Aren't Uber/Lyft/food delivery gig-economy folks already encouraged to complete the ride (or delivery) as fast as possible?
Hah, that's an interesting point. How exactly do you expect to get people to change their attitude? I don't own a home and I've spent a nontrivial amount of my net worth paying rent in HCOL areas, including the Bay…
I'm not particularly knowledgable about housing so I could be wrong here - but if another 2008/2009 happens, you can just keep the house and wait for prices to recover. There are some assumptions baked in: - Either you…
My understanding is that you can "liquidate" by taking out a home equity line of credit or by doing a cash out refinance. Both of those options only work if your home has appreciated in value.
What's missing in some salary discussions on HN: Compensation Trajectory: Sure, I can relocate from [HCOL city] to [LCOL city] and come out ahead today after factoring taxes, home prices, etc. What happens in the long…
I find it interesting that most of my company perks apply only to the employee, their spouse or domestic partner, and their children, but not to their parents or grandparents. Your "family" could be covered by a great…
It's unclear to me whether the author meant two-plus hours one way or round trip (I think they meant one-way, but I'll address both cases). If the author meant 2+ hours round trip: Lots of tech employees making 200k+ do…
Ikea does delivery here in the United States, but their delivery service has a bad reputation. There are small businesses that have been created around this. I found a business that would purchase, deliver, and assemble…
> The observations focused on a species of jumping spider, normally found in Taiwan Does the species have a name? I'd like to read more about this spider but I don't know what to search for.
This post resonated with me. I'm in my mid-20s and just a few years ago I would memorize grocery prices and track the value of the items I had in my shopping cart. Chicken breast at $2.99 per pound compared to beef…
Does switching jobs so often raise any red flags when you interview?
It's my understanding that California's Proposition 209 [1] prohibits public universities from considering race in their admissions process. I'm curious if those who attended public universities in California felt that…
Was the burnout Google-specific, or do you think it would have likely happened at other tech companies as well?
I think they were being sarcastic
People pay for car parking at BART stations, but car windows are still routinely smashed.
This is the first time I've heard about The Tenderloin being a desirable neighborhood. Are you sure you were actually living in the Tenderloin and not one of its adjacent neighborhoods?
> correctness is easy to check This binary search bug took two decades to be discovered: https://research.googleblog.com/2006/06/extra-extra-read-all...
Aren't Uber/Lyft/food delivery gig-economy folks already encouraged to complete the ride (or delivery) as fast as possible?
Hah, that's an interesting point. How exactly do you expect to get people to change their attitude? I don't own a home and I've spent a nontrivial amount of my net worth paying rent in HCOL areas, including the Bay…
I'm not particularly knowledgable about housing so I could be wrong here - but if another 2008/2009 happens, you can just keep the house and wait for prices to recover. There are some assumptions baked in: - Either you…
My understanding is that you can "liquidate" by taking out a home equity line of credit or by doing a cash out refinance. Both of those options only work if your home has appreciated in value.
What's missing in some salary discussions on HN: Compensation Trajectory: Sure, I can relocate from [HCOL city] to [LCOL city] and come out ahead today after factoring taxes, home prices, etc. What happens in the long…
I find it interesting that most of my company perks apply only to the employee, their spouse or domestic partner, and their children, but not to their parents or grandparents. Your "family" could be covered by a great…
It's unclear to me whether the author meant two-plus hours one way or round trip (I think they meant one-way, but I'll address both cases). If the author meant 2+ hours round trip: Lots of tech employees making 200k+ do…
Ikea does delivery here in the United States, but their delivery service has a bad reputation. There are small businesses that have been created around this. I found a business that would purchase, deliver, and assemble…
> The observations focused on a species of jumping spider, normally found in Taiwan Does the species have a name? I'd like to read more about this spider but I don't know what to search for.
This post resonated with me. I'm in my mid-20s and just a few years ago I would memorize grocery prices and track the value of the items I had in my shopping cart. Chicken breast at $2.99 per pound compared to beef…
Does switching jobs so often raise any red flags when you interview?
It's my understanding that California's Proposition 209 [1] prohibits public universities from considering race in their admissions process. I'm curious if those who attended public universities in California felt that…
Was the burnout Google-specific, or do you think it would have likely happened at other tech companies as well?
I think they were being sarcastic
People pay for car parking at BART stations, but car windows are still routinely smashed.
This is the first time I've heard about The Tenderloin being a desirable neighborhood. Are you sure you were actually living in the Tenderloin and not one of its adjacent neighborhoods?
> correctness is easy to check This binary search bug took two decades to be discovered: https://research.googleblog.com/2006/06/extra-extra-read-all...