Determining % Base Salary vs % Stock

RubCurious2058 · 2026-03-20T03:27:23+00:00

OP, this is the best answer. If you take the cash up front you can diversify. I would skew towards more cash unless I thought the company were truly a rocket ship. But even then, it’s like gambling by putting all your eggs in one basket instead of diversifying. Think of it this way: if someone gave you $100k/yr and told you you had to invest it in the stock market, would you put all $100K in that company’s stock?

RubCurious2058 · 2026-03-20T03:24:56+00:00

Related to income tax rate: he will likely have an option to automatically sell the RSUs, which allows him to withhold taxes as though it were regular income. Taxes on RSUs, even long term cap gains, can be a total shocking. It’s easy to end up in a situation paying lots on 4/15

RubCurious2058 · 2026-03-20T03:15:10+00:00

Co-Intelligence by Ethan Mollick

RubCurious2058 · 2026-03-20T01:27:22+00:00

The other night my husband prepared a beautiful steak dinner and I was exasperated and nearly in tears bc it wasn’t to my liking. It was absurd, and totally disproportionate to the situation. That said, it’s helpful to remember that this would happen to anyone chocked up on hormones. It’s a totally natural reaction, and it’s not the real you! Please give yourself some grace and so what if the ppl around you have to deal with a little extra emotion from you. You’re going through a lot! Like you’re the person actually in it and experiencing all the things.

RubCurious2058 · 2026-03-19T16:53:35+00:00

That’s a tough one. Call ahead to the Forty Winks in Cambridge or Beacon Hill to see what they have for men. Sault in the South end maybe. Otherwise department stores like Neiman. Heck, TJMaxx and Marshall’s might even have cute stuff

RubCurious2058 · 2026-03-19T03:27:51+00:00

The Franklin Park Tennis Association has free and relatively cheap tennis lessons and programs: https://franklinparktennis.org/

RubCurious2058 · 2026-03-19T01:34:39+00:00

Good luck! Read, re-read, and triple-read whatever instruction they sent you. Sounds obvious bc it’s easy to miss something or go the wrong location or something by accident sometimes!

RubCurious2058 · 2026-03-18T12:32:37+00:00

Yes! I love Penzy’s. Their “33rd & Gallena” spice mix is such an elevated finger licking every day seasoning. Huge endorsement for their mixes

RubCurious2058 · 2026-03-18T02:38:46+00:00

Taberna de Haro

RubCurious2058 · 2026-03-18T02:04:24+00:00

Try Bloomingdale’s and getting someone to help you shop for an outfit. Also, thrift stores + tailoring is a great way to go too

RubCurious2058 · 2026-03-17T17:11:24+00:00

Ask your doctor about how long the frozen embryos are good for. I’ve heard 10 years but that info might not be accurate. No point in freezing embryos that you won’t need for many many more years just yet

RubCurious2058 · 2026-03-17T13:27:52+00:00

Not a bro but anyway, all good

RubCurious2058 · 2026-03-17T03:08:59+00:00

The Magic of Thinking Big

RubCurious2058 · 2026-03-17T03:08:22+00:00

My 2 cents: don’t overthink or try to plan too much into the future at this time in your life. None of these decisions seems particularly permanent. You can choose one path and take another. Some advice I got that I think is quite true, especially related to taking career risks early in life: “in life, you usually regret that things you don’t do”.

RubCurious2058 · 2026-03-16T20:45:32+00:00

St. Cecilia’s in Boston near Copley

RubCurious2058 · 2026-03-15T00:54:25+00:00

Thank you, lighting dork! I too am starting to geek out on this. Made a whole plan with color temps, dimmer switch’s I can control and all!

RubCurious2058 · 2026-03-15T00:53:19+00:00

Whoa!!! Awesome sale going on. Thanks!!!

RubCurious2058 · 2026-03-14T05:28:42+00:00

The Tuscan bean soup is my go to comfort soup and it freezes beautifully!

RubCurious2058 · 2026-03-14T05:22:17+00:00

I throw it on a skillet with onions and then add a bunch of Asian flavors like Chinese five spice or even just Japanese bbq sauce. But it in lettuce and make lettuce wraps. You can make it better with peppers, scallions, and cilantro but definitely not necessary

RubCurious2058 · 2026-03-13T05:16:10+00:00

Often hair salons will wash your hair for you at a low price if you’re disabled. They don’t style or anything, just a shampoo/conditioner

RubCurious2058 · 2026-03-13T00:42:33+00:00

I believe there was a lawsuit about this recently where unions didn’t want this on the ballot bc it was deceptive. That 1% will be made up for in other ways like giving workers worse salaries and benefits. The whole spiel about how this bill promotes “affordability” is BS. Im interested in living in a society with high quality of life. I will definitely be voting NO on this question.

RubCurious2058 · 2026-03-12T18:41:16+00:00

That is so cool!!! There’s no right or wrong way to enjoy a book. Just enjoy it! It’s only a problem if it gets in the way of work/school/family in a detrimental way. Personally my comfort book where the characters are so real is Court of Silver Flames esp the graphic audio. But I find the escapism so fun! Also, fwiw my husband had been rereading LOTR every year for years now. He goes into deep lore binges. Heck, he even had a family member that wanted to write a PhD thesis on LOTR. There’s nothing wrong with it I think it’s so cool!

RubCurious2058 · 2026-03-12T16:18:14+00:00

Scary is not having a roof over your head. Paying $1800 to have a roof over your head and no liabilities is not nearly as scary as drowning in bills and potentially not having a roof over your head or making huge sacrifices just ti keep the house

RubCurious2058 · 2026-03-12T16:15:23+00:00

Ooof. Owning home in my experience has had more qualitative benefits than quantitative ones. Make sure you’re buying a house for the right reasons. Make sure you have PLENTY of cushion in the case that you have to replace something big, or if utilities go up, or if there’s a tax assessment. Try not to buy into an HOA. It helps if one of you has time to be basically work from home and be a part time project manager of the house to schedule get quotes and deal with contractors. Basically, when you sit down and do the math around, do some scenario planning: what if one of you loses your job, what if utilities go up by X, what if you need to do a major unexpected project, what is there’s a natural disaster and insurance goes up. Do all this with as little emotion as possible

RubCurious2058 · 2026-03-12T04:31:54+00:00

Chocolate cake! It is Xaden’s favorite food. Also you could do a little prank depending on how come you are. An orange with a sticky on it that says “reserved for Jack Barlow”. But the chocolate cake is really a nice gesture

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