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Don't worry, some of the people on this list probably have nothing meaningful to share. e.g. a university student (2025 grad) who is working part time is in this list.

Some of these folks are definitely not qualified to mentor anyone.

Most large Stripe clients split traffic. It doesn't make sense to have Stripe be a single point of failure if you're processing enough volume.

Doing even 10 on-site interviews is incredibly draining, especially if you're actually contributing at your full time job. I interviewed around 2 years ago at about 10 places as we…

Anyone who has been there for a decade had options and has already cashed out. Folks who are getting screwed are the ones that joined in ~2017 when they started issuing RSUs instea…

It's definitely not worth an engineer's time to resolve random customer issues, especially as Stripe has grown from ~500 people to ~7000 people. Gone are the days where all the eng…

LOL no. This is literally moving backwards.

SF rents have fallen significantly only in "undesirable" areas which are mostly offices and high rises where rents were exorbitant anyway. My friend's shoebox apartment was $3300/m…

Is this basically the Konmari method? Does this spark joy?

I didn't buy the test because all it would say would be "Congrats! You are 100% asian." I feel like 23&me is literally only useful/interesting to white people because they can see …

Yeah, but then I would have to live in Miami. LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION!

If you create a walled ecosystem within a communist country that straight up bans other competing non Chinese products, you might think that this party is in Shenzhen.

You're assuming that people actually own homes in the bay area. Good one.

Yes! We need more diversity in the executives club!

What do you think of the "country of origin" segregation vs. citizenship. I was born in India and raised in Canada. I'm never going to get permanent residency in the US based on em…

Question: Why don't you just order online and have it shipped to your office/home?

People love Path of Exile because it's essentially a slots machine. Also, it doesn't have that high of a playerbase.

> Add "day tabs" so I can plan things out by the day and easily see whatever day I want. For example, my friend has a daily itinerary which is hard to read and requires scrolling. …

I canceled Netflix a few months ago. Their catalog is really garbage now. Feels great flying the black flag again with Plex.

We have "Park and Ride" for GO buses in Canada.

I live in SF and your Vancouver day is the same as my day here. I wake up at 7am, do my daily stretching routine, bike/ride the bus to work at around 7:30. I'm at work around 8:00 …

The likelihood of QR payments taking off in North America is slim. People love credit cards. They offer way too much. This model worked in China because people went from using cash…

You completely ignored all the other costs of owning a car: insurance, parking, maintenance. You're paying much, much more than $0.35/mile my friend.

You would also fail your driver's test in SF if you don't check for bikers when making a right turn. However, this isn't the case if you do your test elsewhere. SF has pretty good …