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- Blew up $300k in options trading. Hey guys, So I have lost about $300k US dollars in options for the past 3 months. I was feeling like killing myself so much but I have finally recovered from really negative thoughts. I have $10k in savings now and I guess I will start again from ground zero. I am 27 years old with TC of 150k. I g
- vote [India] Boomerang options at Amazon Hi everyone, I get a call from my ex-manager to boomerang back. The process was also fairly easy. Just an interview (talk) with the hiring manager(my ex-manager) for team fit. However, compensation increase is not significant. For reference, Previous TC at Amazon: 42L ( Base; 32, stocks:10) Curre
- H1B options What are my options to get a h1b ? I heard from a friend of friend saying that he just applied on his own and to his luck, he go it. I thought getting H1B when applied by an organisation is easy . But are there other options ? Blind tax 40LPA/8.5yoe
- Call options Twitter 2024 What will happen to my call options for 2024 ? I bought them last year ! I feel stupid now.
- link Is it true Netflix employees want more options? Netflix employees had a meeting to pressure their executive to increase more options to recoup lost value from stock plunge. I thought Netflix salary was all cash. This article says otherwise: https://www.theinformation.com/articles/netflix-employees-press-for-extra-grants-as-stock-drop-wipes-out-o
- Netflix employees’ options Many Netflix engineers buy discounted options as part of their compensation. Anyone care to share how much they invested in them and how much they are worth now?
- Boomerang options for Google L6. I have been an L6 at Google for more than 5 years now. I have hit a dead end in my current team and org, and am looking for a change and growth now. I feel the promo to L7 is unnecessarily hard and requires being great at upward management and political positioning. My weak points. I do not see gre
- vote Leaving Bay Area - what are my options? I am sick of the bay area housing market (and frankly the overall vibe) and planning to go full remote. I am moderately outdoorsy - I love hiking, camping, biking and have recently picked up climbing indoors. Don't mind the cold as long as it's not horrible like Chicago or Minnesota! I DO NOT like h
- Understanding startup options Hi! I have 1% equity offer from a series A enterprise startup valued at 80M. Cause they are in the middle of the raise they can’t tell me the exact strike price. My offer letter does not mention % but the stock options number that is 100,000. 1) does the strike price remain the same throughout my v
- How to Learn options trading? I want to protect my RSUs primarily and also get into trading options as an additional income. Any recommended courses or books? Tc — 450K #personalfinance #investments
- Moonlighting options How to search opportunities to do full remote jobs while FT at Amz. I’m good in getting things done and always exceeds rating. Bit stressed as I lost a lot due to scam last year. Took loans to stay afloat so trying to find some additional income. I like to be here and don’t want to jump the ship ye
- Boss said I'd most likely be let go, what are my options I'm an L4 SDE, at amazon since about a year and few months, currently on STEM OPT, and this will be the last H1B filing for me. Manager said my last years performance hasn't been up to the mark, and indirectly said to find a new job. At this point I'm just broken, my hands and feet are numb. If I kn
- Qualcomm Relo options Which one is better for relocation purposes: 10k upfront - anything beyond is out of your pocket Or Standard - they pay for everything including temp housing I'm moving 3k miles to San Diego, CA. Got a relo estimate which was 9k. TC:125
- Lost over 600k on short term option gamble I lost over 600k on short term option gamble last 3 weeks, all my profit since 2020. I started with 200k principal on last March, invested most of them on Redfin stock when it is crushed and under $15, then just hold and my account reached the peak this January, over 800k. Since this February I st
- Netflix employees from 2018 wiped out of their stock options The Information reports Netflix’s share price decline last week wiped out the value of all stock options issued to Netflix employees since 2018. Staff pressed management on issuing additional grants to offset losses in a meeting last week. Netflix allows employees to decide their own compensation
- Palantir - food options Joining Palantir soon and would love to know the different food options available for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Curious as well as checking alternatives for my allergies to some food. TC: 150k YOE: 1 PLTR TC: 235 #tech
- Carpool options Bay Area Asking for a friend who needs to commute to Redwood City from San Jose. Are there any carpool or rideshare apps that are less expensive than Uber? Caltrain is an option but wanted to explore carpool first. #returntooffice #carpool #rideshare
- vote Hedging RSUs with put options? Anyone do this? Will be easier for me to do after AMZN stock split TC 260
- Worthless options. Couple of months ago I joined a startup. 3 days prior to my start date they announced the ipo date which was right after my start date. Long story short my strike price was the ipo price. Since the ipo the stock is going downhill. I feel cheated they company isn't doing anything to fix this mess. An
- vote Refresh options Total refresh options for this years focal review. Not divided by 4 years 😫
- Option trading I have been making about 10K per month trading options consistently for about a year now. Not that I need the money but it’s more like a hobby. Should I take it more seriously? For the TC crowd: 600K+ (excluding trading)
- Stock Options How can I measure if a stock options offer is worth it with a new startup? They’re offering me 50K in stock options but have been around for a short period of time and this is my first time dealing with this type of compensation #startupequity #tech Edit: TC: 205K
- Aviatrix stock options Got an offer from Aviatrix. Stock options for Sr. MTS are very low, only 6.5k. (Vesting over 4 years) Is this worth joining the company for the amount of risk involved? Or i should negotiate to target atleast 15k? YOE: 4.5 TC: 200k #engineering #software #aviatrx
- Housing options Planning to buy our first home this year. Our rent ends April, and I doubt we will be able to buy a home and be ready to move in by then. Realistically, we are looking more like fall of this year. What to do after our rent ends? We could be only a few months away from purchasing our home, but at the
- Standing desk options What are some good standing desk options under $300 or around it for like 55 inch * 28-30inch table tops Please suggest, thank you TC: 220K MTS
- trading options Buy options? Share your success/fail stories, how much dod you make? What made you do it, and would you do it again? no risk no reward right? what was the premium you pid compared to your savings/tc? #personalfinance #investments
- Which option to choose? Option 1: Buy in the best school districts in the east bay and send to public schools. (Super expensive these days) Option 2: Buy in areas like Morgan hill and send to private schools. (Expensive but not as bad as east bay) I see pros/cons in both options but would love the thoughts from experts he
- Call options? I have 3000 to invest for a super short term. Recommend call options to buy today.
- Options for Unvaccinated at Microsoft Curious to know if Microsoft has any vaccine exemptions or plans for their unvaccinated employees with their return to office? For those employed by Microsoft and are not vaccinated, what are your plans? Are you allowed to work remotely? Can you show proof of recent negative test? #swe #msft #covid
- Options Screwed! Hey guys! This year has completely screwed me over. I got carried away with options and have lost 50k $ in Option Trading this year. Currently I dont see any way of recovering such amount from the stock market. I am feeling completely hopeless. Don't know what to do next. Seems like Target Date Fund
- Options - LEAPS Those that have been successful with LEAPs - what’s your strategy in picking the right stocks and when do you cash in or roll over the options?
- Retire option 15 yoe - TC 230k at 100% of target rewards. Household TC 450k Net worth (pre tax) - $3.5m including 401k etc. A big thank to market rally in the last 5 year. Tripled new worth. I don’t own real estate and will move to a place where I can buy a small house for 500k No debt. Rent is 2200$. Other
- Permanent WFH as an option Has anyone thought of bringing this up with their manager / higher-ups? Being in tech, the only supplies you really need to get work done is a laptop. So I just wanted to get some feedback if anyone has thought of having this conversation with their manager. Curious to hear from other jobs as well.
- Options Hi - currently at a tech startup, if I leave halfway through my vesting period of the options provided, will I still keep the ones accrued?
- options just joined a “startup” (i put it in quotes because theyre worth billions and been around for 10+ years) they offered me a 6000 options vesting over 4 years, 25% each year - it says so on my offer letter. however, theyve provided no other info. QUESTION: what other info should they be giving me? i
- Options trading Looking to hear from someone who has continuously done options for years. I am currently practicing cc and csp. Looking into getting into wheel strategy on spy/tsla. It seems simple enough to automate and possibly 0.5% return per week. #personalfinance #options
- Options question I get a notification from robinhood that confuses me. So, here’s what I have done. I bought covered calls for NVDA at $1.36 expiring on nov 26th. This means I got $136 credited immediately. So, far everything is clear. Now, I keep getting these random push notifications from robinhood that the call
- Options While the market goes to shit, im tryna make some extra $. Help ?
- Exercising pre-IPO options worth it ? With stocks tanking, interest rate going up, political uncertainties, uncontrolled inflation and fear of recession looming Is it worth spending money(and then paying Tax) on exercising pre-ipo options ? Company is in Semiconductor domain. Will have to spend about $15,000 to exercise and will be pa
- Options All, I'm trying to understand how options work. I got offered 10000 options in a start-up company with a annual vesting cycle. Would I have to buy it before I get to sell it?
- Options Trading Course Newbie. Want to learn options trading. Any recommendations.
- Non-LC options Want to change but not enthusiastic on LC or interview preparation in general. What are my options? Assume I am smarter than 80% of folks, just going through burnout and don't want to prepare.
- Trading options. How many of you trade options and how much do you make from it? I’ll start: I usually make about $2-2.5k/month. TC: low enough that I have to rely on options income. Note: Don’t want this to be a 🍆 measuring contest, just trying to learn if you’ll have tips/tutorials to improve. #stock #options
- Cash out options at Waymo I am leaving Waymo and have both cash settled options (56% value) expiring in 2027 and RSU (34% value) which don’t expire. The options can only be exercised during exercise windows, timing and the quantity allowed to liquidate are uncertain. I have to choose between Option 1 - Participate in liqu
- options trading For people who do options trading - have you guys been consistently profitable over stock market investing? What has been your best, worst and average returns over the years of options trading?
- Amazon pip visa options Hi blinders, I was put on pip yesterday. I am on a H1b visa. I will have 60 days if my job gets terminated. However, if I find a new job it still takes 6-8 weeks to get USCIS approval with premium processing. What options do I have and what should my timeline look like? Have anyone of you been in
- vote Options Trading? Curious about the percentage of Blind actively into options trading #options #trading #investments #personalfinance
- Options? Criminal justice career, not going anywhere with this. I am interested in a career in tech but don't know which one; so many options l, and need your help what's your recommendation. The goal is to provide my family with a better future. Thank you
- Options vs RSUs A company I am considering is switching from options to RSUs. I can choose which offer I want: Base salary $200k Offer A: 100,000 options at strike price $1 Offer B: 20,000 RSUs Preferred price $10 Same vesting schedule How should I compare these two offers? Obviously the options involve a cost
- Holding your RSU's/options Everyone keeps on saying that it's always the best to keep holding your RSU's/stock options as long as you can. Did you lose money following this strategy? How to decide when you should sell your RSU's/stock options? #investments #rsu #rsus #stockoptions #stock #stockmarket #stocks #stockpile