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Caspian Trade, Inc. | Software Engineer | SF, Hybrid 3+ days a week | Full-time We're simplifying global trade compliance and helping importers navigate the trade environment, star…

Caspian Trade | Product Engineer | Full-Time | SF | meetcaspian.com We're building trade software that actually works. Our first product is duty drawback. Every year $10B in potent…

Caspian | Full-time | Hybrid w. in-office requirement (SF) At Caspian, we're helping companies understand and control their duty and tariff exposure. We're a small, well funded ear…

Caspian | SF | Full-time Caspian is an early-stage venture backed startup focused on helping corporations manage their duty and tariff exposure. We're starting with duty drawback, …

They wouldn't have exercised at that valuation. The options would be priced based on the 409a, which would be much much less than 1.5B.

money is simultaneously shifting to early stage it's a double whammy

A problem I've noticed working at larger companies is complexity simply for the sake of demonstrating complexity. In order to demonstrate technical prowess or importance, engineers…

A list of potential transactions + profits -- https://twitter.com/btcinchina/status/1438041142306623491

OpenSea's comms afterwards felt a little weak / lacking. I'm curious if they are still scrambling to put something together, investigate + determine appropriate action. The communi…

A podcast interview with the editors earlier this year -- https://samharris.org/podcasts/245-can-talk-scary-ideas/

In my experience the more common narrative was gaming the system to keep your GPA high. AP/DC/Advanced classes are typically shifted a GPA point up. For example, you may not take a…

I'd point out that this only guarantees you admission into the general studies / undeclared school. It can still be difficult and competitive to get into the engineering or busines…

Similar to this one from a16z: https://cdixon.org/2010/01/03/the-next-big-thing-will-start-... While Aaron's essay approaches the analogy from the perspective of those building, th…

Aftershokz have transformed my relationship with cycling. I've always been hesitant to cycle with in ear headphones for safety reasons. Aftershokz are perfect.

The Holloway Guide has some goodies -- https://www.holloway.com/g/equity-compensation It's complicated and there's a lot of gotchas I wish I had known. You can read up but if you a…

Reminds me of a16z's "dead equity" blogpost, largely revolving around employees with lingering options who no longer contributed their "fair share". https://a16z.com/2016/06/23/opt…

This 3-tier presentation is used at a couple places and would caution it as a way to anchor you on salary and equity. A lot of hires will negotiate the “salary high” and “equity hi…

> “Overnight, they just came and set this up. They had no respect for this community.” A common narrative amongst opponents of the program is the lack of community outreach. Not me…

- Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life - Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow

I recently finished _Deep Work_ by Cal Newport. In the book he discusses a workplace concept designed by David Dewane called the "Eudaimonia Machine". This workspace has multiple s…

I'm interested to watch retention through the first year for this card. The most attractive aspect for myself and many was the sign on bonus which was recently halved ( https://www…

The equity of previous investors feels just as "dead".