I think Stripe is one of the few bad examples they could have picked to compare against FAANG. Among late-stage startups, it seems highly regarded and its employees' options are likely to hold real value in the…
Working from home 2-3 days a week is not what I would consider "remote work," since you'd still need to live close to the office. From my perspective, this is worst of all possible scenarios. Employees are still…
> The empty Walgreen's shelves can be seen at the Walgreen's on the corner of Eddy and Van Ness Streets. It won't be a problem much longer – that location is going to be shut down permanently. Shoplifting has been a…
It might require the added context of living here. San Francisco has one of the highest property crime rates in the United States [1], and Walgreens is a popular target of shoplifters, who regularly clear out entire…
I'm excited by the idea of permanent remote work and moving somewhere more affordable. I moved to SF relatively late in my career, and only realized afterwards that I have nowhere near enough savings to own a nice home…
I'd also include Los Angeles (Getty and LACMA), Chicago (Art Institute), and Boston (MFA, beating SF by default because it doesn't even really compete in this category).
I'll give you the Michelin star restaurants, but cheap or mid-range restaurants are disappointing (understandable given the astronomical cost to open and maintain a restaurant here), the bars and nightlife are similar…
SF has does high-end, expensive, Michelin star restaurants well. But affordable and mid-range restaurants, bars, and museums in SF are at best on par with what you'll find in other cities. It's where the most tech jobs…
I've been wrestling with the idea of moving. If I do, I know it will be extremely difficult to convince myself to ever move back. I haven't found this city a desirable place to live for several years now, I'm priced out…
> compared to most everyone else I seem to have failed life Please realize how offensive and insulting this is. You were hired by one of the most successful tech companies, which most people could never aspire to. You…
You pop up in every post about Google or Facebook and make the conversation about yourself, wallowing in self pity because you didn't land a job there straight out of college. This might sound harsh, but you need to get…
I realize the big tech companies aren’t perfect. But it’s weird to me that when tech is one of the few bright spots of the U.S. economy in our lifetimes, and one of the few industries offering a large swath of employees…
Startups do have advantages: they can give early employees a bigger piece of the equity pie than FAANG ever could, and provide a gamble on becoming much wealthier than employees could become working at FAANG. They can…
It’s not a class issue. It’s not a race issue. It’s a “the Bay Area is not putting anyone short of convicted murderers in prison right now” issue.
You’re trying to make this into a race issue, when that’s not really the case here. The justice system in San Francisco bends over backwards to keep criminals of all races, classes, and backgrounds out of prison, and…
It makes it acceptable to defend yourself. If you want claim the president shouldn't have sole authority to ban foreign companies or products, that's fair. And I don't know that he actually has that power, it could all…
The Constitution applies to independent foreign enterprises and state-owned enterprises that aren't under direct control of the state. The Constitution does not apply if a foreign government "exerts sufficient control…
The pet rock was a fad. Online companies, like brick and mortar companies, rise and fall. And even if Facebook's best days are behind it, I'm not sure we can call a business that grew for nearly 15 years and is now used…
The companies may have been unblocked if they'd handed over information potentially leading to death of the protestors AND allowed the Chinese state to continue hacking their systems. If we're not being disingenuous,…
Wrong, Facebook was blocked in China following the July 2009 Ürümqi riots because Facebook refused to release information about Xinjiang independence activists. In March 2009, China blocked access to Google's YouTube…
My comment wasn't specific to TikTok, but rather OP's assertion that the U.S. is a hostile actor, whereas China is just being China. Regarding TikTok, foreign-owned companies must follow U.S. laws, which are subject to…
The U.S. doesn't have purely free market economy; it's regulated to prevent abuse from bad actors and it enters into trade deals to advance its strategic interests. This is true of all countries. I have mixed feelings…
> Chinese policy seems to have not significantly changed in the last 5 years towards the US, but on the other hand US seemed ever more keen and eger to pursue a hostile attitude towards China. For decades, China has…
By that logic, if they saw a surge of interest in white-owned businesses, it would be justified adding a “white-owned business” label. I think we can say “segregating people based on skin color is wrong in principle,”…
We already receive many rich and many destitute immigrants. Maybe we should start immigrating in a middle class.
I think Stripe is one of the few bad examples they could have picked to compare against FAANG. Among late-stage startups, it seems highly regarded and its employees' options are likely to hold real value in the…
Working from home 2-3 days a week is not what I would consider "remote work," since you'd still need to live close to the office. From my perspective, this is worst of all possible scenarios. Employees are still…
> The empty Walgreen's shelves can be seen at the Walgreen's on the corner of Eddy and Van Ness Streets. It won't be a problem much longer – that location is going to be shut down permanently. Shoplifting has been a…
It might require the added context of living here. San Francisco has one of the highest property crime rates in the United States [1], and Walgreens is a popular target of shoplifters, who regularly clear out entire…
I'm excited by the idea of permanent remote work and moving somewhere more affordable. I moved to SF relatively late in my career, and only realized afterwards that I have nowhere near enough savings to own a nice home…
I'd also include Los Angeles (Getty and LACMA), Chicago (Art Institute), and Boston (MFA, beating SF by default because it doesn't even really compete in this category).
I'll give you the Michelin star restaurants, but cheap or mid-range restaurants are disappointing (understandable given the astronomical cost to open and maintain a restaurant here), the bars and nightlife are similar…
SF has does high-end, expensive, Michelin star restaurants well. But affordable and mid-range restaurants, bars, and museums in SF are at best on par with what you'll find in other cities. It's where the most tech jobs…
I've been wrestling with the idea of moving. If I do, I know it will be extremely difficult to convince myself to ever move back. I haven't found this city a desirable place to live for several years now, I'm priced out…
> compared to most everyone else I seem to have failed life Please realize how offensive and insulting this is. You were hired by one of the most successful tech companies, which most people could never aspire to. You…
You pop up in every post about Google or Facebook and make the conversation about yourself, wallowing in self pity because you didn't land a job there straight out of college. This might sound harsh, but you need to get…
I realize the big tech companies aren’t perfect. But it’s weird to me that when tech is one of the few bright spots of the U.S. economy in our lifetimes, and one of the few industries offering a large swath of employees…
Startups do have advantages: they can give early employees a bigger piece of the equity pie than FAANG ever could, and provide a gamble on becoming much wealthier than employees could become working at FAANG. They can…
It’s not a class issue. It’s not a race issue. It’s a “the Bay Area is not putting anyone short of convicted murderers in prison right now” issue.
You’re trying to make this into a race issue, when that’s not really the case here. The justice system in San Francisco bends over backwards to keep criminals of all races, classes, and backgrounds out of prison, and…
It makes it acceptable to defend yourself. If you want claim the president shouldn't have sole authority to ban foreign companies or products, that's fair. And I don't know that he actually has that power, it could all…
The Constitution applies to independent foreign enterprises and state-owned enterprises that aren't under direct control of the state. The Constitution does not apply if a foreign government "exerts sufficient control…
The pet rock was a fad. Online companies, like brick and mortar companies, rise and fall. And even if Facebook's best days are behind it, I'm not sure we can call a business that grew for nearly 15 years and is now used…
The companies may have been unblocked if they'd handed over information potentially leading to death of the protestors AND allowed the Chinese state to continue hacking their systems. If we're not being disingenuous,…
Wrong, Facebook was blocked in China following the July 2009 Ürümqi riots because Facebook refused to release information about Xinjiang independence activists. In March 2009, China blocked access to Google's YouTube…
My comment wasn't specific to TikTok, but rather OP's assertion that the U.S. is a hostile actor, whereas China is just being China. Regarding TikTok, foreign-owned companies must follow U.S. laws, which are subject to…
The U.S. doesn't have purely free market economy; it's regulated to prevent abuse from bad actors and it enters into trade deals to advance its strategic interests. This is true of all countries. I have mixed feelings…
> Chinese policy seems to have not significantly changed in the last 5 years towards the US, but on the other hand US seemed ever more keen and eger to pursue a hostile attitude towards China. For decades, China has…
By that logic, if they saw a surge of interest in white-owned businesses, it would be justified adding a “white-owned business” label. I think we can say “segregating people based on skin color is wrong in principle,”…
We already receive many rich and many destitute immigrants. Maybe we should start immigrating in a middle class.