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Nothing. 2016 was another miserable year filled with 24/7 intrusive/harassing/distressing thoughts and physical pain/discomfort that left me unable to do anything but sit around being harassed. I'll be 31 soon, and thus far have spent the last 6+ years sitting around in this state unable to do anything, work, think, etc. Others say it's some sort of mental illness, but I say I'm a Targeted Individual (ie, someone did…
You are targeted.
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I don't track it directly, but margins are on average 20% or so. I have items anywhere from 5% to 50% margin.
In an industry obsessed with KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) I find this one of the most interesting comments here.
On a per product basis it's relatively easy, but the question is what the average is.
My philosophy is that if you know you're making money, it's not so important to track exactly how much. I'll probably need to adjust that when I file my first tax return next year, though (so not looking forward to it.)
Created a beer bread recipe blog in the hopes that I get big enough that breweries will send me beer. Last month, a brewery decided to send me beers to "play around with". Mission accomplished.
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That sounds very interesting. Care to share what you're working on?
http://8-food.com/ - network of wholly owned, automated food preparation and retail service locations. Basically, robot chefs inside vending machines initially targeted at mainland China that produce custom food from fresh ingredients, the logistical system behind it and customer experience in front. PS. I really liked your "VR Meditation app" idea, maybe a little ahead of its time but I am sure that it would work we…
Finally followed my dreams of leaving my home state. So I quit my corporate job that I hated, left Louisiana and moved to California taking a epic road trip across country in the process, then arrived and got more or less the job of my dreams a couple months later. Been a pretty interesting ride so far out here.
How were the months in between you reached California and got a job. I am in one same phase except changing the state. How did you pau for expenses?
Created a beer bread recipe blog in the hopes that I get big enough that breweries will send me beer. Last month, a brewery decided to send me beers to "play around with". Mission accomplished.
What's the url for the blog?
Created a beer bread recipe blog in the hopes that I get big enough that breweries will send me beer. Last month, a brewery decided to send me beers to "play around with". Mission accomplished.
How much beer are we talking about here? ;)
Started my "dream job" at Google in January and fought through a very steep learning curve towards being a fullstack engineer there. I learned our team's frontend in AngularJS (despite no frontend experience nor any idea how different JS is written inside of Google), webserver in Java, backend in C++ and data pipeline in Go (with tangential previous experience in JS & Java and none in the other two). Add on that the…
As someone applying for a front-end position and made it all the way to the on-site, doing the on-site interview soon. Can you explain to me what you mean with js being "so different" inside of Google? Also that sounds like you learned A LOT. How does that affect your work/life balance?
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I've tried to do this for years but never been able to figure out how it works in practice. My wife and I have settled on just looking at our accounts every week and seeing that we have enough buffer, but I really feel like there is some skill that is missing.
It wasn't until I really grokked YNAB's methodology[1] that I got out of the paycheck-to-paycheck cycle, saved up for an emergency fund, and begun seriously paying off school loans. Their 4 rules and their app have changed my financial life. Like atarian said, having a budget really does free you. [1]: https://www.youneedabudget.com/method/