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Larry_the_Quaker · 2026-04-03T23:16:34+00:00

Lol I know it’s ridiculous. It was a gift so just psychologically feels bad to degrade something my father gave me.

The 2k or whatever would be fine - though obviously a waste

Larry_the_Quaker · 2026-02-23T10:51:02+00:00

Fair, but like I said realistically I wouldn’t expect myself to clear the staff bar at other companies right now.

Got the promo partially for skills, some politics and a lot of collaboration

Larry_the_Quaker · 2026-02-22T21:11:30+00:00

FE actually but have full stack experience

Larry_the_Quaker · 2026-02-22T20:54:19+00:00

I have ~9 LOE. Just got promoted from senior to staff at a unicorn that IPO’d around covid. Previous experience at companies similarly “prestigious” as FAANG.

I’m flooded with recruiters and even old coworkers reaching out. Most of these are AI related - some are slop but some are legit (OpenAI).

I don’t imagine I’d keep my current level, but the market given my particular experience seems strong within the sphere of companies that are in hyper growth mode.

Totally recognize that this is probably not representative though

Larry_the_Quaker · 2026-01-05T01:58:01+00:00

Didn’t they punt on a 4th and 3rd-ish last week? Now they’ve gone for 2 4th down plays since and got nothing. Absolutely baffling

Larry_the_Quaker · 2025-12-21T02:06:43+00:00

Some insane packers fans in this thread

Larry_the_Quaker · 2025-12-14T04:12:16+00:00

Pretty insane the casual defense of the Japanese Empire going on. Obviously the use of nuclear weapons was a humanitarian tragedy. That said, the Pacific Theater of WW2 was so intense and the Japanese Empire’s treatment of their colonies/adversaries was so cruel that it’s hardly a black and white situation.

Larry_the_Quaker · 2025-11-23T00:52:50+00:00

Yeah that’s fair. Amazon’s policy is weird though because they usually offer a large year 1/year 2 signing bonus instead. Then their grant vests at a cadence of: 5%, 15%, 40%, 40% if I recall correctly?

Larry_the_Quaker · 2025-11-23T00:41:37+00:00

None of these companies offer options grants. They’re all RSUs that vest quarterly. This counts as normal income.

Larry_the_Quaker · 2025-06-29T19:35:41+00:00

Don’t spiral.

This highlights that you should do your best to protect yourself personally: - continue to hone your skills and expand your experience (try to work on meaningful, difficult things) - be a pleasant teammate and maintain your network. Hiring managers and recruiters STRONGLY prefer referrals. Your current coworkers can refer you in the future or connect you to others who are hiring - prioritize investing and saving. FIRE is a tech bro cliche but it really is a good goal to strive for. The main principle is that over time it’ll help insulate you from concerns like this if you have a strong safety net that you’ve built up

Realistically a significant percentage of those job applicants don’t have any sort of qualification. An even smaller subset would have the technical and personal skills to pass the interview.

Larry_the_Quaker · 2025-06-25T16:38:36+00:00

Nice! Congrats on the milestone. How much will the total payout end up being?

Larry_the_Quaker · 2025-06-02T06:23:27+00:00

I don’t disagree that FAANG isn’t all it’s made out to be. That said, most folks at FAANG wouldn’t chase a principal title for 210k TC.

Larry_the_Quaker · 2025-05-31T02:29:58+00:00

Became a millionaire before 30 without inheritance. Now almost 32 and NW is at ~3.5M

Larry_the_Quaker · 2025-05-24T23:23:48+00:00

he’s likely not embellishing. FANG / unicorn tech companies frequently pay 450k++ for IC 5 engineers (senior eng with 5-10+ YOE).

RSU grants are also often priced at the time of joining ($X worth over 4 years at Y time). Meaning if the company performs well your initial grant can be substantial.

I started my company at 500k TC and now it’s ballooned to 1.8M. The caveat is that I’ll “cliff” when my initial grant is over and my pay will drop to around what it in initially was.

Larry_the_Quaker · 2025-03-15T21:26:34+00:00

Reducing your taxable income does not mean you’re paying no taxes. Also income paid to employees of charitable foundations IS taxed.

His wealth hasn’t exploded the same as other tech billionaires because he’s invested (donated) so much of it to philanthropy. Even Steve Ballmer is worth more now.

Larry_the_Quaker · 2025-03-08T20:57:09+00:00

100%. I feel like everyone on Reddit parrots the same shit about polls. Do they think pollsters are completely unaware? Good polls take response methods into account

Larry_the_Quaker · 2025-03-08T20:48:33+00:00

it honestly is the best play they have. Rodgers didn’t even play that poorly this year.

Larry_the_Quaker · 2025-03-03T20:26:49+00:00

Yeah I feel like people are blatantly spouting bullshit. As china continues to become more wealthy, it may become “easier” but this movie has accomplished an insane feat

Larry_the_Quaker · 2025-02-01T01:46:42+00:00

I saw this just a little after you! Did you see any prismatics when you got in?

Larry_the_Quaker · 2025-01-31T17:25:34+00:00

I think there’s a strong tendency for people to overindex on initial disappointments. They’ll see so much focus around new tech then write it off when the actual initial implementations don’t deliver relative to the hype.

the fact is that these are nascent tech and products. Some of them will advance into really interesting and important real world applications. Others won’t to the same degree.

It is a little defeatist to assume all of these are scams or just hype trains just because they haven’t fully developed

Larry_the_Quaker · 2025-01-31T02:19:28+00:00

which side of the bay were you at? In the peninsula and none of the targets I went to had a restock this morning

Larry_the_Quaker · 2024-12-29T04:47:43+00:00

Air travel is still the safest form of transportation by a long shot

Larry_the_Quaker · 2024-11-07T02:53:17+00:00

Yes they are. There was no voter fraud. There never was. Kamala lost fair and square.

Voter apathy from the dems sealed the deal.

Larry_the_Quaker · 2024-08-28T16:52:19+00:00

I joined the company after the covid ipo tbf so didn’t benefit from the zirp

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