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by selfinvariant 6y ago
SF Bay Area is about 7.7 million, which is higher than the whole Finnish population. I've been to Helsinki, it's a lovely place, but calling it a big city is misleading at best.
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by selfinvariant 6y ago
I know that the motivation behind the question is outside of the blog post, but I'm really curious, and would love to ask folks here, what is so exciting about living on a farm? Is it about independence? Or radical self reliance? As a
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by selfinvariant 6y ago
My anecdotal experience (and I'm not remotely close to Marc Andreessen in wealth and power) is that there is a lot of benefits in structure and schedule. Knowing how big part of your day will play out is a very powerful thing. It remov
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by selfinvariant 6y ago
Being miserable or not does not have much to do with success. It does not mean that it's not a path to try.
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by selfinvariant 6y ago
ha, interesting. I was personally impressed (and inspired!) how much of a free unscheduled time Marc maintains. I disagree that his life is boring. He is influencing directly and non-directly the decisions that shape the future of humanity.
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by selfinvariant 6y ago
I "discovered" this blog a couple of month ago, and I absolutely love it. The recent posts about agriculture in pre-modern times[0] are particularly insightful and I enjoyed so much to read. [0] Start of the series: https:/&
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by selfinvariant 6y ago
I would like to add to this that it's definitely not unique to the US. Growing up in Eastern Europe the attitudes of young people around me were very similar - you want to get out of the house ASAP. The age threshold would be somewhat
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by selfinvariant 6y ago
I'm wondering how much of it is a form of filtering based on a social bias. There are a lot of hobbies in the world (that the author would potentially enjoy), but the ones that first come to mind are ones that have an examples nearby (
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by selfinvariant 6y ago
The biggest question is how you determine 'what they are valued at', given that you would get drastically different numbers in different markets.
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by selfinvariant 6y ago
I really like your comment. In my experience - heavily relying on relationships built before is how a lot of things are actually get done. While my company closed its offices in March - I see people getting `socially distanced` coffee with
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by selfinvariant 6y ago
I have to agree that this advice is awful too, unfortunately. As an engineer for an early-stage startup you daily work and value add - shipping things and invest into deep engineering work, would not be very well aligned with networking and
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by selfinvariant 6y ago
Well, that's a useful reminder that work by itself does not have an intrinsic value. What matters is an outcome or a perception of it. Sacrificing your lifespan is generally not something that is valued in a corporate life at all, outs
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by selfinvariant 6y ago
Sorry, I don't think I understand what you said. What about pandemic makes a difference in the way that security, laws, or timezones work?
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by selfinvariant 6y ago
(Edited for clarity) Sure, and it's a good point that I think companies should consider instead of downright rejecting this option. There are implications though: - What about equity grants? A lot of comp in SV based companies is based
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by selfinvariant 6y ago
To add more color about the VMWare decision: - the compensation strategy seems in line with what other companies were doing. Compensation adjustments based on local markets are fairly standard for the large tech companies. They seem to be f
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by selfinvariant 6y ago
There is a lot of complexity for a US-based company around hiring people internationally: 1. Security. How would you prevent your monorepo being copied out to competitive companies in a foreign region or get snooped by some local government
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by selfinvariant 6y ago
This article is incredibly well written and rings true to me and my experience being in a similar role / working with people in such roles. I like the notion of articulating a career path in tech as of: 1) Learning the ropes 2) Being a