If my company announces WFH for the rest of the year, I'll be moving out of San Francisco in a heart beat. The office has been the only thing keeping me here for a long time now. I imagine SF natives might say, "Good…
Or, don’t get lured in by a company offering you huge compensation that you can’t actually touch (without realizing it’s a gamble). To be fair, even the cash compensation at Airbnb was supposedly pretty high. But I’m…
IMO, this is a matter of public health and should be treated as such (as much as some politicians want to cast this as a partisan issue for political gain).
Not really. You're choosing a definition those words that involves a value judgement.
Because people with the worst symptoms go to the hospital.
How do you differentiate this from laziness/apathy?
Love this, but on the phone the podcast art takes up a lot of real estate and leaves little room for the podcast title. I’d rather see an even more stripped down UI that leaves more room for the informational content.…
Because that doesn't feed into the outrage machine and drive clicks.
So your accusation is that Epstein blackmailed Seth Lloyd or converted him into an Israeli spy/consultant on quantum computing? Many engineering professors consult with private companies for a fee. So it seems odd that…
You need to meet some more "average people."
What would Epstein get from Lloyd? If Epstein was in fact blackmailing the rich and famous, or running a sex trafficking operation for profit, how does he benefit from supplying donations (and whatever else he allegedly…
> I know I would be able to do it. Freudian slip?
This brought back memories of doing data entry for an insurance company as a teenager. I spent eight hours a day transcribing people's names, addresses, SSNs, and medical ailments, including all sorts of sexually…
After decades of disparaging their Southern California brethren, the Bay Area has become home to America's most superficial people.
Yes, labor market competition is the primary factor. But is there a place in Australia where engineers can work for higher salaries and the same or a lower cost of living? In the US, the discrepancy between Bay Area and…
> House prices are a function of wages (or, more accurately, have a floor set by wages if land is constrained) not the other way around. I guess if you state it as a fact, that makes it true? But if that’s the case, why…
There was a peak in the mid-80s, and another around 2005. CS enrollments reached a max around 2000, at the height of the dot-com bubble. But when the bubble burst in 2000-2001, enrollments plummeted in 2002, 2003 and…
Telecommunications engineers produce the worst naming schemes and acronyms of anyone, anywhere. Any cellular document is a mishmash of alphabet soup: UTRAN, UMTS, PS-CN, SGSN, RNC, RNS, eNodeB, EPC, MME, S-GW, X2-AP,…
> this whole article can be summed up as "providing a better experience for customers can increase sales" That, plus "be part of a community you can rely on for capital and labor." Despite the many struggles that…
> The top firms have gotten themselves into an insane bidding war. That may be true, but there's more to it than that. The first wave of successful IPOs (Facebook, Amazon, Google, Twitter, etc.) caused a spike in…
I think these numbers are accurate. Some of the numbers are skewed by the unicorn startups: since employees at Airbnb and Stripe (and Lyft and Pinterest, at the time these numbers were reported) can't sell their equity,…
If it's any consolation, most engineers here are not senior/staff engineers and they make less. Rent here is very steep (~$3500/month is the median price for an old 1-bedroom in San Francisco), but the home prices are…
I started working at FANG recently, after spending 15 years in a different field. The very first thing I noticed was how young the average employee is. It was a little startling. I've heard different theories: * Today's…
I think it's by design, but I believe the main intent was just to make it a desirable place to work. For most people, that meant not being worked at 100% until they burn out. It also meant giving people latitude to…
> head hunter compensation report You should ask for a refund. Senior engineers at FANG in the Bay Area will typically make over $100k/year in stock. Total compensation of $300k-$400k is pretty normal, and includes…
If my company announces WFH for the rest of the year, I'll be moving out of San Francisco in a heart beat. The office has been the only thing keeping me here for a long time now. I imagine SF natives might say, "Good…
Or, don’t get lured in by a company offering you huge compensation that you can’t actually touch (without realizing it’s a gamble). To be fair, even the cash compensation at Airbnb was supposedly pretty high. But I’m…
IMO, this is a matter of public health and should be treated as such (as much as some politicians want to cast this as a partisan issue for political gain).
Not really. You're choosing a definition those words that involves a value judgement.
Because people with the worst symptoms go to the hospital.
How do you differentiate this from laziness/apathy?
Love this, but on the phone the podcast art takes up a lot of real estate and leaves little room for the podcast title. I’d rather see an even more stripped down UI that leaves more room for the informational content.…
Because that doesn't feed into the outrage machine and drive clicks.
So your accusation is that Epstein blackmailed Seth Lloyd or converted him into an Israeli spy/consultant on quantum computing? Many engineering professors consult with private companies for a fee. So it seems odd that…
You need to meet some more "average people."
What would Epstein get from Lloyd? If Epstein was in fact blackmailing the rich and famous, or running a sex trafficking operation for profit, how does he benefit from supplying donations (and whatever else he allegedly…
> I know I would be able to do it. Freudian slip?
This brought back memories of doing data entry for an insurance company as a teenager. I spent eight hours a day transcribing people's names, addresses, SSNs, and medical ailments, including all sorts of sexually…
After decades of disparaging their Southern California brethren, the Bay Area has become home to America's most superficial people.
Yes, labor market competition is the primary factor. But is there a place in Australia where engineers can work for higher salaries and the same or a lower cost of living? In the US, the discrepancy between Bay Area and…
> House prices are a function of wages (or, more accurately, have a floor set by wages if land is constrained) not the other way around. I guess if you state it as a fact, that makes it true? But if that’s the case, why…
There was a peak in the mid-80s, and another around 2005. CS enrollments reached a max around 2000, at the height of the dot-com bubble. But when the bubble burst in 2000-2001, enrollments plummeted in 2002, 2003 and…
Telecommunications engineers produce the worst naming schemes and acronyms of anyone, anywhere. Any cellular document is a mishmash of alphabet soup: UTRAN, UMTS, PS-CN, SGSN, RNC, RNS, eNodeB, EPC, MME, S-GW, X2-AP,…
> this whole article can be summed up as "providing a better experience for customers can increase sales" That, plus "be part of a community you can rely on for capital and labor." Despite the many struggles that…
> The top firms have gotten themselves into an insane bidding war. That may be true, but there's more to it than that. The first wave of successful IPOs (Facebook, Amazon, Google, Twitter, etc.) caused a spike in…
I think these numbers are accurate. Some of the numbers are skewed by the unicorn startups: since employees at Airbnb and Stripe (and Lyft and Pinterest, at the time these numbers were reported) can't sell their equity,…
If it's any consolation, most engineers here are not senior/staff engineers and they make less. Rent here is very steep (~$3500/month is the median price for an old 1-bedroom in San Francisco), but the home prices are…
I started working at FANG recently, after spending 15 years in a different field. The very first thing I noticed was how young the average employee is. It was a little startling. I've heard different theories: * Today's…
I think it's by design, but I believe the main intent was just to make it a desirable place to work. For most people, that meant not being worked at 100% until they burn out. It also meant giving people latitude to…
> head hunter compensation report You should ask for a refund. Senior engineers at FANG in the Bay Area will typically make over $100k/year in stock. Total compensation of $300k-$400k is pretty normal, and includes…