it's creepy regardless of her age.
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by morgante 9y ago
My personal strategy is to avoid flirting with or hitting on anyone from the same industry entirely, but I think it's pretty restrictive. People want to have common interests with their partners, and both working in tech is a common in
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by morgante 9y ago
Does that mean that powerful men should never hit on women? A rich and powerful VC is almost always going to have more power than any woman he meets. Even if they're not actively raising money or trying to get a job, he's still a
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by morgante 9y ago
Yes, being single forever is indeed an option. Men should learn to deal with rejection, but let's not pretend that they don't have the burden of initiating. I've literally never been asked out by a woman in my life.
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by morgante 9y ago
Unfortunately, it's not quite that easy. Sometimes it's not clear that you're asking them on a date. Ex. I've asked a professional associate out for drinks. I thought it was a date, she didn't, and she was offended
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by morgante 9y ago
Why is her age relevant? It's not an appropriate question for a colleague anyway, but I'm curious why that would make it worse.
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by morgante 9y ago
With any people, ever?
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by morgante 9y ago
Kayak does have alert notifications. The thing is that if you're looking for a very specific destination, you'll almost never get the best deals. Flight deals work best for people who are very flexible about destination and timi
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by morgante 9y ago
Huh? I subscribe to lots of travel sites and it's pretty accepted that a price is round-trip unless stated otherwise.
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by morgante 9y ago
NYC is filled with plenty of residential skyscrapers.
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by morgante 9y ago
I disagree (and have been severely depressed in the past). In many cases, depression is in fact your brain telling you that something is wrong in your life and you need to change it. [0] [0] https://www.psychologytoday.com&#x2F
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by morgante 9y ago
> I was offered low 6 figures base salary plus 3% equity for a CTO role at a startup. That's not an unreasonable offer. You should try to negotiate it up to around $150k. > However, I wish to be compensated for the rights to the
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by morgante 9y ago
I never said anything about this tool. Do that calculation yourself, if you're looking at thousands of dollars in compensation it makes sense to do the research and unerstand things fully.
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by morgante 9y ago
You can get integer percentages right after a seed. (No way at Series C though.)
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by morgante 9y ago
Early employees (<25) can often negotiate them as well. I've done 83(b) at every startup I joined.
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by morgante 9y ago
> they actually have to buy their options Yup. It honestly astounds me how many people don't factor this into their decision-making. Your only equity compensation on joining is the delta between your strike price and the current m
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by morgante 9y ago
I've negotiated with multiple founders and gotten several good offers, including $150k+ salary and single digit equity. The important part is not to fall in love with a company before an offer—a significant number of founders think eng
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by morgante 9y ago
That's true, but even with size-adjusted titles you can get faster promotions in a startup. It's pretty common to go from being an individual contributor to running a small team to running a larger team, all within a year or two a
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by morgante 9y ago
If it works for you, great.
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by morgante 9y ago
You say you eliminated sugar, but fruit has lots of sugar in it. I actually think there are lots of different diets that can work. Mine is rather different than yours (keto, with tons of meat and fat) but I've lost about 60lb on it
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by morgante 9y ago
> - Suck it up and work on the same thing for 2-5 more years Why do you assume you have to work on it for 2-5 more years? It's pretty common for founders to quit within a year or two of an acquisition.
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by morgante 9y ago
That's why you research the effectiveness of charities before donating. (Personally I follow GiveWell's recommendations.)
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by morgante 9y ago
It's not "unpaid" overtime if I'm a highly-compensated salaried employee. I'm a professional and expect to be treated as such—sometimes I'll barely come into the office at all, sometimes I'll be in a lot.

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