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No HQ need not mean no office.
I have worked in a mostly remote company. Eventually everyone just stops going to the office as they are not sure if anyone will be there. Eventually the real estate sits empty and the employer exits it
It worked out really well since everybody came together at the same time.
Well, I guess I won’t be working for Coinbase then. I am probably of the rare breed, who actually likes to go to office (not everyday). I can’t imagine staying home all day everyday basically hopping zoom calls. I hope other companies use office presence as a competitive advantage at this point
> I can’t imagine staying home all day everyday I can imagine it, because I've been doing it every day for the past year. It sucks. It sucks a lot. I can't even count the number of people in my tech circle who went from (pre-covid) "ugh, so-and-so works from home at an all-remote company, that sounds fantastic" to (early-covid) "wow, working from home is fantastic, I can start a bit later, no boring commute, this is…
No.
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> I can’t imagine staying home all day everyday I can imagine it, because I've been doing it every day for the past year. It sucks. It sucks a lot. I can't even count the number of people in my tech circle who went from (pre-covid) "ugh, so-and-so works from home at an all-remote company, that sounds fantastic" to (early-covid) "wow, working from home is fantastic, I can start a bit later, no boring commute, this is…
I have to know what you do for a living that building and running one of the largest clouds in the world is "highly operational".
Should probably qualify this as "geographically decentralized". As long as there are C-level executives, VPs, and the usual corporate heirarchy, they're not really decentralized in the sense that cryptocurrency itself is fully consensus-driven.
> Should probably qualify this as "geographically decentralized". What a loose use of the definition, which is oddly very much like Armstrong to attach his name and Coinbase to Bitcoin's virtues. And this is despite him actively helping push Bcash during USAF. > As long as there are C-level executives, VPs, and the usual corporate heirarchy, they're not really decentralized in the sense that cryptocurrency itself is…
The Bitcoin Core cooption of Bitcoin - which was the cause of Bitcoin Cash being created - has led to Bitcoin being transformed into a currency that in any kind of future success scenario, only power-users (banks and exchanges) will directly transact with on-chain, with their own private keys. Armstrong's vision is much more pro-decentralization.
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Because you don’t have to cram 2 new desks into the expensive 1 bedroom apartment you share with your partner.
Well that’s offset by the fact you no longer have to get a small one bedroom near a large city downtown. Without the commute suburbs or smaller cities offer much bigger and better spaces for less. Why pay $4.5k for that one bedroom in SOMA when you can get a 4 bedroom home in Sacramento for the same price.
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I don't see how business travel goes away. You just can't effectively build relationships over zoom, phone calls, and email. It's just not possible. Ask anyone who's been in a long distance relationship.
As someone who's been in working and failing long distance relationships, I'm not sure they are a good comparison. The issue in LDRs is mostly lack of intimacy these days, since you can easily be connected all the time. I'm not sure you would need this from someone in sales from company X. As you say the problem would be _building_ relationships, which is different from _maintaining_ them. People have been leaving th…
And trust is the foundation of both romantic relationships and business relationships.
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> Should probably qualify this as "geographically decentralized". What a loose use of the definition, which is oddly very much like Armstrong to attach his name and Coinbase to Bitcoin's virtues. And this is despite him actively helping push Bcash during USAF. > As long as there are C-level executives, VPs, and the usual corporate heirarchy, they're not really decentralized in the sense that cryptocurrency itself is…
Bitcoin Cash stays true to Bitcoin's original vision of allowing every one on Earth to control their bitcoin with their own private keys, and transfer it without trusted third party intermediaries. The Bitcoin Core cooption of Bitcoin - which was the cause of Bitcoin Cash being created - has led to Bitcoin being transformed into a currency that in any kind of future success scenario, only power-users (banks and excha…
Core accepts the technical realities and limitations of Bitcoin’s design and works within them. Bitcoin Cash simply wishes them away and ignores them, and that will eventually cause the whole system to fail.
They’ll learn the hard way what the wiser small block contingent have understood from the early days. Bitcoin Core’s layered architecture is the only realistically viable architecture given Bitcoin’s inherent design constraints.
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Employees don't realize that taxes are the reason companies generally don't allow for remote positions. It's not just payroll taxes at stake. In a nutshell, having an employee in a tax jurisdiction creates a taxable nexus for the company, meaning that they can be subject to income taxes, commercial taxes, sales taxes/VAT, etc., in that jurisdiction. (And note: this has been part of domestic and international tax law…
Does it work the other way around, too? E.g., if live in New Hampshire and work remotely for a New York company, do I have to pay the NY income tax?
[1]https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/new-hampshire-v-... [2]Which is already subject to sales tax after the reversal of the Quill Corp vs. North Dakota decision in South Dakota vs. Wayfair