duh

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by duh 17y ago
$300 jeans are a signal of status, not taste. $100 jeans are a signal of taste.
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by duh 17y ago
If you can't focus on it, it must not really be that important. Quit your job and make it your means of survival. If you're a student, focus on your schoolwork instead. If this IS your schoolwork, consider switching fields.
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by duh 17y ago
Might want to add that I pay myself about 50 grand a year beyond business expenses (which admittedly covers my "luxuries" - mostly my auto lease and eating out). Without leveraged overhead (mortgage, student loans, business loans, credit c
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by duh 17y ago
It's too bad toro is just so god damned delicious.
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by duh 17y ago
> One guy goes to work straight out of college, saves strategically, quits and starts his own SAP consultancy in 5 years, and is worth a few million by age 30. I guess this is me. I fit this rubric, and now I deal with $100k+ sums on a
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by duh 17y ago
It's too bad toro is just so god damned delicious.
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by duh 17y ago
> The OS would just run web apps directly You know, that's basically what Microsoft tried to do with internet explorer, but they ran up against such vehement opposition I'm pretty convinced that's why the concept hasn't progressed. Next
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by duh 17y ago
> programmer salaries in the 100-150k range is the norm This is the norm outside of Wall St as well, for anyone who has actual talent and/or experience and isn't a spineless pushover. For example, a truly talented sales engineer can ea
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by duh 17y ago
There's always some gearhead out there eager to pounce on every little inaccuracy in order to impress everyone with their deep knowledge of automobiles, isn't there?
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by duh 17y ago
Programmers (or software engineers, if you like) almost never ask / negotiate what they're really worth. I don't see how it would be any different in finance.
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by duh 17y ago
> luxury version of the Corolla That's called a Lexus IS250.
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by duh 17y ago
Neither of these guys have an MBA, why in the world did they do this at a b-school?
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by duh 17y ago
Sure. Get into computers/UNIX/Linux when you're 13. Start working at startups when you're 15 as a junior sysadmin/scripter. Continue doing contract work through college. Become an expert UNIX developer by the time you are 21. After colle
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by duh 17y ago
Right. Well, I'm real sorry you decided to get married early and have children, but don't take it out on those of us who know what's really going on in this world.
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by duh 17y ago
My sense of self-esteem is tied to who I allow to take exploit me. Which is really just a proxy for wealth.
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by duh 17y ago
> or, the reader feels a sense of cognitive dissonance, and starts to analyze the statement in the context of their core values. This is a good way of looking at it - it's a form of self-delusion, if you ask me.
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by duh 17y ago
> That's a cruel way to look at it. I'm not trying to be cruel, I'm reminding him that his (salaried) labor is making someone else wealthy. For those of us who have well developed senses of self-esteem, this is a wholly unacceptable si
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by duh 17y ago
That's right, one of the first steps to becoming a ruthless sociopath is to align your interests with the right people. IT could learn a few things from the pro sports/entertainment worlds. A good engineer ("rockstar", as it were) can eas
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by duh 17y ago
Most of the time, yeah. The margins are massive. Most developers are terrible negotiators who roll over for $40-75/hour (and think they are getting a great deal), when recruiters and consulting firms routinely charge their clients $150+/h
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by duh 17y ago
> but full-time "normal" employment works for me Never forget that someone else's ambition is what allows for your relative stability.
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by duh 17y ago
> And the third and most important reason of course, is that your moves have to be backed up by appropriate bets using your table stakes, exposing you to real risks and rewards This is the most important line of the article, in my opini
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by duh 17y ago
What's the problem here? You asked, I answered.
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by duh 17y ago
Why consider it the Starbucks of Mexican when it's owned by McDonald's, a better example than any of the companies mentioned thus far.
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by duh 17y ago
It's no surprise 37signals is based in Chicago (I just did a whois) if they think Chipotle does Mexican food "well".
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by duh 17y ago
I wouldn't.
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by duh 17y ago
You're the first person I've ever seen reminisce about aolserver.
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by duh 17y ago
For me it's a mix of not wanting to ask, and not wanting to ruin my appetite. These two combined forces are usually enough for me to leave it in the basket.
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by duh 17y ago
I have no idea what you're talking about, Silicon Valley and SF are filled to the brim with expensive and exotic cars. Cruise around Atherton and Los Altos hills or go to downtown PA or the nice parts of cupertino - Ferraris, Astons, Porsc
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by duh 17y ago
> I'll never be rich This seems like something of a false dichotomy to me. The professors at my school (UCSD) in math, econ, and engineering were all industry consultants and/or entrepreneurs and drove around in very nice cars like Por
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by duh 17y ago
I don't see one, but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

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