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This is a pretty terrible analogy. It's not a retailer; it's a marketplace. Marketplaces don't get commoditized. Is there another Ebay out there? Retailers can purchase the invento…

I disagree with this comment but understand the spirit behind it. This incident just shows the immaturity of the reddit community. People get let go all the time. At the risk of so…

I'm also not a professional programmer, but I used to do a lot of data analytics for a large company which required lots of SQL. I often used excel to track my code and keep it org…

While this makes total sense, there are in fact roles where working more makes you progress faster. I feel that this is less the case in programming roles. But, in many business ro…

As a carpenter and programmer, I think this stretches it a quite bit, but still funny.

It's clear that most people commenting on this do not understand finance. If you look at Tesla's financial statements it's clear that they should have a junk rating. While the term…

Even though I'm not a father I very much enjoyed this piece.

Sure, there are a lot of companies that initially sounded like bad ideas. But there are ideas that aren't just bad; they aren't thought through. I hear dozens of people tell me abo…

Agree with this article 100%. The reason I discarded programming (and went into Mechanical Engineering)sophomore year of college was because I was frustrated with the syntax issues…

Interesting, especially the part of making it mobile-only. Seems odd to me but I'm sure they have a reason behind it. Also, part of the reason why Costco and Sams are so expensive …

It makes sense if you understand how the deal process works. It's unlike other industries where you can plan ahead and delegate accordingly. If you're building software, you have t…

As crazypyro said, deals move fast. These are often billion dollar decisions clients are making. If a bank can't turn it around quickly, they'll lose the deal. With only a few deal…

Sorry, I've come to use the terms interchangeably. That's what happens when your friends are all investment bankers.

I got a lot of BS answers to this question when I wanted to be an investment banker. The only reasonable answer I got is that it's a low-risk way to make a ton of money. Instead of…

Startups are rarely as bad as banking, where you can do 100 hour weeks several weeks in a row, have vacations canceled, miss weddings and funerals. Even though you're expected to w…

I thought it was cool detective work and proved a good point, despite not being "particularly ingenious".

Definitely "first world problems", but great suggestions.