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by mountainofdeath 7y ago
You say that like it's a bad thing and not the real intent.
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by mountainofdeath 7y ago
The "best" here is really in the eye of the beholder. At the undergraduate level, the most important value of a degree is the signaling value.
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by mountainofdeath 7y ago
This. To the lender, it's a virtually risk-free loan and a very high yielding one at that (10%+ interest). I don't think there is even a way of discharging it, even death.
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by mountainofdeath 7y ago
Robinhood et. al. can't hold a candle to the breadth and depth of what the others offer. I will concede the simple interface is very easy for complete amateurs to get started.
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by mountainofdeath 7y ago
I only think that applies for accounts opened in the last 90 days and/or with limited assets. I have been a customer for years and have a substantial amount in my brokerage accounts with them and all my ACH transactions clear the next
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by mountainofdeath 7y ago
Welcome to DotCom bubble 2.0.
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by mountainofdeath 7y ago
I maintain that Masayoshi Son and the vision funds are nation-state level money laundering.
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by mountainofdeath 7y ago
But it does. A lease is somewhere between a capital expenditure and a normal expense. It's not a tangible asset like a building is so it can't be factored into the book value and are instead ongoing liabilities. In WeWork's c
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by mountainofdeath 7y ago
I had an idea similar to this. You look at where the statistical performance cliff is. Are the 90-th percentile students that much worse than 99-th percentile? After a certain level, it's a lottery. It's already the case where the
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by mountainofdeath 7y ago
The funny thing is, UBC,UT, McGill and Waterloo are virtually unknown outside of a select few circles in the USA. Waterloo is fairly well known among programmers in Silicon Valley and that's about it.
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by mountainofdeath 7y ago
I had the same issue about 10 years when I was applying. My stepfather was a physician so technically household income was high. However, step-parents are not responsible for none birth children unless legally adopted. I have heard of paren
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by mountainofdeath 7y ago
Yes. It's the reason why so many crimes are punished severely (e.g. think about how hard driving-under-the-influence is punished). If you did it enough to get caught, especially as part of an active investigation rather than being pass
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by mountainofdeath 7y ago
I have never heard of a blackball list at large SV companies unless it was something egregious that person did. Things like starting a fight with security, coming to an interview drunk, etc. will get you on it.
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by mountainofdeath 7y ago
Fundamentally, for a service to not be discriminatory, it must be regulated like a utility (e.g. telephone, electric, etc). Using something that has the same functionality as a utility but is not regulated as such raises some questions. Als
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by mountainofdeath 7y ago
Service animals are chosen from particular breeds, from particular breeders and highly trained. It's a totally different thing than a random dog with a "service" vest.
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by mountainofdeath 7y ago
The proper term for what you describe is a Share taxi also know as a Jitney or a Dollar Van (because a ride costs $1). They used to be popular in underserved inner-cities (e.g. East New York) and were ran on an ad-hoc basis. This model is f
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by mountainofdeath 7y ago
Amazon does not even pay a lot. It's 80% of everyone at best (yes, including the grossly overweight restricted stock units). Amazon (among others) imports legions of new-graduates and mid-level engineers from oversees on a variety of v
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by mountainofdeath 7y ago
The non-compete a startup I worked at had a far more reasonable one. It said I cannot go to work for any competitor in XYZ space or anyone that did substantially similar work pertaining to XYZ space such as but not limited to Company A, Com
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by mountainofdeath 7y ago
That's not salaried workers in general, only engineers and other roles that are hot markets. You average category manager starts with a whopping 5 days of PTO. Until Seattle passed ordinances regarding sick leave, nobody had a separate
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by mountainofdeath 7y ago
Can confirm that this is generally how critical financial positions work. They do have a no-compete but the expectation is that the no-compete is paid for at the previous wage. It's quite common to get a 6 month severance during the c
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by mountainofdeath 7y ago
This is exactly what happens. Each team has their metrics that need to grow. Taken individually, it probably is the right move but when multiple groups optimize their little space, they end up drowning each other. This is true of any large
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by mountainofdeath 7y ago
Indeed it seems that half the things I see are sponsored posts when just a year or two, they were few and far between. Also, the quality of the content has decreased dramatically.
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by mountainofdeath 7y ago
I noticed something when I graduated a few years ago that only became more true as I started looking at hiring new graduates. People that would have normally gone the PreMed/PreLaw/Investment Banking route are changing majors half
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by mountainofdeath 7y ago
Also, don't forget that need based aid (assuming you are talking about student loans for children) are calculated off your total earnings and assets, irrespective of location.
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by mountainofdeath 7y ago
No, but if you are careful with money you can pocket more. For example, Texas and Washington do not levy a state income tax, letting you keep about 10% more (even more true now that you can no longer exclude state tax from federal earnings)
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by mountainofdeath 7y ago
I've heard near-FANG companies pay roughly 75% of what the expected value in Silicon Valley would be in places like Denver or Austin. A deep discount for sure but with the added benefit of far lower cost-of-living and tax burden. Faceb
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by mountainofdeath 7y ago
Yes, but there are probably only a thousand or so transplant surgeons in the US. You are looking at a fraction of a fraction of all doctors.
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by mountainofdeath 7y ago
Still though, on a cost-of-living adjusted basis, it works out the same. The other day someone asked me if a $100k offer at WalMart in Bentonville, Arkansas was a good offer. The effective purchasing power is well over $200k in Bay area dol
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by mountainofdeath 7y ago
Not all specialists are created equal. The well-known plastic surgeon in Los Angeles will earn a magnitude more than the same in the midwest who in turn earns more than general surgeon in the midwest. The work hours and culture are hugely v
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by mountainofdeath 7y ago
Another day, another Google outage. It feels like it's once a month this year

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