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Re: Employee 1: Yahoo

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Post by douche »

pc86 wrote: post #49
douche wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's a continuum between hand-to-mouth and fuck-you-money. The closer you can get to the latter, the better.

I think that depends on your definition of FYM. For me it's $1.3MM. For others it might be $5MM or $750k. I make a good living for my area but have nowhere near $1.3MM liquid or even my entire net worth. Getting and extra $500k would not give me any peace of mind or security that I don't already have.

That's all relative. For me, I could go home and retire off of 500K, just drawing off the dividends, but I'm from an area that is exceptionally cheap in the US.

Re: Employee 1: Yahoo

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Post by overcast »

pc86 wrote: post #47
overcast wrote: post #44

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The tech world doesn't revolve around Silicon Valley, as much as they'd like you to believe. There is TONS of opportunities in this world. Start your own company if you aren't happy with any of them. Thirty-nine is not the end of the road.

Given the completely asinine cost of living, most tech jobs in other parts of the US will net you more money in the bank at the end of the month.

Agreed, and the reason I am sitting here in Upstate New York, making way more(cost of living) adjusted than I would there. Though it can be argued you're paying the experience tax working for big names there. But it doesn't interest me.

Re: Employee 1: Yahoo

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Post by cableshaft »

overcast wrote: post #8

"I went there with a positive attitude. The work was interesting. It was rewarding and intellectually challenging. But after a few months, I remember looking at my boss and my boss’ boss, and my boss’ boss’ boss, and saying to myself, “You know what? I don’t want any of their jobs.” I saw how they spent their time and didn’t find it interesting or very rewarding. They spent their time managing meetings and office pol…

Hmmm....That's basically where I am now. I look at what my superiors are doing and it's just constant meetings with the occasional writing up tasks and doing code reviews, pretty much nothing else. I'm not sure I want to get promoted into that role.

I've had project management roles before, but the meetings were minimal and I still got to code at least 40% of the time.

Re: Employee 1: Yahoo

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Post by daveloyall » 

    > [...] the internet was used exclusively for the
    > non-commercial sharing of information at the time. The idea
    > of commercializing the internet wasn’t accepted by the very
    > people using the internet. Of course, the number of people
    > and the demographics of those people were rapidly changing.

    --Tim Brady, about the creation of the first f*^#&*! banner ad

Re: Employee 1: Yahoo

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Post by morgante »

pc86 wrote: post #47
overcast wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The tech world doesn't revolve around Silicon Valley, as much as they'd like you to believe. There is TONS of opportunities in this world. Start your own company if you aren't happy with any of them. Thirty-nine is not the end of the road.

Given the completely asinine cost of living, most tech jobs in other parts of the US will net you more money in the bank at the end of the month.

This is a ridiculous trope which keeps getting trotted out.

You can easily live in SV for under $100k/year. You can earn >$200k as an engineer in SV (and in few other places). SV is almost certainly going to leave you with more money in your pocket than working at the average tech job.

Re: Employee 1: Yahoo

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Post by squeaky-clean »

coldtea wrote: post #36
squeaky-clean wrote: post #23

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> Today that would be like, "hey come out here and get a job at Instagram, and them after-hours we'll work on our own thing" Why is it absurd? It's not uncommon today. It's basically the plot of season 1 of Silicon Valley on HBO (replace SGI/Instagram with Huli).

That's what he means that it's absurd. That back in the day it was the other way around, and now the "internet startup" like Instagram has taken the place of a company like SGI.

Ahhh, thank you, I was misinterpreting that they meant moonlighting anywhere as being absurd.

Re: Employee 1: Yahoo

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Post by ryandrake »

overcast wrote: post #52
pc86 wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Given the completely asinine cost of living, most tech jobs in other parts of the US will net you more money in the bank at the end of the month.

Agreed, and the reason I am sitting here in Upstate New York, making way more(cost of living) adjusted than I would there. Though it can be argued you're paying the experience tax working for big names there. But it doesn't interest me.

I've worked both in and out of Silicon Valley and you can't beat SV in terms of "opportunity risk". Most places outside of the area are one-horse towns when it comes to tech: If you lose your job there's nothing else there, you're picking up your family and moving to another city at least, maybe another state.

I lived on the east coast for years, and I'd happily move back in a heartbeat, but I'd be a nervous wreck every time it looked like another downturn was coming and I might have to scramble to find another job.

Re: Employee 1: Yahoo

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Post by ryandrake »

morgante wrote: post #55
pc86 wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Given the completely asinine cost of living, most tech jobs in other parts of the US will net you more money in the bank at the end of the month.

This is a ridiculous trope which keeps getting trotted out. You can easily live in SV for under $100k/year. You can earn >$200k as an engineer in SV (and in few other places). SV is almost certainly going to leave you with more money in your pocket than working at the average tech job.

The ">$200K/yr engineer" is also a ridiculous trope. I'm sure there are a handful of outlier engineers at top companies making that, but the median base Software Engineer salary in the Bay Area is anywhere from $100k to $105k depending on your source (+ maybe a few K in equity depending on the company).

Re: Employee 1: Yahoo

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Post by shostack »

xigency wrote: post #43
brianpan wrote: post #34

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I don't know if it's apropos to talk sports, but in a very real way this is what happened to the Warriors. They had an historic, record-breaking season that allowed them all sorts of bad habits. In the Finals when they are on the verge of reaching their goal, those bad habits showed and contributed to their falling short. Coach Steve Kerr talked about recognizing those mistakes during the season but it is hard to cor…

When I think of the bottom falling out on a team this year, I think of the White Sox. But maybe that's because I'm from Chicago.

I think that's just because the Cubs are by some fluke doing so well comparatively. Don't worry, Cubs will still choke :)
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