zlast's comments

Thank you. Applied!

Dm'd you on Twitter!

In the case of a crash, "typical" companies do not re-grant equity. Look at your typical big tech company, did they regrant equity? All of tech is down -- few tech companies have granted additional equity.

"In a statement, Mr. Rukstales said he regretted his participation, saying he exercised “extremely poor judgement” in following others into the Capitol..."

He regrets getting caught. Big difference!

Very interesting - some US examples that come to mind are Chime, Current, and Petal, all sporting the same modern "sleek" design.

Was the Robinhood debit card the first mainstream card for this? I distinctly recall my friends and I thinking it looked cool, and we wanted it just for how it looked.

Though I guess it's always been about the status - thinking back to the American Express Centurion card. It seems like modern cards are shifting from signaling wealth (old metal cards) to hipness (new sleek cards).

Glad it worked out for them! I left NYC recently because my lease ended - most people I knew in the city also left and are living with their parents for the time being (I'm in my early 20's for reference).

My friends and I have discussed the renting AirBnB / VRBO as well. Seems like the perfect chance to do it! Although, I'd probably pick a spot with more hiking (Utah? Colorado?)

Not sure if this is what you meant, but I'd correct it to "what is allowed to be said" is probably 5-10 years behind certain spheres of thought. Reuters certainly wouldn't want to alienate readers with something controversial - hence the lack of strong analysis.

No problem.

What different roles did you do? I'm a software engineer (new grad), and have been thinking of switching roles to learn more, i.e sales engineering. How did you make the transition?

Curious about your experiences as an early developer myself, any way to contact you?

Fintech / HFT firms are known to be the highest paying for SWE, even higher than FAANG companies.

I routinely get LinkedIn messages and emails for companies like Citadel, Two Sigma, Hudson River, Jane Street - new grads for these companies make around $250-300k, and I imagine you would make a good deal more if you can negotiate well.

Creation happens naturally when you care about something very much, and try to optimize.

I was raised on my mother's delicious cooking, and have traveled extensively to Asia. One particular dish I fell in love with was Japanese curry.

The restaurants serving Japanese curry around me closed, so I decided one day to learn it. I've made it a few times since then!

Creation happens naturally - so I'd suggest instead to find out what you enjoy. If you enjoy something enough, you will create it when it is missing.

Been working for a year in NYC after college - I also see people "amusing ourselves to death" on the weekends. We are used to jumping through hoops all our lives, and once we're adults, what's the next hoop? Promotion? Money?

It's pretty clear that there aren't "hoops" that make you automatically happier, but it would help if we all had a little more time to explore life - in childhood and adulthood.

The craziest thing about this is that if Jeff didn't conduct all his (illegal) business on his work laptop, he may never have been caught. And, the only reason HR decided to look at his laptop was to find "a copy of a commission structure to build out the corporate sales team" that Jeff was supposed to leave behind before he left for another job.

Good observation in the comments:

  You were rich because you discovered that you could eat little but peanut butter sandwiches and eggs and still be content. Others, despite having the discipline to spend less than they have, find they can't be content living under the privations that doing so entails. They do not feel free and cannot be considered rich.

You can be content on surprisingly little. It pays to find out what that "little" is.

It sounds like a break from work life would be immensely helpful. Here's another alternative that I'd recommend.

You didn't mention taking any breaks / vacation during this period. Take a week or two off and see how you feel. If you feel you should go longer, do it. I'd strongly advise against going right into a 6 month break.

The emails were "sitting plaintext in an exposed database."

Major things wrong: unencrypted email addresses + private messages, leaving the database without a password, database wasn't fixed until a week after knowing of the error.

I find it concerning that this kind of news seems normal now.