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In Silicon Valley, some men say cosmetic procedures are essential to a career

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Re: In Silicon Valley, some men say cosmetic procedures are essential to a career

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Post by ukyrgf »

jelliclesfarm wrote: post #129
LargeWu wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Also, be tall, that doesn't hurt.

https://news.yahoo.com/men-paying-76-000-limb-155514396.html : just read this..what a coincidence! [..] Some men and a few women are getting plastic surgery to lengthen their limbs and grow up to six inches taller. Dr. Kevin Debiparshad, founding surgeon at The LimbplastX Institute in Las Vegas, Nevada, has performed this procedure on more than 30 people since opening his practice in 2018. The two-hour, $76,000 proce…

Reminded me of https://jezebel.com/stories-about-my-brother-1835651181

Re: In Silicon Valley, some men say cosmetic procedures are essential to a career

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Post by jelliclesfarm »

Forbo wrote: post #109
hadiz wrote: post #98

Earlier quoted context omitted.

beauty is not achievable.

There's a lot of money to be made in convincing people otherwise. - Plastic surgery: ~$18B in the US in 2019 - Cosmetics: ~$55B in the US in 2019

I started by growing vegetables. Money pit. Then I started growing lavender and aromatics for essential oil distillation. It’s for cosmetic purposes and perfumery. Much higher margin.

Go figure..people would spend more for perfume than for their food. Why? Because. Markets.

It’s ok. If you work with pigs, you have to roll in pig poop. It’s already established what we do the minute we start selling..it’s only a matter of branding and marketing.

I am a little lucky in that I still get to work amidst plants and nature that is my secret pleasure. It’s the selling part that I abhor. But..needs must..etc..

Re: In Silicon Valley, some men say cosmetic procedures are essential to a career

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Post by jelliclesfarm »

Diederich wrote: post #85

I'm older than the person mentioned at the top of this article, and I've made no efforts to hide it. I've been in the tech industry for about 27 years now, and silicon valley for the last 11. In silicon valley, I've worked at multiple startups, as well as two 'FAANG' companies. My comp has always been very good, and I've not detected even one little hint of 'ageism' at work. In fact, my career and current work enviro…

Are you saying penile enhancement and size and performance doesn’t have an affect on males? Curious female minds want to know..

I have always wanted to objectify men. I struggle to choose between their looks or bank balance or penis size. That’s why men in the past wore cod pieces. I would like it back please..

Re: In Silicon Valley, some men say cosmetic procedures are essential to a career

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Post by jelliclesfarm »

1996 wrote: post #97

Based on my experience, the headline is right. The money I spent was dwarfed by the extra money I made afterwards. It is just my own experience, but I think it is a cool hack: look the part to get more money. To give more details, after having studied skin care a bit with the help of google scholar and reddit, I came to the conclusion that wrinkles are multifactorial and due to: - facial fat depletion : https://www.p…

PRP has good reviews. A friend tried it recently and said it actually started baby hair growth near hairline..so I guess it basically increases blood flow.. If I had some spare change laying around, I would invest in cosmetic start ups. Especially those that are non invasive. Ways to determine which procedure is best suited for each person. AI to customize treatments. Etc. Phone apps too esp with the really nifty cameras that come with smart phones these days.

Deceim ..a Canadian cosmetic company has affordable products and I am a fan of many their basic products altho some are pretty hard core. I won’t use anything with retinol for example. I work in the farm and under the sun. So I have to be careful. Maybe when I retire from farming.

I agree. Body hacking is true hacker spirit. I encourage people to experiment and hack away.

Re: In Silicon Valley, some men say cosmetic procedures are essential to a career

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Post by sharadov »

anon9001 wrote: post #64
oppositelock wrote: post #19

Other commenters may be dismissing this article as obvious, but silicon valley does have a problem, particularly in young, hip startups. These companies want to hire young, hip people, and when products being produced are very vague with no clear market, then things like image matter a lot. Juicero, comes to mind. That's fine, you don't have to work there. However, as you get older, develop wrinkles and grey hair, th…

I think this cuts both ways. I'm getting older, but I get along really well with the fresh meat. What works for me is to come across as an OG hacker and stay up to date on whatever the hot tech is. I'm also as immature as ever and have a pretty good command of dank memes, which I think helps more than people want to admit. I'll follow the culture wherever it goes, the same as I have since I was a teenager. I just alw…

Am similar to you in a lot of ways, you gotta be the cool kid and in the know. I know too many friends who've gone the other way, always dissing Millenials and have grown prematurely old.

Re: In Silicon Valley, some men say cosmetic procedures are essential to a career

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Post by sokoloff »

catalogia wrote: post #66
jm20 wrote: post #36

Attractiveness has always affected opportunities afforded to people and other people’s perceptions of you. This is not just in tech. Hell, it influences elections! This is just human nature and has been studied extensively. It’s just trendy to bash Silicon Valley for this, because, you know, everyone on Wall Street is wearing suits for the comfort factor... However, I think there’s an upper bounds on where that matte…

Of course conformity is the reason for the suits, but I'd like to point out that if you're wearing suits 5 days a week it would be foolish to not buy a comfortable one. Good materials and a good fit can make for a very comfortable suit. More comfortable, I dare say, than the casual attire I must wear when working for west coast tech companies, lest I not conform to west coast tech company expectations. T-shirts and h…

The (somewhat) new stretch denim (with 1-3% elastane) makes for amazingly comfortable jeans. If you haven't tried a pair, give them a shot.

Re: In Silicon Valley, some men say cosmetic procedures are essential to a career

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Post by sokoloff »

jelliclesfarm wrote: post #133
Diederich wrote: post #85

I'm older than the person mentioned at the top of this article, and I've made no efforts to hide it. I've been in the tech industry for about 27 years now, and silicon valley for the last 11. In silicon valley, I've worked at multiple startups, as well as two 'FAANG' companies. My comp has always been very good, and I've not detected even one little hint of 'ageism' at work. In fact, my career and current work enviro…

Are you saying penile enhancement and size and performance doesn’t have an affect on males? Curious female minds want to know.. I have always wanted to objectify men. I struggle to choose between their looks or bank balance or penis size. That’s why men in the past wore cod pieces. I would like it back please..

If my penis ever makes an appearance in the workplace, something has gone terrifically wrong.

Re: In Silicon Valley, some men say cosmetic procedures are essential to a career

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Post by wikibob »

S_A_P wrote: post #35

I will provide a bit of anecdata. I went from not really fat, but kinda just mushy to my high school weight when I was ~30 and started working out and did a lot of running. The way I was treated be everyone was drastically different(better). I then had a severe foot fracture that required surgery and 12-18 month recovery. Running has proven difficult even 5 years later. I am regaining some pudge, and notice that roya…

Can you swim instead?

Re: In Silicon Valley, some men say cosmetic procedures are essential to a career

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Post by ncr100 »

oppositelock wrote: post #19

Other commenters may be dismissing this article as obvious, but silicon valley does have a problem, particularly in young, hip startups. These companies want to hire young, hip people, and when products being produced are very vague with no clear market, then things like image matter a lot. Juicero, comes to mind. That's fine, you don't have to work there. However, as you get older, develop wrinkles and grey hair, th…

> "do you feel you still have relevant knowledge", or "we do things differently than in your day", or "do you think you can work in a fast paced environment",

This is illegal age discrimination, in my opinion. Consider suing them.

Re: In Silicon Valley, some men say cosmetic procedures are essential to a career

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Post by bb88 »

1996 wrote: post #103
bb88 wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Interesting story about China and leg lengthening procedures. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&obj...

Not interesting, just light on facts. It says the procedure is now banned for cosmetic reasons after a few patients were "disfigured". How where they disfigured, since the legs are as far apart as can be from the face? If it's the leg that looks ugly afterwards, can't the leg be fixed? Was there a bone problem? An infection ?? I don't think I would go that fact personally, but if there was something possible for the…

No offense, but one of the weird things about HN in general is that commenters can't find apparently relatively easily google-able facts.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/dec/15/gender.uk

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