grivescorbett

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by grivescorbett 7y ago
This is called capitalizing. Companies are not allowed to do it with R&D under GAAP. But it gets tricky when one company can build a factory, call it capex, and spread the expense over 10 years. Whereas another builds software infra and
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by grivescorbett 7y ago
I see no advantages over the sapphire reserve.
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by grivescorbett 7y ago
Thanks on my mobile. So revenue grows at 1.5x while R&D grows at 1.2x. Having that asset on your B/S looks pretty good over a few years.
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by grivescorbett 7y ago
Curious how this would change if R&D was capitalized. Of course it would just make ebitda a less accurate proxy for cash flow but we’d still be looking at it very differently.
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by grivescorbett 8y ago
Correct my bad, this is important :)
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by grivescorbett 8y ago
Correlation is not binary, it’s on a 0-100% scale. For more detail: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_portfolio_theory
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by grivescorbett 8y ago
If it was an engineering role I’d definitely call it a brain teaser. But for say a marketing role, an interviewers wants to see that you understand the way money flows through the business and what the parameters therein are. Maybe it’s sti
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by grivescorbett 8y ago
This isn’t a brain teaser. It’s market size estimation, I’m guessing this was not an engineering role?
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by grivescorbett 8y ago
Seems inefficient though, these days I really only navigate with Spotlight. Just hit the key command, type what I’m looking for, and hit enter. I don’t like navigating through any finder-like UI to access my files.
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by grivescorbett 8y ago
I agree 100%. So instead of saying “The web needs to be good! We need to spend time (money) on this!” Say “I ran an A/B test and the top of our funnel had an X% higher conversion rate when the page loaded in less than Xms. Here are my
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by grivescorbett 8y ago
Why not provide the bottom / top line impact of page optimization? Your business’s profitability is the most important thing to your bosses. They do not care about making the web good, nor should they IMHO. Your job is to show why both
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by grivescorbett 8y ago
100% this. I've been through a BFA conservatory program. Having your work torn apart, respectfully, in public happens every single day. When I moved to the corporate world I was shocked that no one knew how to give or receive feedback.
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by grivescorbett 8y ago
I’d like to read that comms doc... “how to explain to your client what happened on pre day.”
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by grivescorbett 8y ago
3 orders of magnitude difference in cost... I think we’re having the wrong conversations about taxes in the US.
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by grivescorbett 8y ago
Can spreadsheets not be documented in the same way that code can?
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by grivescorbett 8y ago
Oh interesting. What precisely is a 2 year sign on reward?
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by grivescorbett 8y ago
The 5/15/40/40 vesting schedule is _really_ rough. If given the choice between Amazon and "no-name company," yes, Amazon will do wonders for your resume. But, if comparing an Amazon and Google offer, I'd want a
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by grivescorbett 8y ago
It's difficult to believe that this is FTEs. Very easy to believe it's FTEs, contractors, temps, and vendors. Including warehouse workers etc. EDIT: I was curious, so I took a peek at their 10-K [1]. "We employed approximatel
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by grivescorbett 8y ago
Genuinely curious... how can Bitcoin help address global wealth inequality?
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by grivescorbett 8y ago
Faster != Faster. Adobe and Autodesk likely have many architecture specific optimizations, and take advantage of the large x86-64 instruction set.
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by grivescorbett 9y ago
I agree that for-profit prisons are not good for society. But does this one (granted, massive) mistake mean that we can no longer try to innovate in this space? Does it mean that the only model is publicly funded rehabilitation? That's
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by grivescorbett 9y ago
Yes this would be a very interesting and ethical incentive model to explore.
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by grivescorbett 9y ago
Who says anything about a modest return? How much does the U.S. spend on prisons? How much does the world spend on prisons? Say they operate at a 30% discount, how much revenue is that? Off the top of my head, a lot.
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by grivescorbett 9y ago
There is such a thing as for profit for good. Perhaps they believe they can be both better and cheaper than prisons at the same time. That allows them to provide a compelling pitch to governments and convince them to direct funds to Promise
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by grivescorbett 9y ago
The idea that software engineers are paid more than everyone is a fallacy. There are a good deal of jobs that pay significantly more, especially when looked at over the long run. It generally does require going back to school, which is a ri
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by grivescorbett 9y ago
I’m glad other people feel the same as me. Sometimes it seems like if you’ve got a SDE job people think you’re the king of the hill. I’m working on an exit from tech as well.
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by grivescorbett 9y ago
Do those sales people use complex spreadsheets? Are there major effeciency gains possible with a minor amount of scripting?
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by grivescorbett 9y ago
There is a ton of space in Manhattan. It's expensive, but there.
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by grivescorbett 9y ago
Was a noogler about a year ago. Story still told.
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by grivescorbett 9y ago
Again, I'm right there with you on the labor issue :).

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