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by pbrb 6y ago
man, this is what i have been telling myself for the past 3 years. but, here we are, in a pandemic, hitting all time highs. i've decided i'm just going DCA my pile of cash into the market (was saving for real estate deals, but con
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by pbrb 6y ago
Man, when I was at an early stage online brokerage back in the day, customer service was pure gold. These people were mostly ex-traders who knew the ins-and-outs of complex options trades, and were legit viewed as rock stars.
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by pbrb 6y ago
Starting my career with lower comp. I detailed this in a post in this same thread, just a little higher up.
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by pbrb 6y ago
> Doom 2016 is quite literally a modernised version of Doom 1. It's one of the best games I've played in a long time. Way better than Doom Eternal.
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by pbrb 6y ago
> Some argue that if you disable all of the default subreddits, for example, and switch to more of a whitelist model- the Reddit experience is much better. This is so true. I use reddit as a replacement to all of the old message boards I
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by pbrb 6y ago
Exactly, I can't really be all that upset. I'm still really well off, and do make more than the average developer. It's just frustrating. Also, I don't ever plan on retiring. I'll still have to work, I'll just
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by pbrb 6y ago
There's a lot to that, but I'm actually half decent at the politics. I held a fairly senior role previously, and still play the game pretty well. I'm just underpaid and pissed off about it, to the point that it effects my per
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by pbrb 6y ago
I didn't know how well you could be paid as a software engineer, and I didn't try to maximize compensation in any way. I did a masters of comp sci in my late 20s, and instead of going for FAANG internships, I took a role that was
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by pbrb 6y ago
With you 100%. Things have gotten... weird... in the past 8yrs or so. 13 yrs as a SWE here. Self taught in tech, programming since I was a freshmen in highschool, majored in business in my undergrad but stuck with tech for a career. What&#x
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by pbrb 6y ago
I've come to think this really depends on the person. I realized that I naturally intermittent fast, because it seems to work the best for me. Normally I eat my last meal of the day ~ 8pm, and nothing but coffee, tea, or water until 11
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by pbrb 6y ago
I see it the same way. I've had to have the "why did you hire me if you're going to tell me how to do everything?" conversation with a recent manager.
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by pbrb 6y ago
I'm with you. I have a 2017 X1 Carbon, and I've had zero issues with Ubuntu. The only thing I had to do was update a few config settings to properly sleep, and I run kde desktop so I don't have to fiddle with scaling on lapto
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by pbrb 6y ago
This hits really close to home. It's not that I enjoy the thrill... it's that I know I can do it, so that's what I do. A few years ago I had an incredible run of insane productivity in grad school and at a startup afterwards,
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by pbrb 7y ago
I'm pretty worried about this. I don't think this rate cut makes any sense. You can't stimulus away a virus.
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by pbrb 7y ago
Not to mention the ever increasing stack of tools and tech you need to keep up with.
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by pbrb 7y ago
I'm with you, not paying medical bills affects your credit score the same way as any other bill. To me, it seems like it's just another service for the credit unions to make money on, while giving private hospitals some legal prot
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by pbrb 7y ago
It happened to me as an employee - during an acquisition we were force liquidated at a price that was just above strike. A few people made some money, but most people made a couple thousand dollars. A couple years later we all got checks in
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by pbrb 7y ago
Wow, way too close to home. You've got me thinking...
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by pbrb 7y ago
Interested as well. I'm a smaller investor in the Chicago market with a few ideas I've been wanting to flesh out or bounce off of others in the space.
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by pbrb 7y ago
even better!
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by pbrb 7y ago
They're also based in Chicago - 70k is right where things start to get comfortable.
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by pbrb 8y ago
Go for it - I went with an X1C6 as a replacement for my old macbook pro, and I couldn't be happier. Excellent keyboard and no issues running linux. The only setting I've changed from my default ubuntu was to install and use the kd
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by pbrb 8y ago
I keep hearing they can get to close to double that, too.
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by pbrb 8y ago
You should check out: - Autechre - Square Pusher - Bonobo - Wisp - Brian Eno In that order. All solid. If you want more you should checkout the Rephlex records current and previous artists list. All really solid ambient focused electronic m
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by pbrb 8y ago
Was thinking similar thoughts - if the characters are reused at a few parties, meet a ton of people, and those people go on and bring up memorable characters in the future they can eventually connect. Outside validation immediately makes th
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by pbrb 8y ago
Can you elaborate?
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by pbrb 8y ago
Make sure you save as much as you can bud. Wish I had that opportunity so young in career - it will go a looong way for you later in life.
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by pbrb 8y ago
I think you called it... was thinking similar thoughts, that they can't get anyone from the outside and this kid on the inside is hungry, with perceived though not yet proven externally, capability. I like it.
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by pbrb 8y ago
I went with an x1 carbon. Dual boot linux (ubuntu with plasma desktop) and couldn't be happier.
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by pbrb 8y ago
Was thinking the same thing, but I'm sure they still want to have a portion of their portfolio in high risk high reward investments. I also wonder if they can get better deals (Warren Buffet style) by taking large positions direct vs.

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