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600k base salary? What type of position is that? Developer salaries in the big four (I assume you mean Google/Facebook/Amazon/Apple) are high but that is still twice what I normall…

I used to think that, but AirBnb's success seems to be a huge counterexample. There are occasional problems caused by that subset of people taking advantage, but that hasn't stoppe…

is that after conversion? e.g.: 200k USD would equal (200 * 0.79 USD/GBP * 0.8) = 126k GBP? I wonder if it is because salaries were set before the pound plummetted due to brexit. F…

You have to add in state tax if you comparing against the US. (Not all states have an income tax, but California does have one)

How did you find that kind of deal on airbnb? I tried it myself during winter months in London, most airbnb properties don't give any discount or a fairly nominal one (e.g.: 10%) o…

Hostels are also a way to meet other travellers though - that is a lot harder to do in a hotel. I find travelling alone for extended periods can become a bit lonely

As a Canadian, i've actually never thought of Iran as any more 'adventurous' of a place to visit than somewhere like Peru or India or Cambodia. Lots of mainstream adventure tourism…

So you can get a green card and thus aren't tied to the company?

Checked exceptions also forces thinking critically about failure modes, but they seem to be an unpopular language feature, and few new libraries seem to use them. No other popular …

Do product owners really work in open source projects where developers aren't getting paid? I know personally, as an developer and an open source contributor, I'm going to work on …

Do you really think China has a bigger impact on bay area housing than overpaid tech workers funded by venture capital?

Part of me thinks that Redux is going to end up being the next Java EJB - really great and important concepts at the heart, but over-adopted in scenarios which don't need it. And i…

That is true in the US, even in NYC. However, furnished apartments are the norm in London, for long rentals.

Yes. My goal is to reach $10 million net worth (so I am no longer dependant on income to survive - yes, I can live more cheaply, but my favorite cities happen to be the most expens…

the flexibility is pretty important though... I'd rather just take the 17 days off all at once and go travel somewhere.

Odd decision. If they were willing to pay silicon-valley level salaries in Toronto, they would have no trouble getting senior talent. But they will be forced to pay silicon-valley …

It might make sense if you are bootstrapping and Phoenix is a place you want to live. (It is too hot, too conservative, and too suburban for my taste) But if you try to raise money…

I've only ever heard of salaries being quoted before taxes in the UK - same as the US.

Can anyone comment on the dating scene for heterosexual males in SF vs London? I've been considering moving to SF, but the male-female ratio makes me think dating will be hard and …

And San Francisco is even more expensive... This is just supply and demand - there are a lot of people who want to live in world cities like London, but a limited supply of housing…

Quake in the browser via javascript was done 5 years ago using GWT. I recall seeing that port at Google I/O years ago. https://code.google.com/p/quake2-gwt-port/

ChronicleMap looks really cool, i didn't know about it, but it seems like exactly what i've been looking for. I've been keeping an eye on apache directmemory, but that project seem…

I don't see how it makes sense at all to offer a tax holiday. If the IRS is going to give Apple a tax holiday, can they give me a tax holiday too?