kirpekar

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by kirpekar 7y ago
Define work? My day is 10 hours, door to door. I spend (realistically) -- 3 hours commuting on the bus, doing emails, sheets, bugs, easy stuff -- 2-3 hours in meetings -- 2-3 hours of individual focussed work -- 1-2 hours lunch, snacks, cof
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by kirpekar 7y ago
I did a nanodegree, it was a complete waste of time for me. It was impossible for me to get a job with those (basic) skills. A lot more is needed. I have been on the other side also as a hiring manager. I would never screen (let alone hire)
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by kirpekar 9y ago
Over the last 12 years I have interviewed dozens of candidates for jobs. Not a single wore a suit. The suit is really dead in the workplace (in Silicon Valley)
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by kirpekar 9y ago
Wow - impressive!
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by kirpekar 10y ago
Guy should have called Click and Clack
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by kirpekar 10y ago
1. Where there is a will, there is a way. 2. To get something done, give it to someone who is busy.
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by kirpekar 10y ago
This can be a nice calculation based on the contour lines. I'm sure there are several local optimal solutions (Bay Area, San Diego) but I'd be interested in working on an elegant "doable" solution (e.g. no more than 200
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by kirpekar 10y ago
Easy: The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing A Random Walk Down Wall Street You will know 99.9% of what you need to know.
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by kirpekar 11y ago
You are wrong. Start here - https://www.bogleheads.org/
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Someone is posting images of dead unicorns in the heart of Silicon Valley(finance.yahoo.com)
14 points by kirpekar 11y ago|0 comments
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by kirpekar 11y ago
They must be talking to Japanese or German companies. I suspect German.
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by kirpekar 11y ago
What has that got to do with the stock price?
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by kirpekar 11y ago
In the active v/s passive debate it has now become widely clear that passive wins ALL the time when controlled for risk. I wonder what the market for such a product is compared to main stream actively managed funds. Why should I choose
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by kirpekar 11y ago
Heavy list, I've read a few, but skimmed through most of these. I'm certain only a handful of people have read all these books completely.
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by kirpekar 12y ago
Location: SF Bay Area Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No Technologies: MATLAB, Mathematica, Python, R and other machine learning tools. Résumé/CV: Please send me email Email: kirpekar @ gmail.com I have a PhD in engi
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by kirpekar 12y ago
OK 100k principal, add 1k every month for 30 years. Compound at 7% --> 2M 50k principal, add 1k every month for 30 years. Compound at 7% --> 1.6M Withdrawing 50k today costs you 400k in retirement 400k = 20% of 2M = 8 years of your 40
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by kirpekar 12y ago
Not true http://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc424.html Distributions received before age 59½ are subject to an early distribution penalty of 10% additional tax unless an exception applies.
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by kirpekar 12y ago
2013: $134M revenues and $25M loss.
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by kirpekar 12y ago
Absolutely not. You will have to pay taxes on withdrawals and a 10% early withdrawal penalty. Depending on the size of the withdrawal, this will immediately set you back 6-7 years of the 13 you contributed. If you have ~30 years to retire,
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by kirpekar 13y ago
This has been happening for the last 20 years. The quintessential "commute" town is Tracy. Grew out of nowhere to fill this exact need.
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by kirpekar 13y ago
Interesting snippet: "... a startup's fundraising trajectory is almost always established, one way or another, by 3 weeks after Demo Day..." I never knew fund raising worked so quickly.
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by kirpekar 13y ago
>> We've all known that the correction was coming for a long time. Sorry, but NOBODY (much less we all) can predict short term stock movements. If I KNEW a correction was coming, I'd be a billionaire by now.
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by kirpekar 13y ago
On a day-to-day basis, the stock market is a random walk. There is no way to know WHY Facebook is dropping and Twitter is rising. If somebody knew, he or she would have been billionaire many times over.
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by kirpekar 13y ago
E*trade allows shorting stocks and writing covered puts at Level 2. The default (Level-1) allows only covered calls. They have an online application process. Usually chances are higher if you are trading over $100k.
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by kirpekar 13y ago
I wonder what the monthly rent is there. It might just be a better idea to skip abnb and rent out the place over a 12 month lease.
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by kirpekar 13y ago
I read the whole article and do not agree. Here in Silicon Valley the importance of appearances has become marginal. Yes, you have to be clean, presentable, but that's it. After that you need the skills, talent, knowledge and aptitude
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by kirpekar 13y ago
Does not include the iPad 1.
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by kirpekar 13y ago
Three Simple Ways That I Optimize My Sleep, not backed by science: 1. Work hard and find time to exercise during the day 2. Relax my mind towards the end of the day, have a beer, watch some TV, etc. 3. Read a little before dozing off
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by kirpekar 13y ago
OP is clearly not in it for the economic sense. A $1000 Craigslist beater or a $20/month bus pass can probably do that commute.
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by kirpekar 13y ago
Fake reviews? http://www.amazon.com/LEnfant-tasse-portrait-Jean-Monet/dp/B...

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