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- Best place to exchange XMR for ETH? I have some XMR and want to exchange it for ETH. What is the easiest and most cost efficient way to do it? Thank you crypto gods! 😊
- Why no brokerage to swap / exchange equity? Say X works for Google and wants to sell his RSU to buy MSFT. In current brokerage system, it hits tax on the capital gain. Wonder why no brokerage allows exchanging the equity without hitting a tax. Example, say Y works for Microsoft and plans selling her RSU to buy GOOG. X and Y can exchanges th
- Online course Grokking system design exchange I have purchased and finished Grokking Dynamic programming course on educative.io. Anyone who is willing to exchange it to Grokking System Design or Grokking Object Oriented design course? Or share these Design courses for some cost? P.S. I am student preparing for technical interview. These course
- Why is Canada such a trash place to work? Feels like entire country is engineered for lazy bums. Moved from Canada to USA and feel like I’ve finally escaped poverty. Any job I think of I’d rather work in USA than Canada. I more than doubled my salary after exchange rate when I moved to the USA and I’m taxed half of what I was in Canada. I
- Is there anything similar to 1031 exchange for stock sale I have around $800k in the stock market concentrated in few tech stocks. My cost basis is around $300k. I am looking to sell and put it in an index fund where I can get some dividends along with growth. But that tax on $500k is stopping from making the move. Is there a way to defer taxes like a 1031
- crypto - cost basis and fair market value for taxes Trying to understand the new crypto taxes. Apparently with the new tax reforms, every crypto trade is a taxable event, whether it involves fiat or not. So, to trade alts, one would 1. Buy ETH on gdax - this established cost basis for ETH which is the value of ETH-USD pair on gdax. 2. Transfer eth t
- GEMS or Expand shit coin I had invested about $10k in a shit coin called GEMS during the ico in 2017. They rebranded as expand later https://expand.org/. This was a scam but I had 100k of these coins allotted to me. They are probably worth $30 now. Is there anyway to claim this loss since this was not via an exchange like
- vote Poll: Work in US vs India? + comparison data Here are my thoughts. Please share yours. If you work in a city like Austin, Seattle, Santa Clara, or New York, you can save more USD per year after living expenses and then travel anywhere in the world you want after FIRE. You can easily move to India whenever you want and have more savings than t
- What should I do to make US companies hiring remote engineers to notice my application? I am a software developer working in Romania, I have 4 years of experience, brands like amazon, SAP and Cisco on my resume. With a bit of preparation I think I can make it to Facebook or other FANG. But, considering the low cost of living in Romania, a yearly income of say 70k would make me fucking
- What would you do with infinite leverage? Supposing you are limited to retail trading only, through your basic trading app. The products you could access are retail, exchange-traded ones (no OTC, structured products, hedge fund [...]). What would you get? If you wish to maximize your profits, subject to your own risk aversion profile Had
- New app seeking pre-revenue funding I've recently launched a new stock charting app on the Play Store. I have bootstrapped it with my friend/co-founder from the start but monthly expenses have creeped up pretty high with server fees, API fees, freelance developer cost, etc. We have a bit of user traction and been actively seeking fun
- BTC is a glorified Ponzi scheme: change my mind Welcome to the glorified Ponzi scheme, where you'll buy because it'll rise up in future for no other reason than some instructions will buy. Don't be a 🎒holder. * Do you know at the moment it costs over 50-100 dollars to transfer 1 btc? * Do you know it takes insane amount of electric power to hav
- Negotiating non disparagement before getting fired at FB Best way to go about this? My team works 80-100 hrs a week and I’ve documented it, where you can see when they submit code and many of them do so at 2 am on weekends on top of working late hours during weeks. I work in ads and it’s a shit show. Antiquated tech stack, no senior eng leads, just a mes
- vote FIRE & diversification Currently have: 75x expenses, which is comprised of 70% GOOG (having held on to half of what I received over the years), and 30% diversified stocks and bonds. If I sell all GOOG, it will turn into 60x expenses thanks to 37.1% taxes on the gains (CA) I can see two schools of thought here: 1) Hold,
- I am trying to sell bay area (san ramon) home without RE agent Any investors out there looking to buy in the bay area (San Ramon)?? I have a 2200 sq feet house in San Ramon (Top school district) and voted one of the best towns to live in the country. Many tech employers nearby (Oracle, Salesforce, SAP, Amazon, Zeiss, etc) House is currently rented for ~4k on a
- Are 💎🙌 bad for Bitcoin? I keep hearing a lot from BTC bulls and they have been right this far, but for something with limited supply do you eventually get to the point where BTC is hard to buy so no one bothers? The gains on paper are great but if everyone sells the gains will go down rapidly (I doubt the market cap repre
- vote Should I leave or Stay? I moved to Seattle to work with Amazon one year ago as a L4 SDET. At the time my husband was finishing his Masters and working with Lockheed Martin in Dallas. The plan was that he would graduate this December and transfer to a position his company has in Seattle. Unfortunately, he's graduating now b
- Explanation of what happened: RobinHood, WeBull etc. and trading restrictions I saw this on social media and sharing it here. There's a lot of crazy conspiracies out there (and some batshit crazy ones here) so its worth to at least explain what happened today with the stock restrictions for the few sane ones on Blind. #robinhood #gme #bb #stock First, we need to define two
- People who understand 5G, is OpenRAN the future? I lack a strong understanding of 5G technology but something that came up in my radar is the OpenRAN system which Rakuten pioneered. What are thoughts of people familair with 5G on this? Some notes on OpenRAN (correct me if I am wrong): + This system loosens the restrictions on being tied to a supp
- Why You Should Be Concerned With Dilution So, I want to preface this by saying this is an attempt to learn/validate what I think I'm learning by explaining it to someone else. Every other discussion about equity here will have someone saying "and you'll be diluted to x". You may be wondering, so what, if I own 1% and the valuation goes up
- vote Should every one have a choice to choose surrogacy or should it be driven by biology/beliefs * Single men and same sex men couple can opt for surrogacy now if they want a child, While a woman or lesbian couple who do not want to go through pregnancy themselves cannot choose surrogacy as an option (atleast in few clinics I have asked around) unless they are deemed medically unfit to carry pr
- vote Should I turn down MANGA to follow my XR dreams with Unity? I’m a product designer from Toronto with 10 YoE who just got into Google, Meta, Amazon (all in Bay Area) and Unity (Montreal). I have never even come close to being in a big tech company before this, so I think I’m finally at a skill level I am being consistently recognized for. I’m ultra passionat
- link Want to buy Cryptocurrencies? READ THIS FIRST! This is for all the new investors and speculators to Bitcoin and other cryptos. You’re probably looking around saying “how the F do I get involved? This is so confusing!” I’m no genius, but I’ve been in this world since 2013 and wanted to share some resources and frameworks for thinking about inve
- Cheated by an MBA Consulting company. Need advise I Had Enrolled With An MBA Consulting Company Who Were Supposed To Help Me With 9 Application Processes, Prepare Me For The Interview And Work With Me Towards End To End On The Application Process. We Agreed On 9 Applications For $4500 After 50% Discount. (original Cost Was $9999). I Transferred The
- london for career growth - SWE Good to see an increase in number of Europe-based openings and discussions here on Blind. I’m a student and I finally cracked FAANG internship interview for summer 2021 (FB). The position is in London, and I’m very excited. I want to try hard and deserve that full time offer. I come from a poor c
- A Guide To Start Your Company on H1B/H4 EAD Since this question keeps popping up, I thought I will share some details to help folks with H4 EAD. 1) Can an H1B VISA holder start a company? Absolutely yes. Myth is H1B holders can't start their business. Truth is H1B holders can start their business and invest in it as long as they hire someone
- link Post FIRE Life: Notes to self for a meaningful life in 2022 Almost a month late in posting this New Year Resolution, but better late than never. TC: 0 (Financially Independent / Retired Early) My FIRE post: https://www.teamblind.com/post/sqhzju14 Context: I've begun trying out early retirement and have been on a break for nearly an year now. Although I've
- link ‘ Build on your lot’ builders with cost+floor plans in bay area,ca. I searched but couldn’t find builders with floor plan catalog & approx cost. This was the only one- https://thomasjameshomesusa.com/northern-california/ Any recommendations? Thanks
- vote Stocks and US Elections #personalfinance #investments Has anyone noticed recent steady sell off? what do you think, what are the chances of stocks falling after upcoming US elections if trump wins or biden wins..
- vote What will happen if Prop 22 doesn’t pass? Title says it all. Mainly thinking from the Gig companies perspectives. Vote or comment #Prop22 #tech #california @postmates @caviar @grubhub
- Thoughts on this tiktok nuclear energy influence Her goal is to save nuclear plants and advocate for more nuclear energy using weird videos on tiktok. Thoughts ? https://twitter.com/isaboemeke/status/1319674446391619584
- Ayurvedic doctor in Bay Area Has anyone tried Ayurvedic consultation & treatment in the Bay Area? Looking for references/recommendations. Thanks #medical #health
- vote Which of the following stocks will double fastest? If you were to risk all your wealth in one tech stock which one would it be at this moment?
- all stocks have gone up considerably high but I still lost 40 k due to day trading I would like to invest in longterm stock. Which stock will double in next 3-6 months? holding apple hoping it would run up to 130
- link We need energy that doesn’t destroy the environment Look at this - how can this kind of destruction of natural beauty be allowed? https://imgur.com/gallery/kzEtb7w
- The world is what it is. We have to make the best of it... I am sick of people always complaining the world is going to the dogs. Leftists are snowflakes - Parents Right wing is bigoted - Friends The west exploits the developing nations. - My countrymen Google and facebook are stealing our data and we are the product. - Almost everyone You live so far away
- Need help for referrals in LA Just moved to Los Angeles earlier this year. I am a TPM with ~4 YOE. Current TC 200k. Need help getting referrals here, would be greatly appreciated. #la #losangeles #referrals #snap #netflix #tinder #twitch
- vote Do you trust Wealthfront retirement projections? I was planning retirement at 55 but Wealthfront says I'll have more than enough at 50 which is only 7 years away for me. I'm leaning toward rest and vest at this point because I'm running out of funks to give! Do you trust Wealthfront?
- Expected TC change after potential Biden’s presidency? So basic economic theory says that if the government raises the tax on some goods, the price will rise and how much it’ll rise would depend on the elasticity of the supply&demand curve (which side is more sensitive to the price change). Given that, do you think TC of overall tech companies will ris
- link What websites do people use to find jobs in India? Monster.com?
- Part Time Degrees worth pursuing I have a BS, MS (in Computer Science), MBA - all from top schools in the US. I currently do Product Management which gives me the opportunity to work at the intersection of technology and business - and I really like the job! I have found that both my advanced degrees (MS and MBA) were a great way
- Elon's Presidential Vote Given his strong support for re-opening the country, we know who he's voting for, right? For... the raise ur hand all the damn time student..., no I'm not looking for a poll, opinions only. Data and logic are not allowed in this response. Simply opinions based on nothing but how you FEEL. TC: $1
- Referral at Twitter I need help with couple of positions open in twitter which are relevant with my profile. Can someone help with it pls ? TIA
- Google Mock interviewers needed Looking for mock interviewers. You will get paid for your time. DM for details.
- Need referral at Cloudflare, London - willing to pay As the title. #tech #cloudflare
- Fb l4 refreshers. What are they like in 2020? Considering an l4 SWE offer. Can someone help me understand what the typical refreshers.are like now ? I see older threads but would like newer info to help me decide. Tc 250k
- vote Workspace diversity Can you openly be anti-BLM or indifferent to BLM at your company ?
- What do you guys think of Rivian's future? Is it a good time to join? What do you guys think of Rivian's future? Is it a good time to join? #equity #startup
- How should I hedge my portfolio from election result next week All my assets are in stocks and I am super anxious. Should I sell them all now which will trigger massive tax for this year or should I wait and a crash may happen if market overeact on election outcome? TC: 115K Investment value: 9.4M
- vote Do you miss hardware Lounge? There use to be good discussion and I loved scrolling through the posts. I think hardware posts have reduced significantly since HW Lounge disappeared #hardware #semiconductor