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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 li…

Even accounting for MTA, SF’s per-capita spending remains much higher than most other US cities. DC is the only other city that is comparable.

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…

> 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 …

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 shoplift…

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 …

At least in San Francisco Bay Area, which has one of the worst housing markets in the country, it would be a net win. For some people who've lived here a while and bought a house f…

Do companies you've worked for in the past normally approach you about promotions? Maybe it's because I'm shy or bad at self-promotion, but I've never had an employer offer a promo…

> Freaks & Geeks: 1 season, amazing. Ditto UK The Office. Do I have news for you...

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…

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…

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 liv…

> 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 m…

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…

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 industr…

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 co…

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…

Some people always take the path towards “more.” It doesn’t matter how much they’ve got, if they can find an opportunity for more they’ll take it.

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…