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What about breastfeeding from the nipple vs drinking pumped breast milk? Or breastfeeding from a wet nurse vs breastfeeding from one's biological mother? Sounds like we still know …

Actually, one small correction to your math. You should adjust, for cost of living, only the part of your paycheck that you will be spending while living in that area. E.g., suppos…

I used a Pensco self-directed IRA: https://www.pensco.com/

You bring up a good and interesting point. From what I've seen, startups almost always pay less than market, but they make up for it in four different ways: 1. Quality of life and …

I'm 30 years old, and my rent is about $1200/month (I'm married, which helps cut down on costs). After taxes, $250k becomes $150k. After rent, food, staying alive, some travel, etc…

Yeah, typically you have to make at least $200k/year or have a net worth of $500k (the term is "accredited investor"). Thanks to a new law, though, you no longer have to be accredi…

Ah, sorry I didn't respond before. I live and work in SF at a large company (not Netflix, but something pretty similar). I'm 80% a coder, 10% a manager, and 10% a data scientist, a…

Yeah, good point--I'd recommend investing only $10k or $20k if possible. One of my points, though, is that you are effectively investing $100k in the company by taking a crap deal …

I was a small contributor in a later round (series A or B).

Yes, in addition to the amazing tax benefits of investing rather than being an employee, you get preferred shares. I also want to add that I know of a startup which allowed employe…

Most startups are more than happy to take your money. Just email or meet with the founders, explain your enthusiasm for the company, and you're usually good to go! For higher-profi…

I'm going to keep repeating this comment until the world hears it--I think most people joining startups are being taken advantage of without realizing it. Sorry to be repeating mys…

If you're going to work at a startup, ask for two things: 1. No employee equity whatsoever, but a slightly higher salary to make up for it 2. The ability to invest in the the next …

I wouldn't want to stay anywhere long if I was the big fish simply because I enjoy learning new things so much. That being said, at this point in my life/career, I'm not worried ab…

It usually requires a bit of networking, but that's all--most startups are more than happy to take your money! (And they will usually try to hire you as well.)

I've been out of school 3-4 years, and I work at a large company. I'm about 10% a manager, 10% a resident data scientist, and 80% a coder, and I love my job.

I've made this point before, but since it's a bit relevant here, I'll make it again (sorry to repeat): If you're primarily interested in making money, or if you love the startup bu…

If accurate (which it seems to be), a very disappointing handling by Facebook.

This happens in other futures markets all of the time. The price/month of a long-term lease ends up being a bit more than the price/month of a short-term lease. The same thing happ…

Why is that? You might be right, but your argument isn't intuitive to me. Landlords are afraid of rent going down, and renters are afraid of rent going up, so a long-term contract …

Good point. If you're interested in living in the same place continuously, signing a longer lease is perfect. I think a futures exchange is a bit more flexible though because: 1. L…

If you want rents to go down, you need to incentivize builders to build more property. Some regulation is good, but if there's too much in favor of the tenants, building more prope…

I'm in full support of some housing/rental market regulation, but such regulation is not without its cons. Similar to Berlin, in New York, tenants have very strong rights. For inst…