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by pascalxus 7y ago
That's awesome that you got so much success from interviewing at FAANGS. But, I'd say you've done a lot better than most people could. So, give yourself some credit.
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by pascalxus 7y ago
The Median houshold in SF has a rent controlled apartment and no kids (roughly 70% or more is rent controlled). If that's not you, you will have hard time.
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by pascalxus 7y ago
it all depends on your situation. Sure, as a single person 200K is doing well. But, 200K with a family of 4 (2 kids and a wife) is definately scraping by on the penninsula or SF. The only way that's not scraping by is if you bought
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by pascalxus 7y ago
I've adjusted avg salaries based on cost of living here: https://skilldime.com/blog/see-which-cities-pay-the-highest-... But, note, the above is for average software engineering salaries, not for the sky high FANG
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by pascalxus 7y ago
It's worse than that. Those people with the very most equity gains, are paying the least taxes relative to their house value. Those with the least equity gain (like recent buyers), are paying the very highest taxes relative to their
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by pascalxus 7y ago
I agree. With the way thins are here, I'm often surprised we don't see more companies leaving SF.
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by pascalxus 7y ago
New languages aren't popping up (and taking over) every 5 years like they used to. The rate of change is slowing. At this point, I think it's fine to settle down with a language, as the entrenched positions of the top languages
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by pascalxus 7y ago
Thanks for the explanation. Do you see the same kind of risk problems in the muni bond space? For instance: PZA, MLN, FCAVX all show that they're 100% investment grade. Are these among the funds that are actually more risky than they
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by pascalxus 7y ago
Paul Graham usually writes some really good stuff, but this is highly misleading: "If you can just avoid dying, you get rich." There are soo many projects that can continue in obscurity on a shoe string budget, never to amount to
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by pascalxus 7y ago
Probably an A/B test.
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by pascalxus 7y ago
I know exactly what your talking about. the suberbs stretch for miles and miles with no downtowns, cafes, parks or libraries anywhere in sight. everywhere you look, its the same old 1 story L-Shaped house that spreads over the entire lot,
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by pascalxus 7y ago
Well, the taxes in CA are extremely high. A typical 2M house in the penninsula will pay over 27000/year in taxes and that's not even counting income taxes. That's not even counting all the permiting fees, building fees, and
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by pascalxus 7y ago
We wouldn't want to do that. That might reduce the "character" of the neighborhood. No, it's far better to have homeless camps all over the place with poop lining the streets and people paying 80% of their paycheck for
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by pascalxus 7y ago
Absolutely! I wish those companies would get this more. It's time to move those jobs to places that appreciate growth, places that want growth and deserve growth.
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by pascalxus 7y ago
I actually agree with some of this. But, jobs are NOT abundant all over. They key is not for people to leave, but for companies to leave. Once the jobs leave, the people have no choice but to follow. People are just pawns. Jobs determin
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by pascalxus 7y ago
Much of what he says about business and programming is all true, at least in theory for well run, competitive businesses. But, for instance, sometimes in govt, they never actually calculate the ROI of a project or employee. They just thin
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In Demand Skills in Denver CO(skilldime.com)
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by pascalxus 7y ago
The wildfire situation in CA was not helped by all those houses so darn close to each other.
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by pascalxus 7y ago
the math changed because they were sued for something that should've been acceptable risk. So now it's unacceptable risk. What goes around, comes around.
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by pascalxus 7y ago
real innovation has stalled because it has been prevented from happening by regulation. Just look at any real industry that involves creating actual things: Automotive or Housing, or Medical insurance. They're all choking from mundan
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by pascalxus 7y ago
Is there a slow down trend in the number of successful companies funded more recently, say in the last 4 years? I know it takes time for startups to become successful. it just seems that the pre 2015 era had more successful startups. That
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by pascalxus 7y ago
Quick question: why are long term treasuries returning 7.8% say for 2010 to 2019? I thought those treasuries were in the 3-5% range?
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by pascalxus 7y ago
It's a cool tool, thanks for sharing. I've been looking for something like this.
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by pascalxus 7y ago
Cost of living is much higher in blue states, unfortanetly. It's a outcome of higher regulation which customers end up paying for. Higher cost of living in terms of Shelter cost, Utilities and generally higher taxes.
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by pascalxus 7y ago
I'll give it a shot. but I'm just not sure what size of ads I'm supposed to upload. Also, when I go to upload it, it assumes I have the precise ad size.
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by pascalxus 7y ago
As long as you stay single and don't live in CA or any other blue state, then yes, that will be more then enough to live well. Right now, I know it might seem like you'll be single forever. But, that might change. If you do get
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See Which Cities Pay the Highest Software Engineering Salaries Adjusted for COL(skilldime.com)
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Most in Demand Skills for JavaScript Engineers(skilldime.com)
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Most in Demand Skills for Devops Engineers(skilldime.com)
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Most in Demand Skills for C++ Software Engineers(skilldime.com)
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