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E-bikes in Texas

Hello all, need your opinion. I live in North Texas, never used a bike. However, I’m considering to buy an E-bike for shorter commutes (like coffee etc). I’ll be learning to ride bike as well. Q: have you used E-bikes in Texas? How hard was it to use a bike in a town in north Texas (like Celina pro

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Mar 29

NJ / Dallas / Austin - it’s a cycle

Between 2006 and 2008, people flocked to NJ for job opportunities, finding homes in desirable neighborhoods priced at around $600k. Now, these same homes are valued between $650k and $800k. However, selling would mean losing a significant amount on the table. A similar trend is now happening in Dall

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Nov 25, 2023

Best Tech Cities for Conservatives

I live in San Francisco, and I am looking to move. The reason I want to move is because I am tired of the highly “woke” society that has emerged in recent years here. I love technology, which is why I choose to live here, but I don’t feel like I can prosper here for long. I would like to live in

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Aug 29, 2020

Highland home Texas

Highland homes is giving 3% realtor commission & 2% bonus. Realtor is ready to give everything back except $2500. How to get this amount adjusted towards my loan instead of cash back? Cash back seems to require paying tax which I want to avoid Does my contract needs to be adjusted to reflect my unde

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Feb 13, 2023

RSUs should not be taxed at all!

Tax the base salary. That is fine. But leave the RSUs alone. Let people thrive and prosper. It will be good for the economy and also for the well being of people who get a decent chunk of RSUs from companies. Otherwise it is all just a farce. Whats the point in getting $500K worth of RSUs if a signi

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Sep 12, 2021

Insecure as fuck

Recently got a SWE Google offer. I'm insecure as fuck and I believe I lucked out even though I didn't fuck up any of the 7+ interviews. I'm not sure if I have the IQ to prosper there. Hopefully other characteristics are valued as well. Everyone I talk to is like: "this is no luck, congrats" but I

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May 22, 2022

Looking for referral in the fintech industry in SF

Hello all, I am looking for a referral at a fintech company in SF. I have 3+ years experience of data analytics, developing Tableau dashboards and managing various projects in the consumer lending/fintech industry. I’m certified in Tableau desktop and finishing up my degree in economics in May 201

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Feb 20, 2018

Liberals are the real communists

Even China has abandoned commusim in its core and only kept its name because they have learned from practice that it's a disaster to the economy and society as a whole. Liberals in this country picked it up because it's easier to get votes that way than doing the hard work to contribute to the econo

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Apr 7, 2018

What has been you’re largest cliff?

Current modeling (prosper for Googlers) shows that I expect to get 1.8M next year and 650k in 2023 (thanks a large initial grant when GOOG was close to $1000). That’s a 64% year-to-year drop! While next year is an anomaly (for an L6), that still hurts… What has been your largest cliff? How do you

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Nov 5, 2021

Why Asian-Americans succeed

It's ultimately about culture and values. It's why even working class immigrants with little resources manage to see their kids succeed. I'm one of them. The following lessons I learned from my parents made me who I am. If the black community incorporates these lessons, they too can prosper. 1. Edu

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Dec 15, 2018

Machine Learning soon to be obsolete?

There's been a ML hype the past several years. Everyone and their mothers want to do ML. Would you say it's good to get into ML right now? With all these issues from The Social Dilemma - recommendation engines, ads, possible government regulation, believers AI will harm society, etc, is ML a prospe

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Oct 1, 2020

Suggestions for best home builders in Texas

Hi, I am looking buy a home in Dallas soon. Could you please suggest me the best builders here in priority order ? Currently im looking in the areas of Frisco, Prosper, Plano and Celina.. Budget is maximum of 750k Since i work for Amazon, please do suggest me some communities that are good for co

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Oct 20, 2022

Amazon Prime’s : Hunters : Do real Nazi’s ( not neo ) live in the US? and were covered by the US government?

Well all this social isolation has led me to catch up a bunch of shows ... recently got done watching the “Hunters” and I truly am worried that there might be first generation gold standard Nazis living in the US amongst us ... and even worse that the government helped them immigrate here and prospe

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Mar 21, 2020

Growth opportunities for women

Hi Blind community, I’m reaching out as I’d like to help my sibling grow and prosper in tech but she gets to intimidated by the culture. She has been working in support for few years. I know she has potential to do much more but she lacks confidence. Are there any resources / courses / bootcamps or

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Jun 12, 2020

Do we live in Neo-Feudalism as serfs of the Tech Kings?

I pledge my allegiance to Apple and Apple keeps me safe in an insecure world full of zero days. While others prosper under Facebook’s marketplace. My friends who don’t care about privacy pick Google. Microsoft is going to war with its ChatGPT acquisition. And we all know the tyranny of Amazon.

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Feb 8, 2023

Missed buying house in Dallas

I missed buying house when the prices were reasonable. I always wanted to buy house in Frisco, TX but never got a job there. Recently got complete remote job but the prices already sky rocketed in that area. I’m thinking whether to buy home in Prosper, TX (not very ideal) or wait for few months for

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Aug 25, 2022

Looking for a referrals

Hello all, I am looking for a referral at a fintech company in SF. I have 7+ years experience of user experience design, product design, product management and two startup failure experience, and managing various projects in the consumer lending/fintech industry. Really interested in these firms b

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Jul 12, 2019

Moving to Dallas, Texas

As Frisco, Prosper, McKenney etc gone crazy high for affordable housing, have you tried considering suburbs like Northlake, Denton, Little Elm, Oak Point, Aubrey ? Let’s discuss Reason to move to Texas: - Both wife and I have 100% remote jobs - California is way too expensive, not even getting a p

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Mar 26, 2022

Please help me choose right company.

Prosper marketplace : remote Tc 150k Pros: 1) Tech stack is up to date. 2) Can choose any location for remote work(preferably Texas ) 3) Pre IPO company Cons: 1) Manager downleveled me after behavioural interview. 2) Small company (risk of layoffs) Interactive brokers: Gr

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Jul 1, 2021

Senior / Lead Software Engineer salaries in Dallas, TX area

Hi All, I am planning to relocate to the Dallas area. Will probably live in north Dallas (Frisco, Plano, Prosper, Allen, etc.). When I look for software engineering jobs there, I see a lot more presence of traditional companies compared to tech companies. If I get a remote job, well and good, other

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Oct 2, 2022

Future Design Careers - honest thoughts?

I’m a new grad and my product is focused around Web/Mobile design, just like most of the common products out there in the world. Nowadays, I feel like I should try different things like AR/VR/IoT or even Blockchain or AI because future design jobs would prosper and new emerging companies would need

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Jun 8, 2018

How can I invest in China?

I think China has a lot of good things going for it, and I am willing to bet money that it will continue to prosper, especially in technology space. How can I invest in China for longer term? I see some ETFs with my US brokerages, but not sure if that is the best way to do it. Also, note that I am

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Nov 10, 2023

Teams at Google that work on transferable skills and technologies

Hi, I am a SWE at Google (L4) working on one of the Anthos teams. I had joined as an L3 in 2019. I feel I haven’t learned enough because I didn’t work on projects that involved writing a lot of code from scratch. When I say “a lot of code”, I mean enough number of lines to feel confident about th

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Jan 11, 2022

One thing you compromise on for a high TC job

First of all it’s amazing to see how the valley and the tech industry in general is prospering and we all are collectively the beneficiaries and hopefully we’ll pass along some of the wealth to the community. While fighting our way for a higher TC everyday, what is one thing you think you are compr

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Jul 24, 2018

Hypocrisy of Tech folks of/from India: If Kejriwal was made the Prime Minister with complete majority

Tech folks of/from India amaze me with their lack of application of self towards fairness and a just society. They brazenly live in a foreign land (US, Canada, UK, Germany etc.) and from there sing paeans for the extortionist Modi. If Modi was such a once in a millennia leader, some actually call h

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Mar 29

Best city to buy home in Dallas

Please suggest some Best cities (with good schools and diversity) to buy a home in Dallas area. Preferably under $700k How good is McKinney ISD compared to Prosper ISD? Is Lewisville a good option to buy home? Schools seem to be lagging behind compared to other ISDs in the area? Market seems to

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Aug 31, 2022

Looking for PM Referrals

Hi everyone, I’m looking for referrals to PM roles at the following companies (in the hashtags below). I have specific roles I’d like to apply for at each of these companies. YOE: 1 as PM, 1 as consulting TC: $90K Please drop a comment below if it’s OK for me to DM my info to you. Thank you! #e

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Aug 17, 2021

Change my mind: VTSAX/s&p500 are a poor investment

With biden as president big corporations will prosper Flood gates will open for companies to expand globally shifting away from nationalism The argument “but but s&p500 companies do track globally” will not float as international companies will have fair shot at globalism as us companies. CHINA ^

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Jan 13, 2021

Burnt out from job hunt, need advice.

I have 9+ years of experience. Got impacted by layoff in Jan and since then I have interviewed at the following companies. I just don’t see an end to this. I am depressed and burnt out. I can’t even look at my monitor screen. I often get dreams that I am reduced to working at a grocery store or

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Apr 29

Moving To Dallas

Got internal management approval for new role. Can anyone suggest good apartment to rent for 6-9months and also good area to buy the Home (zip code). I have one kid 4year. Home Range $500k-$800k (SFH) open for distant town McKinney, Celina, Prosper, Allen if copell Frisco or Plano go out of budget

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Jun 6, 2021

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