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by sharadov 7y ago
As usual, SV tech founders have a fix for all that ails mankind, one that takes a data-driven approach and is 10X effective!
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by sharadov 7y ago
The whole idea of "work" whether it's meaningful or not, if you do too much of it will lead to burnout. So go out and "play", make sure there is enough play where you completely, utterly lose yourself for a couple h
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by sharadov 7y ago
SoftBank does not seem so smart to me, I just think between the two Vision funds - 200B, they have so much money to play with, they don't seem to give a shit. And Masayoshi Son, can just go back to the Saudis and get more money if he n
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by sharadov 7y ago
Am not talking about the service that "WeWork" provides, unquestionably there is a market need for it and the success of the model shows. But all the red flags - with the self-serving CEO, I don't give a shit about his immatu
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by sharadov 7y ago
Sounds like another Elizabeth Holmes to me. What's surprising is that these snake oil sellers have made it so far? Are investors so stupid? Are they so detached from reality? Whatever happened to due financial diligence?
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by sharadov 7y ago
The Republican party has become petty, they have no philosophy and stand for nothing. All they want to do is roll back Obama-era regulations and stand for backwards thinking ideas - even when market economics and fiscal policy indicates oth
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by sharadov 7y ago
A lot of the FAANG and tech companies contribute to open source projects.
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by sharadov 7y ago
Salman knows that the future is tech, and he's doing the strategic thing by moving Saudi money into other industries and outside of the country.
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by sharadov 7y ago
I mean really understanding the subject of investing. A good book teaching this is "The Intelligent Investor" by Benjamin Graham ( Buffett based a lot of his philosophy on Graham's "value investing").
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by sharadov 7y ago
Working women should be allowed to take a year off paid, with the assurance that they can return to their job. California allows 12 weeks maternity leave and upto 6 months wherein you can return to the job. Some states have no job protectio
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by sharadov 7y ago
2-3 hrs is too less, as a father of 2 we used to get woken up 2-3 times a night, over an 8 hour period. More so with my older one who had colic, and it continued for a year. She breast fed while I changed diapers. You get very good at going
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by sharadov 7y ago
I disagree, but that's just me and my opinion. It probably comes down to personality type. For me Facebook/Instagram is simply a form of communication, where am just seeing pictures of family and friends. Again am ruthless about p
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by sharadov 7y ago
There is a lot of learning, that happens in school which has no bearing in later life. Why not have a course which combines economics+investing+accounting?
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by sharadov 7y ago
Thinking strategically from a career and life perspective. Managing your investments Eating right and exercise Risk Taking - take big risks early in your life, ones which have the biggest upside. The terror of the unknown and leaping into i
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by sharadov 7y ago
That's exactly what I would do, trumps grades any day.
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by sharadov 7y ago
I would rather do an exam every year, and get a grade on the skills that they expect. Exams are standardized, granted that they are not perfect, but its closest to a system that works. Am not at the whims and fancies of an individual interv
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by sharadov 7y ago
Was waiting for this, someone will show up and harp on the poverty! You need a budget for science, above all it inspires a whole generation of young people, it tells that kid in the gutter to dream big! It tells you to be hopeful when the c
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by sharadov 7y ago
Every engineer on HN (several threads that I've browsed) seems to have a serious disdain for coder-pad interviews/whiteboard sessions. And I think HN has a good representation of software engineers. So, who are these companies hir
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by sharadov 7y ago
It's amazing, that they still expect you to know stuff from memory when you go for those stupid coder-pad interviews or whiteboard sessions
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by sharadov 7y ago
Isn't every company that uses technology extensively in their day-day work a tech company. I hired a contractor to upgrade the kitchen/bathroom. The guy was using Salesforce and other project management software and would keep me
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by sharadov 7y ago
I've worked with some like that, they're easily bored and will work well as tech-cofounders, the ones who can rewrite the entire code stack in a weekend.
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by sharadov 7y ago
Exactly, every company here in the Bay area, however crappy their technology stack or the actual work you will be doing, will put you through a process akin to FAANG. As much as I love tech and have kept my skills up to date, this ridiculo
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by sharadov 7y ago
This is grand theft, not some employee sneaking off with what he learned on the job. To top it, this was done in a calculated manner, weeks after he left, he started Otto - a truck driving company which was promptly acquired by Uber.
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by sharadov 7y ago
I read somewhere that the percentage of THC now is almost 10X what it used to be in the 70s.
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by sharadov 7y ago
I think when you give people the facts and remove the stigma and the "mystery" surrounding drugs, you will get people to start making wise choices - to counteract it you need a sound education policy, not the fear-mongering that g
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by sharadov 7y ago
That's the libertarian approach, which says legalize everything, tax everything. Am with you on it, although am not sure, how that would work with hard drugs ( cocaine,mushrooms,LSD, ecstasy,heroin). Again within hard drugs - cocaine i
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by sharadov 7y ago
This will if it passes also lead to their demise. Ultimately that VC tap will dry up!
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by sharadov 7y ago
Exactly, you can smoke a joint and go hike/ride a bike or you can sit your ass on the couch and be toking up bowl after bowl!
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by sharadov 7y ago
That's profoundly sad. But I don't blame the drug, people need to figure out boundaries.
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by sharadov 7y ago
He was probably already addicted.

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