ninjaroar

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by ninjaroar 9y ago
600k base salary? What type of position is that? Developer salaries in the big four (I assume you mean Google/Facebook/Amazon/Apple) are high but that is still twice what I normally hear (and have gotten offers for), and tha
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by ninjaroar 9y ago
I used to think that, but AirBnb's success seems to be a huge counterexample. There are occasional problems caused by that subset of people taking advantage, but that hasn't stopped AirBnb's growth.
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by ninjaroar 9y ago
is that after conversion? e.g.: 200k USD would equal (200 * 0.79 USD/GBP * 0.8) = 126k GBP? I wonder if it is because salaries were set before the pound plummetted due to brexit. For most companies, you at least get more vacation days
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by ninjaroar 9y ago
You have to add in state tax if you comparing against the US. (Not all states have an income tax, but California does have one)
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by ninjaroar 9y ago
How did you find that kind of deal on airbnb? I tried it myself during winter months in London, most airbnb properties don't give any discount or a fairly nominal one (e.g.: 10%) on multi-month rentals, so I found it much more expensi
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by ninjaroar 9y ago
Hostels are also a way to meet other travellers though - that is a lot harder to do in a hotel. I find travelling alone for extended periods can become a bit lonely
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by ninjaroar 10y ago
As a Canadian, i've actually never thought of Iran as any more 'adventurous' of a place to visit than somewhere like Peru or India or Cambodia. Lots of mainstream adventure tourism companies have tours there (e.g.: G adventu
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by ninjaroar 10y ago
So you can get a green card and thus aren't tied to the company?
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by ninjaroar 10y ago
Checked exceptions also forces thinking critically about failure modes, but they seem to be an unpopular language feature, and few new libraries seem to use them. No other popular language has adopted them. Why are optionals good and check
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by ninjaroar 10y ago
Do product owners really work in open source projects where developers aren't getting paid? I know personally, as an developer and an open source contributor, I'm going to work on something which either scratches my own itch or so
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by ninjaroar 10y ago
Do you really think China has a bigger impact on bay area housing than overpaid tech workers funded by venture capital?
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by ninjaroar 10y ago
Part of me thinks that Redux is going to end up being the next Java EJB - really great and important concepts at the heart, but over-adopted in scenarios which don't need it. And in a few years, there will be a backlash about it due t
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by ninjaroar 10y ago
That is true in the US, even in NYC. However, furnished apartments are the norm in London, for long rentals.
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by ninjaroar 10y ago
Yes. My goal is to reach $10 million net worth (so I am no longer dependant on income to survive - yes, I can live more cheaply, but my favorite cities happen to be the most expensive). Then, I would retire from the industry and focus on d
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by ninjaroar 10y ago
the flexibility is pretty important though... I'd rather just take the 17 days off all at once and go travel somewhere.
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by ninjaroar 10y ago
Odd decision. If they were willing to pay silicon-valley level salaries in Toronto, they would have no trouble getting senior talent. But they will be forced to pay silicon-valley level salaries in San Francisco anyways.
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by ninjaroar 10y ago
It might make sense if you are bootstrapping and Phoenix is a place you want to live. (It is too hot, too conservative, and too suburban for my taste) But if you try to raise money, you suffer from a valuation penalty for not being in Sili
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by ninjaroar 10y ago
I've only ever heard of salaries being quoted before taxes in the UK - same as the US.
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by ninjaroar 11y ago
Can anyone comment on the dating scene for heterosexual males in SF vs London? I've been considering moving to SF, but the male-female ratio makes me think dating will be hard and I do want to find someone to settle down with at some
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by ninjaroar 11y ago
And San Francisco is even more expensive... This is just supply and demand - there are a lot of people who want to live in world cities like London, but a limited supply of housing.
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by ninjaroar 11y ago
Quake in the browser via javascript was done 5 years ago using GWT. I recall seeing that port at Google I/O years ago. https://code.google.com/p/quake2-gwt-port/
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by ninjaroar 11y ago
ChronicleMap looks really cool, i didn't know about it, but it seems like exactly what i've been looking for. I've been keeping an eye on apache directmemory, but that project seems to have little activity. does anyone here h
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by ninjaroar 11y ago
I don't see how it makes sense at all to offer a tax holiday. If the IRS is going to give Apple a tax holiday, can they give me a tax holiday too?