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by toephu2 8y ago
"Would it be worthwhile to have to deal with all the crazy shit with the education and healthcare systems and the politics down there?" I don't know, 325M other people seem to be living with it and are not leaving in droves.
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by toephu2 8y ago
Try a Blackberry or Nokia device.
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by toephu2 8y ago
This exactly. Who doesn't want to live in a nice neighborhood and have their kids goto good schools? Publicly it may not be a popular stance, but you can bet your bucket that privately this is what most homeowners and aspiring homeowne
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by toephu2 8y ago
4th option: get in Tech.
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by toephu2 8y ago
and Dropbox, and Google (they have an SF office), and FB (opening SF office). Yes that's why you would just move to SF then. If you are in the Peninsula already then go work for FB, Google, LinkedIn, et al.* *If maximizing for total co
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by toephu2 9y ago
Poop and needles are not a menace? Personally I think poop & noodle cleanup should be a higher priority than dockless scooters.
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by toephu2 9y ago
Great exit for the founders, horrible exit for the employees. In 2014 Weebly was worth $455m [1]. 4 years later in 2018 it is worth $365m. Imagine how much more an employee could have made working for 4 years at a public BigCo with RSUs you
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by toephu2 9y ago
I'm pretty sure valuation-wise they were doing better in 2014 than today... https://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/04/22/weebly-valued-at-455...
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by toephu2 9y ago
At the same time, it is not absolutely untrue. I never said every single thing and every single country.
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by toephu2 9y ago
Things in general are much more expensive in the U.S. compared with other countries. Ads included.
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by toephu2 9y ago
and they should. Also please get rid of DST while you are at it.
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by toephu2 9y ago
And the reverse, consider a workplace where you were hired because of the color of your skin (and had the same skills as someone else)? how now?
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by toephu2 9y ago
I never said do you remember what year Jobs died. Nor did I ask what generation of iPhone was his last. I don't remember those either.
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by toephu2 9y ago
Why does one need to build an "inclusive" workplace? Whatever that means.
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by toephu2 9y ago
I think objectcreate has a lot of good points. Did you know in China almost no women change their last name to their husband's upon marriage (and it's been this way long before feminism even became a thing in the West)? Whereas to
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by toephu2 9y ago
Even Steve Jobs is disposable. How many here remember where they were and what they were doing when they heard Steve Jobs passed away? Almost like being able to recall where you were when 9/11 happened. When I heard of his death I was
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by toephu2 9y ago
Who will be auditing Facebook to do this though? Is the EU going to hire the Big4 in the U.S. to do this? Who is going to pay for that?
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by toephu2 9y ago
Who will be auditing Facebook to ensure they actually comply with GDPR? E.g., I live in the EU and send over a delete request. How do I ensure my account's data was actually deleted? Am I supposed to just trust Facebook?
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by toephu2 9y ago
You're cherry-picking.
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by toephu2 9y ago
Google does not hire people by simply assuming the candidate can code. You do not get the benefit of the doubt, and in fact, you must prove otherwise. They want to see you write code on the whiteboard and solve the technical challenge given
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by toephu2 9y ago
I assumed OP was referring to white board coding questions when he said "trivial programming task", which Amazon indeed does ask you to do throughout the interview process.
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by toephu2 9y ago
And the number of coding schools that have popped up in the recent years and the fact that every econ major and their mom is trying to become a developer now isn't helping either.
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by toephu2 9y ago
As it should have been. The fact that you have a PhD means nothing to Google, Facebook, and the like (except possibly a slightly higher base salary than a new grad w/ only a BS) The question is, can you whiteboard? They will be testing
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by toephu2 9y ago
Now that you have acquired that skill, why don't you move elsewhere?
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by toephu2 9y ago
I thought this letter provided many a great lessons, up until "we write narratively structured six-page memos." Wow, can any Amazonians speak to this? Sounds like a huge time sink to be writing a 6 page memo instead of preparing a
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by toephu2 9y ago
Wow Chromepass actually worked..I didn't even enter my windows admin password or anything.. I thought Chrome encrypts all the saved passwords. How is another program so easily able to read the passwords?
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by toephu2 9y ago
So? A rising tide lifts all boats.
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by toephu2 9y ago
Yes can we please get rid of tipping and pay waiters and staff what they should be earning? Build the price into the menu and let the market decide the price. Too expensive? You will lose customers. Too cheap? You will have lines out the do
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by toephu2 9y ago
It amazes me that one person thinks the environment they live in is how the entire rest of the world lives too.
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by toephu2 9y ago
Where do you put your non-investment money then?

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