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thegypsyking
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Comment #35462843
What a joke. I moved from europe (eastern europe but still eu) to the us after my parents died in a hospital because of the incredible quality of “free healthcare” which didn’t wan…
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Comment #33559376
Director = 1 milli a year total comp I’d switch positions in a heartbeat, and I have good work like balance but only make a fifth of that. Cry me a river.
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Comment #33102156
Really appreciate The time you’ve put into this! I have no wealth or anything like that, so the road for me will definitely be to work like a dog for the next 10 years and hope som…
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Comment #33101324
Hey! I’m currently an ml engineer and my dream is to be ceo of a mid size company one day. Do you have any advice for how I can move into that direction?
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Comment #30744584
How did you make the change? I’m an ml engineer at a faang company that would love to do something similar
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Comment #30073194
I did the opposite and found the us much better. Pay and opportunities are infinitely better, people are friendlier, having a car is much easier and more convenient.
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Comment #29693171
Exactly why I left Europe to work in the US, best decision ever
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Comment #29693119
I moved from Europe to the US, and so have a lot of other people who aim to become rich. In europe most rich people inherit everything, mobility to upper class is basically non exi…
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Comment #29693065
How did you make mor? i worked in Sweden and my compensation was 4x less than it is in America. Unless you got extremely lucky or were much more senior it’s impossible, case in whi…
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Comment #29693001
The masters ranking does matter if you’re international
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Comment #29673965
You are much luckier and more of a “survivor” than any of them I feel. I also work at Faang, but only graduated college last year and only make 200k a year, barely. I will never re…
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Comment #29346338
I moved from europe to the us because I could never become financially independent with the low compensation and high taxes in EU. I would never wish for us to ever be as unambitio…
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Comment #29305826
How did you know what to build?
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Comment #29076226
Happy birthday! Man am I jealous, I think I’ll have to grind away all my best years at faang or worse. I also love Russian lit, so so checkout Oblomov and Tolstoy shorter novels li…
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Comment #28718090
Thiel is my hero. I really can’t wait to get my green card so I can start a company, write a libertarian book and try to move the needle in the right direction.
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Comment #28578221
I miss Mcafee, funny how most libertarian activists seem to drop dead while the people looting stores and setting cities on fire during protests, or stealing “under 900$” roam the …
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Comment #28551137
Not really possible when you’re already inside US with a visa tied to your company. Plus not sure how investors would see a foreigner setting up a us company he can’t run without t…
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Comment #28551123
Yes, I figured that’s most likely it as well.
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Comment #28551114
Will do!
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Comment #28551103
No worries! I was feeling a bit stick yesterday so apologize if the original doesn’t make much sense. Above is right, I was wondering how I could do something similar but legitimat…
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Comment #28545068
What type of visa does a 20 year old get to start a hedge fund on wall street? I’m really curios, because working on this is my dream but I’m stuck as an L1 engineer at faang inste…
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Comment #28517945
Interesting, I’m from Eastern Europe so never heard about this system. Sounds like a good alternative to public schools or boarding schools for sure.
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Comment #28517587
Jail is 100% like high school, from the experiences of the people I know who spent time in the can at least.
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Comment #28517567
I’m wondering if there is a way to create some sort of less structured alternative to the government education system. I think socializing with people of different classes, beliefs…
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Comment #28517505
Congrats, you’re the cringiest person on the entire website. You should really go to a psychiatrist or something based on your post history.