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Re: Windsurf employee #2: I was given a payout of only 1% what my shares where worth

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Post by braebo »

TrapLord_Rhodo wrote: post #520
rightbyte wrote: post #504

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ye I really don't understand why people don't take their money and run more often. And like, run a convince store somewhere off.

I'm one of those people who took "the money and [ran]" I'm a digital nomad and have been traveling full time for 7 years now. It's great, it's a good balance of work/life balance but one thing you slowly start to notice is when you leave your country, no matter if you learn the language or how much integrate yourself into that country, you will always be an outsider to the majority in that country. As an american you…

As a neurodiverse offspring of a biracial marriage, I’m starting to feel more and more like an outsider in my home state. Though I’d likely feel it much more if I left now, to your point.

Re: Windsurf employee #2: I was given a payout of only 1% what my shares where worth

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Post by Thorrez »

caminante wrote: post #540
Thorrez wrote: post #499

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not saying the prices are reasonable. I'm saying $2.2M for a "shithole 1300sqft" doesn't make sense when you can pay $2M for a nice 2279sqft.

Sorry, but this reads like you contradicting yourself. ~"Not saying X, but... X."

My first sentence is saying "I'm not saying the prices are reasonable."

How does my second sentence say the prices are reasonable? My second sentence is saying chasebank's friend did something that doesn't make sense. It's not saying the housing market in Santa Barbara is reasonable.

Re: Windsurf employee #2: I was given a payout of only 1% what my shares where worth

#543

Post by caminante »

Thorrez wrote: post #542
caminante wrote: post #540

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sorry, but this reads like you contradicting yourself. ~"Not saying X, but... X."

My first sentence is saying "I'm not saying the prices are reasonable." How does my second sentence say the prices are reasonable? My second sentence is saying chasebank's friend did something that doesn't make sense. It's not saying the housing market in Santa Barbara is reasonable.

>for a nice 2279sqft.

Are you intentionally ignoring you said "nice" for what most would consider to be a source of ridicule (4BR SFH in 2k sqft). BTW, you haven't made an argument about real estate differences. The smaller home might be a better deal.

And you're using a turn of phrase that is the opposite of your apparent intent.

Re: Windsurf employee #2: I was given a payout of only 1% what my shares where worth

#544

Post by Thorrez »

caminante wrote: post #543
Thorrez wrote: post #542

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My first sentence is saying "I'm not saying the prices are reasonable." How does my second sentence say the prices are reasonable? My second sentence is saying chasebank's friend did something that doesn't make sense. It's not saying the housing market in Santa Barbara is reasonable.

>for a nice 2279sqft. Are you intentionally ignoring you said "nice" for what most would consider to be a source of ridicule (4BR SFH in 2k sqft). BTW, you haven't made an argument about real estate differences. The smaller home might be a better deal. And you're using a turn of phrase that is the opposite of your apparent intent.

>most would consider to be a source of ridicule (4BR SFH in 2k sqft)

I don't think most people would consider it a source of ridicule. (BTW, you omitted 279sqft.) In all the places I see discussing it online, I see tons of people saying 2279 sqft is a normal or even large size for 4BR, and only 1 person saying it's small[1-6].

The average bedroom size in the US is 132 sqft. The average master bedroom size is 224 sqft[7]. Even if we go with 224, with 4 of those, that's 896 sqft used by bedrooms, and 2279-896 = 1383sqft for non-bedroom stuff. I don't see why that's so bad.

>BTW, you haven't made an argument about real estate differences. The smaller home might be a better deal.

chasebank described it has a "shithole". So I assumed the real estate was bad. If chasebank was describing a house on a super valuable piece of land, chasebank should have mentioned that. It would be an important piece of information that would completely undermine chasebank's point. It would be misleading for chasebank to leave out that information, so I assumed chasebank didn't do that. Anyway, the real estate of the one I linked to seemed fine to me.

[1] https://www.familyhomeplans.com/4-bed-3-bath-house-plans-hom...

[2] https://www.coohom.com/article/how-many-square-feet-in-a-4-b...

[3] https://www.reddit.com/r/HousingUK/comments/vq293z/after_gen...

[4] https://www.quora.com/How-many-square-feet-is-a-4-bedroom-ho...

[5] https://houseplanfloorplan.quora.com/How-big-is-a-typical-4-...

[6] https://www.coohom.com/article/how-many-square-feet-in-a-4-b...

[7] https://www.crddesignbuild.com/blog/average-bedroom-size/

Re: Windsurf employee #2: I was given a payout of only 1% what my shares where worth

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Post by caminante »

Thorrez wrote: post #544
caminante wrote: post #543

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>for a nice 2279sqft. Are you intentionally ignoring you said "nice" for what most would consider to be a source of ridicule (4BR SFH in 2k sqft). BTW, you haven't made an argument about real estate differences. The smaller home might be a better deal. And you're using a turn of phrase that is the opposite of your apparent intent.

>most would consider to be a source of ridicule (4BR SFH in 2k sqft) I don't think most people would consider it a source of ridicule. (BTW, you omitted 279sqft.) In all the places I see discussing it online, I see tons of people saying 2279 sqft is a normal or even large size for 4BR, and only 1 person saying it's small[1-6]. The average bedroom size in the US is 132 sqft. The average master bedroom size is 224 sqft…

Either you're acting in bad faith or have a language issue.

For the latter, isn't it odd how you cherrypick and dismiss?

1. Spuriously apply national averages (including a UK forum!!! LOL) to a way above average zip code

2. And conveniently dismiss another HNer's conclusion because they...didn't provide a fact needed for an argument that YOU are trying to make and could research yourself? This is unreal.

>"Yeah, even though I didn't ask, the defendent didn't tell me they were innocent or not, so I will dismiss further review and assume they're guilty."

Re: Windsurf employee #2: I was given a payout of only 1% what my shares where worth

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Post by Thorrez »

caminante wrote: post #545
Thorrez wrote: post #544

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>most would consider to be a source of ridicule (4BR SFH in 2k sqft) I don't think most people would consider it a source of ridicule. (BTW, you omitted 279sqft.) In all the places I see discussing it online, I see tons of people saying 2279 sqft is a normal or even large size for 4BR, and only 1 person saying it's small[1-6]. The average bedroom size in the US is 132 sqft. The average master bedroom size is 224 sqft…

Either you're acting in bad faith or have a language issue. For the latter, isn't it odd how you cherrypick and dismiss? 1. Spuriously apply national averages (including a UK forum!!! LOL) to a way above average zip code 2. And conveniently dismiss another HNer's conclusion because they...didn't provide a fact needed for an argument that YOU are trying to make and could research yourself? This is unreal. >"Yeah, even…

I'm not cherrypicking. Those are all the top results that Google gave me. I didn't omit any.

You said "what most would consider to be a source of ridicule (4BR SFH in 2k sqft)". You didn't say that it would only be a source of ridicule in certain zip codes.

Whose conclusion am I dismissing? chasebank's? I think chasebank's conclusion is that housing is too expensive. I agree with chasebank there. I'm not dismissing that.

Re: Windsurf employee #2: I was given a payout of only 1% what my shares where worth

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Post by sblocal123 »

Thorrez wrote: post #546
caminante wrote: post #545

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Either you're acting in bad faith or have a language issue. For the latter, isn't it odd how you cherrypick and dismiss? 1. Spuriously apply national averages (including a UK forum!!! LOL) to a way above average zip code 2. And conveniently dismiss another HNer's conclusion because they...didn't provide a fact needed for an argument that YOU are trying to make and could research yourself? This is unreal. >"Yeah, even…

I'm not cherrypicking. Those are all the top results that Google gave me. I didn't omit any. You said "what most would consider to be a source of ridicule (4BR SFH in 2k sqft)". You didn't say that it would only be a source of ridicule in certain zip codes. Whose conclusion am I dismissing? chasebank's? I think chasebank's conclusion is that housing is too expensive. I agree with chasebank there. I'm not dismissing t…

Going full pedant, the more pertinent issue with the house you posted upthread is that it's 8 miles from downtown and outside Santa Barbara city limits. No one in Santa Barbara would consider it a "Santa Barbara" house. Despite the zip code allowing use of "Santa Barbara" on the address, it's in "Noleta", the less expensive unincorporated suburban area between Goleta and Santa Barbara.

Shithole is probably overstating it, but $2.2m doesn't get you much in more expensive Santa Barbara neighborhoods. Here's a 3/1 1000sq foot house that sold for $2.2 in June that better represents what the parent comment was referring to:

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2430-Mesa-School-Ln-Santa...

A 4BR 2k+ sqft house in any of the good neighborhoods in Santa Barbara ( Mesa, San Roque, Riviera, Mission Canyon, Samarkand) would easily be closer to $2.5-3 million.

For example: 1900sqft for $2.6: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2818-Valencia-Dr-Santa-Ba...

2100sqft for $2.7: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/3117-Calle-Noguera-Santa-...

800sq ft for $1.6: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/512-E-Islay-St-Santa-Barb...

Re: Windsurf employee #2: I was given a payout of only 1% what my shares where worth

#548

Post by Thorrez »

sblocal123 wrote: post #547
Thorrez wrote: post #546

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not cherrypicking. Those are all the top results that Google gave me. I didn't omit any. You said "what most would consider to be a source of ridicule (4BR SFH in 2k sqft)". You didn't say that it would only be a source of ridicule in certain zip codes. Whose conclusion am I dismissing? chasebank's? I think chasebank's conclusion is that housing is too expensive. I agree with chasebank there. I'm not dismissing t…

Going full pedant, the more pertinent issue with the house you posted upthread is that it's 8 miles from downtown and outside Santa Barbara city limits. No one in Santa Barbara would consider it a "Santa Barbara" house. Despite the zip code allowing use of "Santa Barbara" on the address, it's in "Noleta", the less expensive unincorporated suburban area between Goleta and Santa Barbara. Shithole is probably overstatin…

Thanks for the info! Yeah, I didn't realize the different neighborhoods.

That first one you linked to must be priced based on building something new there. The Zillow listing even has pictures of plans for a new house.

Here's a 2270sqft 3BR3B for $1.9M that I think is actually in Santa Barbara (looks like the edge of Riviera), although it doesn't really have a yard: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/533-Conejo-Rd-Santa-Barba...

Re: Windsurf employee #2: I was given a payout of only 1% what my shares where worth

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Post by StopDisinfo910 »

TrapLord_Rhodo wrote: post #520
rightbyte wrote: post #504

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ye I really don't understand why people don't take their money and run more often. And like, run a convince store somewhere off.

I'm one of those people who took "the money and [ran]" I'm a digital nomad and have been traveling full time for 7 years now. It's great, it's a good balance of work/life balance but one thing you slowly start to notice is when you leave your country, no matter if you learn the language or how much integrate yourself into that country, you will always be an outsider to the majority in that country. As an american you…

That stops when you actually fix yourself somewhere and become part of the community.

Being a nomad is basically asking to start from scratch everywhere you go.

Re: Windsurf employee #2: I was given a payout of only 1% what my shares where worth

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Post by sblocal123 »

Thorrez wrote: post #548
sblocal123 wrote: post #547

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Going full pedant, the more pertinent issue with the house you posted upthread is that it's 8 miles from downtown and outside Santa Barbara city limits. No one in Santa Barbara would consider it a "Santa Barbara" house. Despite the zip code allowing use of "Santa Barbara" on the address, it's in "Noleta", the less expensive unincorporated suburban area between Goleta and Santa Barbara. Shithole is probably overstatin…

Thanks for the info! Yeah, I didn't realize the different neighborhoods. That first one you linked to must be priced based on building something new there. The Zillow listing even has pictures of plans for a new house. Here's a 2270sqft 3BR3B for $1.9M that I think is actually in Santa Barbara (looks like the edge of Riviera), although it doesn't really have a yard: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/533-Conejo-Rd-Sa…

Agreed that first link is priced on the lot being extra large, I intended to put in this one: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/307-La-Marina-Santa-Barba...

That Conejo rd listing is less expensive mostly due to fire/landslide risk and the elementary school district.

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