granshaw

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by granshaw 3y ago
In all cases, you'll want to keep it to yourself, is my advice :)
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by granshaw 3y ago
Yes my point was more "this policy is nothing special or more lenient than the usual"
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by granshaw 3y ago
I didn’t read it as “significantly” affect work performance at all, it seemed more like it anything that DOES affect work performance is a problem EDIT: Also it seems like they don’t like you doing things similar to what they paid you to do
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by granshaw 3y ago
Even in the US you can quickly get to sw eng level after a few years in the trades, which are booming right now And bonus, it’s a direct step from there to starting your own business in that trade then making way more Of course you could st
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by granshaw 3y ago
Thanks for sharing. What are you doing for income now? Are you retired?
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by granshaw 3y ago
This is what I hate about this industry at this point in my life. Just this morning I was fantasizing about being a dentist instead and just be able to work for as long as I like, not worry about ageism, and otherwise live my life, without
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by granshaw 3y ago
Glad for you that you found this clarity
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by granshaw 3y ago
Learn to live on a ~50-75% of your salary is what I’ve been telling people. The good times for American engineers are gone
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by granshaw 3y ago
Why would you care what happens after you pass?
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by granshaw 3y ago
Bingo, exactly per my thoughts here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38986460
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by granshaw 3y ago
Do you worry that you won’t be able to keep up with the industry and get obsoleted and forced out of work or a certain comp level before you want?
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by granshaw 3y ago
Are you in a high cost of living situation that’s hard to get out of? Do you have kids? If NOT, I would start by thinking if there’s ways you could drastically cut down your cost off living, like moving somewhere cheaper or even looking at
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by granshaw 3y ago
One question I’ve set out to answer is: what would I do if I were fired tomorrow? Understood that not everyone is in the position to switch to lower paying careers, start over, etc - but if you have some leash, what WOULD you do if you were
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by granshaw 3y ago
Still young without dependents? Great. Have a family and esp these employees in high CoL cities? Very tough. Speaking from experience. Been there done that. "We'll have all this new innovation via new startups now!" is such a
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by granshaw 3y ago
Cause they pay 2-3x as much, that’s why.
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by granshaw 3y ago
Unless you’re truly special, The days of multi hundred thousand total comp packages are over - you’d better learn to live as though you’re on a ~175k salary, and if that’s too low, start taking steps on cutting NOW See also the other hiring
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by granshaw 3y ago
Absolutely. Total comp, not to mention hiring in general at publicly traded tech firms has dropped significantly since the “software recession” and mass layoffs. The current good times for employees are mainly in the economy outside of tech
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by granshaw 3y ago
It seemed free roaming was still widely accepted in the 90s though? What changed since the 2000s?
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by granshaw 3y ago
Bingo, see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38937293
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by granshaw 3y ago
What makes it hard is the stigmatization of letting children roam free unsupervised, and the isolating nature of suburbs coupled with both parents being working parents. Kids can’t go anywhere and are stuck at home. None of their friends ar
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by granshaw 3y ago
This mode of thinking is very prevalent on the left but it’s actually the opposite on the right, which is instead anti government. So it really isn’t a universal shift.
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by granshaw 3y ago
All this talk about “community” - what “community”? It simply doesn’t exist anymore even if you wanted it - short of arranging to stay near your extended family and in laws, what else is there in the modern western world? Churches, I guess
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by granshaw 3y ago
From reading your first paragraph I thought you were heading to an opposite conclusion, but yes, completely agree that we should make it easier to go public
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by granshaw 3y ago
I know there’s equityzen and probably other marketplaces, but I think the main issue is most even late stage startups ban secondary trading This knowledge might be outdated, I quit that game and opted to join public companies since a couple
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by granshaw 3y ago
Separate of what did or didn’t happen here, I hope more companies crack the secondary market puzzle. The current environment really sucks for startup employee liquidity and might be going on for a lot longer.
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by granshaw 3y ago
It’s a fundamental trait of the publicly traded company system - the incentives are all aligned towards share price which incentivizes short termism The alternatives are to stay private, or have a strong leader figure who cares about the lo
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by granshaw 3y ago
Maybe, but the salary part is true if you’re a new hire
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by granshaw 3y ago
In the ZIRP era esp going into 2021 this could be taken seriously, but those days are long gone Average tech salaries have DROPPED to 2020 or before levels based on what I’ve seen lately
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by granshaw 3y ago
Yeah she much prefers cocomelon!
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by granshaw 3y ago
Just look for “good WLB” in the Glassdoor/blind reviews, AND that the company is healthy (doesn’t need to be a rocket ship) business wise

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