quietone1

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   by quietone1 11y ago

   I see many, many homeless people everyday. Last week I was in a hurry and sat down on the subway next to a homeless man. Within seconds I almost passed out from the overpowering stench of his clothes and body. For some reason, perhaps pity,
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   by quietone1 11y ago

   attractive: empathy valuable: empathy learnable: empathy note: empathy <> sympathy you may question whether empathy is valuable by your income-centric definition, but the ability to understand the other side's perspective, to put
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   by quietone1 12y ago

   Not stuck, I choose to be an employee. There's also a sense of loyalty since the leadership treated me well even when it wasn't clear we were going to make it, and I still enjoy the work I do. In some ways I picked the right compa
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   by quietone1 12y ago

   You missed my point. By pre-exercising my ISOs and filing an 83(b) with the IRS showing that the exercise price and the market price were in fact the same when I exercised, the gain was zero, even for the purposes of AMT. Not everyone will
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   by quietone1 12y ago

   I was an mid-seniority employee and netted in the low eight figures when I sold my equity stake after our IPO. A couple important points I didn't see others mention: 1. When I got an offer, I asked if I could take a lower salary to get