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by vecinu 9y ago
Isn't that a strawman argument though? The discussion is around engineers making the most out of their salary so why would be lump in folks with different education / jobs?
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by vecinu 9y ago
Without Prop 13, if you were paying the taxes you actually "should" on the true market value of your house, you would most likely be forced to move out of your current house. If that happened to enough people, prices would stabili
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by vecinu 9y ago
You will be making $200k+ in SF even in your early years, if you climb the corporate ladder you can get to $300k in 5 years. You can definitely sock away enough even without a 4% rate of growth to put away $1MM of after-tax money in 10-15 y
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by vecinu 9y ago
I don't think I understand what you're giving up in that 10% of your life. I'm living in a studio, have a parking spot, walk to work and go out with my coworkers/friends after work. What am I missing out on?
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by vecinu 9y ago
Too bad you depend on the bridge and the commute is hell. Taking BART in is also hell, unfortunately.
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by vecinu 9y ago
Why would you do that if your goal is to retire early? In 10-15 years in SV/NY you can earn $1MM after tax + growth and then move to a lower COL city/town and take it easy.
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by vecinu 9y ago
Your link still points to a house outside of Brisbane proper... how transit efficient is San Francisco outside of downtown? BART doesn't reach most of SF, MUNI is abysmal and buses...well, Brisbane has buses too. I think your assessmen
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by vecinu 9y ago
If you look at your link, you will see the address is (142 Elderberry Ln, Brisbane, CA 94005). Looking at the map ( https://goo.gl/maps/7kvttaK8z7F2 ), it's not even in Brisbane proper, so I think you're wrong
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by vecinu 9y ago
Brisbane is 6.5 miles from downtown SF ( https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=distance+downtown+san+... ) The entire peninsula is tiny, it's not fair to compare it to Zurich.
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by vecinu 9y ago
Connect is not going to die, is my understanding.
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by vecinu 9y ago
"Records exist about the consumption of long slices of raw fish as early as 500 BCE. Many others indicate that long before the Tang Dynasty (618 - 907 CE), people with economic where-with-all ate many raw foods, not only raw fruits and
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by vecinu 9y ago
Yes, I see what you're saying. I was not aware this was the case.
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by vecinu 9y ago
Not at all, I know a number of folks on H-1Bs, L-1s and other visas that are barely able to do their jobs correctly. I was just sharing an anecdote.
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by vecinu 10y ago
> doing full stack web Is there really an abundance of really qualified full stack web developers? I met a lot of incompetent US citizens claiming to be full stack devs.
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by vecinu 10y ago
That really wasn't clear to me from initially reading your post. Of course in those situations I would hope that a jury could pardon the responsibility of alimony if there was rape involved and the child is not wanted.
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by vecinu 10y ago
Works just fine in Firefox minus some animations.
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by vecinu 10y ago
You said "For people paying alimony and child support, you must work or go to jail". How does that play into rape? I don't understand.
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by vecinu 10y ago
Were you forced into having that child in the first place? We don't need children for farm work anymore (in first world countries).
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by vecinu 10y ago
Thanks for the response. I agree that on the Canuck side we have a lot of untapped potential and people working very hard for very little money. I figured Garret was homesick :)
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by vecinu 10y ago
Like dkfmn said, it's surprising because most companies just adjust salaries to cost of living and try to get away with paying the least they can. I applaud your approach and would love to one day work for your company as it sounds lik
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by vecinu 10y ago
> I'm not talking numbers on the internet. I can respect that. It sounds like you actually were promoted a couple of times since relocating and now you're in a leadership/director position. I'm not surprised your sala
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by vecinu 10y ago
> My new salary is just much higher Let's just talk numbers for a moment, were you earning at least $200k? I find it very difficult to believe any other metros, especially small cities, could afford to pay a non-senior engineer over
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by vecinu 10y ago
What about all the other manufacturers focusing on electric-only vehicles?
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by vecinu 10y ago
This will no longer be true as the divide in the GTA grows out of control. Canada has a very small population so you haven't noticed these divides yet but they will only get worse with time unless our government takes a serious stance
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by vecinu 10y ago
Expa's founder is from BC so I think them opening up an office there is mostly due to an excess of cash they have from Uber's success, not that it necessarily makes sense from a VC perspective. I hope I'm wrong since I would
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by vecinu 10y ago
I generally agree with most of what you said and yeah, the weather and salaries are generally what attracts people to the bay area. You also get the bonus of being around the brightest folks from around the world and that provides great men
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by vecinu 10y ago
> 4) Uber having a set of formalized HR processes that facilitate the sexual harassment of female employees Is this publicly available information? First time I hear of it.
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by vecinu 10y ago
Here's a comparison between SF and TO: https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?cou...
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by vecinu 10y ago
I think the recent crime/safety reputation its gotten is keeping people (like me) away. I wouldn't move to Detroit even if they paid me $150k, I just don't feel like the risk is worth it.
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by vecinu 10y ago
Except by "exporting" those units to foreigners you're not allowing communities to build and that's why you're seeing a huge divide in Toronto between folks. When I lived there, I felt there was a lot of hidden hatr

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