I finally got budget to add another team member to my team who were struggling with workloads. Among other criteria, starting date was very crucial in my decision because of new project that will add even more workload to the team. Most qualified candidate was available after a month, and the first ...Read more
Apparently Dave Ramsey advises against overfunding 529 because college bubble will burst and they'll have to "come home to roost". He advises no more than $20k in 529. But he's been saying a lot of silly things lately - cognitive decline due to age, perhaps? Personally, I'd rather overfund than un...Read more
I have not personally met unruly Modi supporters in companies like Google, Microsoft, and other FAANG. My perception was people in these were rational, open-minded, and capable of discourse. I have met 2-3 people in person for sure but don't want to generalize the population of all supporters. What'...Read more
Tired of my crazy busy tech job. We have 2 kids in high school. Wife is stay home mom. I have worked so hard to build this net worth, but I am exhausted. Our house is not part of this NW. yearly expense is around 180,000. Any advise will be so helpful! 🙏🏽
India has been led on path of destruction effectively by BJP. They use divisive politics based on religion and make laws to favor 1% at cost of labor of 99% of Indians. Last five years have been real damage to India's democracy. BJP used Income tax department, ED, CBI agencies as lethal weapons to a...Read more
I don't understand why? They never fire me because I do acceptable work, changed three top tier companies in this time. Still an IC, even though I want to try management, they never give me a chance and I don't try hard enough. Promotion has never been my thing, my batch mates and friends who start...Read more
GG TikTok zoomers https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/23/technology/tiktok-ban-bill-congress.html?unlocked_article_code=1.m00.ZK2N.UrSoIPl9TLPw&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
From Aug.24, 2023 to April 22, 2024, 244 days Aged 15 years? #elections #president #trump
Bad quarter financially but Elon came in and saved the day!! Robotaxi is now confirmed to happen in August and they even showed the figma screens of what Robotaxi will look like!! Model 2 coming out soon. Model 2 and CyberTruck slated to add multiple billion in revenue promised by Elon. God is good!...Read more
Finally made it guys, sweet job at Apple with a 340K TC, $800K networth. I’m going to buy this Brunello Cucinelli bow tie and pocket square. This will show ‘em who’s the boss 🤡🤡🤡
You're a father of 3 little kids. Starving in a war imposed on you. Only thing on your mind is somehow saving them from unrelenting bombs and starvation. Their mother has already been bombed to death. Then there came a food truck and you had to be first in line amongst hundreds similar poor souls. ...Read more
I don’t do much of anything, for 3 years now. I haven’t worked a Friday in years, and never hit more than 5 hours worked in a single day in the same timeline. TC: $300k AMA
Im always nationalistic to India and ABCDs always saying current leadership is super Islamaphobic and such but when I tell them I disagree and I don’t think thats true, I get labelled a hindu nationalist. What yall think? Regardless of what anyone thinks I think its safe to say that life as a mulim ...Read more
Mind blown. But the SC overturned the implementation. They tried it in 2007 as well and also in 2010. At the stetelevel. Overturned by HC And then they tried it again in 2011 at the national level. Please read this above your party lines. This is such a new reveal for me. Congress really is anti ...Read more
I recently left Amazon and now i miss it. My new company has so much more wlb and no toxicity. My teammates are super nice. There is no pressure, easy on calls. I have even stopped crying in the mornings. TC is same as Amazon too. It has been only 2 months and i have realised that this kind of life...Read more
The Federal Trade Commission has issued a final rule making it illegal for bosses to make workers sign noncompetes in any scenario, and voiding nearly all existing noncompetes. This is a game changer for American workers. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/04/23/ftc-noncompete-agreements...Read more
In this fu*** up world. Cons: - The stress in a tech job is real - kids cost money - I would quit my job if I had to have kids cause it’s a huge responsibility morally- you are in control of making someone’s life - How do you find a woman who will have your babies. Pros: You might get some enter...Read more
Hey all, Few months ago I made a post about being laid off from Block when only two years before that I had 11 offers. Finished my interviews and landed 5 offers! The things that changed from last time I interviewed: - Interviews are most definitely harder to pass. This isn’t because the intervi...Read more
After seeing many different types I have created a short list. Same ideas applicable to other religions. Sanatani/Dharmic Hindu - Belief in Hindu theology and Brahma/Vishnu/Shiva ideas of divinity. Hindutvadi Hindu - Proud to belong to worlds oldest culture. Veer Savarkar’s definition of Nationali...Read more
They always have his very nice smell about them. Worried about coming of as a creep and getting reported. Is there a subtle way way to ask? I am male, married, don't have particular attraction to them just like the smell and want to buy it for my household.